Recognizing HPSC in you research

If you use HPSC computing resources or receive technical support from HPSC staff, please acknowledge that support in your publications, presentations, theses, dissertations, and other research studies.

Acknowledging HPSC helps demonstrate the impact of research computing at the University of Tennessee and supports continued investment in the services that researchers rely on.

When should I recognize HPSC?

Please acknowledge HPSC when your research uses the following:

ISAAC computing resources, including computing nodes, GPUs, storage, networking, or software. HPSC staff support, such as technical assistance, software support, code development, optimization, or other research computing expertise.

HPSC resources along with staff support

This includes research results such as:

Articles in journals

Dissertations & Theses

Conference Posters & Presentations

Research reports

Education or training materials

Other publications or presentations of your work

Recommended Acknowledgements Templates

If your work used the ISAAC resources, you may use the following language:

[A portion of] The computation for this work was performed on the University of Tennessee Infrastructure for Scientific Applications and Advanced Computing (ISAAC) computational resources.

If individual HPSC staff member(s) assisted: If you received significant assistance from an HPSC staff member in your research, please acknowledge their contribution properly:

The authors acknowledge University of Tennessee High Performance Scientific Computing (HPSC) staff, {staff member name here} for support and contribution to this work

For assistance provided by the whole HPSC team:

The authors acknowledge the University of Tennessee High Performance Scientific Computing (HPSC) group for providing computational resources, technical support, and other support for this work

When is an HPSC staff member a co-author?

Co-authorship is not acknowledgment.

If an HPSC staff member made a significant intellectual or technical contribution to the research, discuss authorship with the research team and the HPSC staff member.

These contributions may, for example, be major contributions to:

Writing or heavily modifying research code

Design or optimization of methods of computers

Providing notable technical or intellectual expertise

Making major edits or writing portions of the research output.

Authorship should be based on contribution to the work and on the relevant publication or research standards.

Questions about whether a contribution should lead to authorship? Call the HPSC team to discuss your individual circumstances. Help us show the difference research computing makes.