Intern Project Review Guidelines: 2021/2022
Goals:
The main goals of the Pawsey Summer Internship Program are:
- Enable undergraduate students to develop skills through immersion in high-performance computing, cloud computing, and visualisation projects
- Promote the use of Pawsey resources amongst beginning researchers
Scoring:
In a nutshell, we are looking for projects that align with Pawsey’s strategic direction, i.e., push our systems, try something new, standardise something or make it repeatable, add something novel, or otherwise make some contribution to computational science or to the researcher’s domain or the broader science (or public) community. These criteria are derived from the NCMAS, scaled to a 10-week timeframe, as well as intern-specific criteria.
- CRITERION 1: (Science Contribution) Project quality & innovation (NCMAS Criterion 1):
- Contribution to (domain) knowledge through the goals of the proposed research
- Potential for the research to contribute to Australian science, research and innovation priorities
- CRITERION 2: Alignment with Pawsey strategic priorities
We welcome and favour projects that move forward the state of the art in the following areas:
- Computational science
- Large-scale simulations
- Data science
- Large-scale data processing
- Grand Challenge problems*
- Machine learning
- Accelerated computing**
- (Big) data visualisation
*Projects focused on making a significant impact on a given scientific computing discipline
**That is, projects making use of GPUs, parallel and distributed computing, high performance computing, code optimisation, data storage and retrieval, etc.
- CRITERION 3: Computational feasibility (NCMAS Criterion 3)
- Suitability of the system/s to support the research
- Appropriate and efficient use of the system/s
- Capacity to realise the goals of the project within the resource/s request
- CRITERION 4: Intern focus
- Well-defined project
- Completion in timeframe (10 weeks)
- Building and application of computational or (digital) research skills and experience
IMPORTANT:
- The intern program is not meant to be an avenue for PIs to gain access to more CPU hours/allocation.
Scoring Points:
Scoring for each area is defined in the rubric below.
Rubric:
| Value: 0 points | Value: 2 points | Value: 6 points | Value: 10 points | |
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Criterion 1: (Science Contribution) Project Quality & Innovation The larger project/sub-project… |
…does not obviously contribute to science, domain, or research and the proposal does not articulate how it will contribute. | …has a minimal obvious contribution to science, domain, or research but is not clearly articulated. |
…contribution to science, domain, or research is clearly outlined. |
…contribution to science, domain, or research is clearly outlined and the significance and impact is well articulated. |
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Criterion 2: Alignment with Pawsey strategic priorities The larger project/sub-project… |
…does not align with the list of Pawsey strategic priorities and no alignment stated. |
…has minimal obvious alignment with the list of Pawsey strategic priorities but is not clearly articulated. |
…aligns with one area from the list of Pawsey strategic priorities and is clearly outlined. |
…aligns with one or more areas from the list of Pawsey strategic priorities and is clearly outlined and fully articulated/discussed. |
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Criterion 3: Computational Feasibility The research and/or project/sub-project… |
…is not suitable for the requested system/s and/or the system request is not possible. E.g., Windows on HPC resource, licensing issues, etc. |
…is suited for the requested system/s but is not appropriate, e.g., is an overly large request for the short timeframe, not an efficient use of the system/s, etc. | …is a suitable and appropriate use of the requested system/s. Is clearly outlined. | …is a suitable and appropriate use of the requested system/s and stretches or extends the system/s to be more efficient, scalable, etc. Is clearly outlined and fully articulated. |
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Criterion 4: Intern Focus The larger project/sub-project… |
…does not create a learning opportunity for the intern. | …creates a learning opportunity for the intern but is not well aligned to the Program, e.g., timeframe for completion is too short. | …creates a learning opportunity for the intern and is appropriate to the Program. Is clearly outlined. | …creates an innovative and/or interesting learning opportunity for the intern. Is clearly outlined and fully articulated. |
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BONUS POINTS The project/sub-project… |
…clearly highlight the training/experience interns will gain and how these will apply to their future careers in a wide variety of fields.
…offers a diverse and/or unique approach for the intern through one or more of: the project, the approach, the methodology employed, etc. |
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