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Title: Improving Access to Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Using Regional Computing Collaborations and People Networks: Recommendations from a National Workshop on Expanding Computing Using Collaborative Models
Award ID(s):
2019136
PAR ID:
10553961
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ACM
Date Published:
ISBN:
9781450399852
Page Range / eLocation ID:
350 to 354
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Portland OR USA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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