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Move the Needle

Levelling up the People of HPC

Move the Needle is a collaborative project between Alces Flight and Women in HPC (WHPC) focused entirely on the efforts people are making to transform our field of supercomputing to one that is more diverse and inclusive.

Our first season of Move the Needle is running from February to November, 2024. Throughout this period we will be gathering research, conducting interviews, and running a goals and accountability group to find out what people are doing around the world to ‘move the needle’ towards making our community more open and welcoming.

This space showcases everything we have learned so far. Welcome!

The Goals of Season One

The Move the Needle project is all about exploration! We have three goals for this project which are:

Identify and share the projects, programs and stories of progress in equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion (EDIA) in HPC.
Discuss the blocks, barriers, and issues that hamper progress in creating a more welcoming space.
Explore building better legacy in HPC through people and sustainability initatives.

Everything we learn we’re placing in our Knowledge Portal. Why not take a look and see what we’ve collected?

The Accountability Team

Part of this project involves a group of individuals willing to share and account their journey to move the needle in HPC. This group:

Will select up to three goals towards moving the needle forward in HPC.
These goals can be personal or group-focused.
The size and scale of these goals can vary from personal development all the way through major EDIA programs or reviews.

Over season one they will be submitting surveys detailing progress and be offered opportunities to meet up online or in-person to listen and exchange stories and advice.

Knowledge Portal

We are lucky to have several individuals and groups who have come to us to share their knowledge about moving the needle in EDIA. As such, we’ve created a knowledge portal to capture the interviews, publications and more for ease of access.

Project Dates

Here are the important project dates and milestones:

December 8, 2023 to February 5, 2024: Open Recruitment for Accountability Team.
February 12, 2024: Accountability Team Launch
July 8, 2024: Project Halfway Point
July 23, 2024: Project Halfway – Public Update
November 18, 2024: Accountability Team Wrap-Up
December 6, 2024: Final Community Report

Our finale will be held at the Women in HPC Breakfast at CIUK 2024 in Manchester.

Projects

Move the Needle

Levelling up the People of HPC

The Goals of Season One

The Accountability Team

Knowledge Portal

Project Dates

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