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On this page we explain how to get an account for the Lisa system, and how to proceed when you got one. Please, do not hesitate to contact our helpdesk if there are any problems or questions with regard to the Lisa system.

How to get an account

How to get an account depends on your affiliation (see below).

Affiliates of UvA and VU

PLEASE NOTE

• This is NOT for affiliates of VUmc
• For UvA affiliates who want access to the GPU-island of Lisa, there are some special conditions, see below

Send an e-mail to SURFsara (helpdesk@surfsara.nl) with the following information:

• Your name
• Your office address
• Your office telephone number
• Your e-mail address from your university (not a gmail account, for example)
• Your nationality
• Your faculty and/or subfaculty
• Your project leader (including email address)
• An estimation of cpu-hours needed
• A short description of your project (10 lines or less)

Ask your project leader (affiliated with the UvA respectively the VU) to send a short supporting email to SURFsara (helpdesk@surfsara.nl)

Affiliates of UvA; access to GPU-Island

As of March, 1, 2018, affiliates of UvA can get access to the GPU-Island of Lisa. Because UvA has arranged for a fixed amount of credits on the GPU-island, usage of the GPU-island is accounted separately, so you will need an extra login & account to access it. You can apply for a GPU account in the same manner as for a regular account (see description above), but SURFsara will request additional conformation from UvA. Initially you will be granted a fixed starters budget to familiarize yourself with running your jobs on the GPU’s. This budget will be enforced, i.e. your account will be blocked when you have used up all budget. You can apply for an extension or expansion of your budget, which is subject to approval from UvA, by sending your request to helpdesk@surfsara.nl.

Affiliates of other universities in the Netherlands

• Several universities have a direct contract with SURFsara. Your university could be among them. Please check the list here to check whether your university is part of those and how to get access.
• Affiliates of the universities can also gain access via an NWO grant. The procedure to obtain an NWO grant is split, dependent on the size of your request:
• For requests up to 100,000 core-hours on Lisa, follow the procedure on https://www.surf.nl/en/applying-for-access-to-compute-services
• For requests exceeding 100,000 core-hours, submit your proposal directly to NWO, https://isaac.nwo.nl

Affiliates of the Genetic Cluster Computer project (GCC)

• Contact this web site: http://www.geneticcluster.org/

Affiliates of the FOM institutes and CWI

• Consult How to apply for computing time on the national compute cluster Lisa for staff and students of the FOM Institutes

All other parties that want to get access to Lisa

• Contact our helpdesk (helpdesk@surfsara.nl) to discuss possibilities to get access to Lisa

High Memory node

Affiliates of the Genetic Cluster Computer project (GCC)

• Affiliates of the Genetic Cluster Computer project can obtain an account on the High Memory node
• For a new account contact this web site: http://www.geneticcluster.org/
• For existing users, send an e-mail to SURFsara (helpdesk@surfsara.nl)

Other organizations

• At the moment the highmem node is not a regular service in LISA. If you are interested in a service like this please sent an e-mail to SURFsara (helpdesk@surfsara.nl)

How to access the Lisa system

How to access the Lisa system is described here.