The following information was provided by the UW–Madison Advisory Committee on Research Computing.

AI researchers, educators and those that support them are invited to a webinar focused on “Requesting Resources via the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot” on Monday, March 31, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CT (3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET).

Registration is required to attend.

The webinar offers information regarding no-charge access to technology resources via the National AI Research Resources Pilot program, large amounts of compute made available to research and teaching/learning projects. Additional information can be found on the NAIRR program website. UW–Madison is both part of NAIRR as a service provider and a consumer of services.

In addition to introducing the available, no-charge technology resources, the presentation prepares AI researchers and educators for the development of successful resource allocation requests by covering: 

• program eligibility and requirements for classroom/educator and research projects
• the proposal review and resource allocation processes
• specific proposal instructions from the NAIRR Pilot portal 
• strategies for addressing specified review criteria
• example resource estimates that quantitatively justify requested NAIRR Pilot resources

The presentation will be recorded, leaving designated time for unrecorded audience questions. Registrants will be notified when the recording and slides are available via the NAIRR Pilot portal and YouTube channel, as well as via the CaRCC and ACCESS YouTube channels.

Materials have been developed with input from NAIRR Pilot operational staff, the CaRCC AI Facilitation Materials Working Group and representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF) with support from NSF award #2436057, though they do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.