Guest accounts are governed by our Guest Access Policy. Guest accounts for staff, post-docs, students, and visiting scholars must be approved by a faculty member. Before applying for an account, please verify which faculty member is willing to sponsor your account. Before a guest account can be opened, ACCRE staff review the request to confirm:

1. it meets our Guest Access Policy requirements,
2. the resources of the cluster are likely to meet your needs,
3. and the account has the required faculty approval, if necessary.

Because of the review process involved, it may take several days to open a guest account. This timing is dependent on when approval is received from the sponsoring faculty member. The detailed information requested on this form is required for this review; please complete all non-optional fields to avoid possible delay in opening your guest account.

For continued use of the cluster, all new users are required to attend the ACCRE Cluster Computing Classes within the first two months of opening their accounts. These classes cover introductory topics on the use of the cluster. See the training pages to review the requirements. A reminder of this is included in the introductory e-mail which is automatically sent to you when we create your account. However, if classes are currently in session you do not have to wait for your account to be opened to attend.

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This form is to request a guest account only. If you are a member of an active group using the cluster, please go back and choose Option 1. OSG users request an account from the grid policy page.

Please complete all non-optional fields to avoid possible delay in opening your account.

Identification Information
First Name:
Last Name:
VUNetID (If you have no VUNetID, please enter your first, middle, and last names, and birthdate):
Department (VU):
School (VU):
Email Address: ***
Telephone:
Position:	Select a Position Faculty Post-Doc Staff Graduate Student Undergraduate Student Visiting Scholar Other
Position Title (Faculty, Post-doc, Staff only):
The following section must be completed if you are not a faculty member Name of Faculty member approving this account: Please mark the role of the faculty member approving this account (select at least one by clicking while holding the "ctrl key" or "command key" if you have a Mac): Faculty advisor Faculty supervisor Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) Chair Other faculty to be responsible for your cluster use Email of Faculty member approving this account: Telephone of Faculty member approving this account:
How you plan to make use of ACCRE resources
What is your primary area of research?
What is the primary application you will use on the cluster?	Select a Category Existing Application Commercial Application Opensource or Shareware Application Self-developed Application
What is the name of the application?
Is your application serial or parallel?	Select a Type Serial Parallel
If parallel, how many processors are typically required per job?
How many jobs do you anticipate running at a time?
What is your level of Linux experience?	Select a Level None Novice Intermediate Expert
What compilers and/or languages will you be using?
What external libraries will you need?
Will you be using the BlueArc (if unsure select No)?	Select Yes or No Yes No
Other useful information (optional):
Please read the following agreement which must be accepted to submit this request
I understand that a guest account on the ACCRE cluster is a privilege. I have reviewed the Guest Access Policy and will comply. I understand that my account can be terminated when I have completed the maximum usage guidelines. I am aware that ACCRE offers training classes and attendance at two of them is required per the guidlines of the training pages. I also understand that my guest account can be closed if the ACCRE staff requests that I attend any of the classes and I choose not to do so.
Accept      Decline
***Note: Provide the Email Address you most often use. This is the Email Address used in our Request Tracking system. If you attempt to request support with an Email Address OTHER than the one entered here, your request won't be accepted by the system.
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