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Obtaining an HPCC account

Every user must have an active account to access the HPCC. This page conatins the proceedures for requesting HPCC accounts.

Current MSU employees and students

HPCC accounts are free to all MSU researchers. To obtain an account, an MSU Faculty member serving as a designated Principal Investigator (PI) on an MSU research project must submit the online New Account Request Form for themselves and the sponsored members of the research project with an existing MSU NetID (e.g., staff, post-docs, or students).

When submitting a New Account Request, the PI will need the following information:

  • the name, as it appears on the MSU ID Card, and the MSU NetID of the sponsored MSU employee or student that requires the HPCC account
  • a publication worthy abstract describing the research project
  • a statement on whether or not export controlled software or data is involved in the project

By requesting an HPCC account, the PI agrees that all members of the research project will abide by MSU's Acceptable Use Policy and the MSU Institutional Data Policy.

Previous MSU employees and students

If you were previously affiliated with MSU as an employee or student, your HPCC account will be disabled during our recurring departed user checks. To maintain your access or to reactivate your HPCC account the MSU Faculty PI must sponsor your affiliated renewal.

To request to continue your HPCC access, or to reactivate your HPCC account, please email your sponsoring MSU PI and include the following:

  • Include your MSU NetID, a non-MSU email address, and your birthdate (this information is required to request continued affiliation)

  • Include these instructions on the request to affiliate your NetID for the purpose of continued HPCC access

    1. Submit the affiliate NetID Request TDX form In the Description section of the request form include:

      • That continued HPCC access is needed
      • The MSU NetID that requires continued access

    An email address is required in the PIN letter section at the bottom of the form, but the PIN letter is not needed for continued HPCC access and will not be sent.

    If you, as the PI, have questions about this step, please reach out to the MSU ID Office 517-355-4500, idoffice@msu.edu.

    1. Submit the HPCC Sponsored Renewal Form

Note: All MSU NetIDs used to access the HPCC must be associated with a valid email address. If your previous MSU email no longer works, please provide us with an alternative email.

External collaborators

To request an HPCC account for an external collaborator (i.e., a research group member who is neither a current nor a previous MSU employee or student), the PI must obtain a login-only, non-email MSU Affilaite FPID for the collaborator.

To request HPCC access for an external coolaborator, please follow these instructions:

  1. Submit the affiliate NetID Request TDX form; In the Description section of the request form state that "HPCC access is needed"

  2. Once the Affiliate FPID is acquired for the collaborator, the PI must submit a New Account Request Form (the Affiliate FPID is not associated with a valid email address, the PI is responsible for providing a valid email address for the collaborator when completing the request form)

Other affiliated universities in Michigan

If you are affiliated with one of the universities listed below, please review their Documentation and email the Contact shown in the table below.

University Contact Documentation
Oakland University Mario Nowak:
nowak@oakland.edu
Tomas Hajek:
hajek@oakland.edu		 University Technology Services
Western Michigan University Leonard Peirce:
leonard.peirce@wmich.edu		 Research and Innovation HPCHub
Central Michigan University Mel Taylor:
taylo1ml@cmich.edu		 Office of Information Technology

For MSU PIs who want to sponsor HPCC accounts for users from one of these affiliated universities, please follow the following instructions:

  • The affiliated user must first register for an MSU Guest Account. Make sure that an official .edu email address from the affiliated university is used for the registration; otherwise, the HPCC account will not be created.

  • Once the MSU Guest Account has been activated for the affiliated user, they will need to complete the ICER Community ID Form, choosing MSU to authenticate, and using the credentials established while registering for the MSU Guest Account.

  • Once the ICER Community ID Form is received by HPCC staff, we will reach out to the MSU PI for approval and create the account.