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This page provides information on how to get an account on ALICE

Note

By requesting an account, you agree to the policies governing ALICE, such as

  • Access Policy

  • Acceptable Use Policy

  • Privacy Policy

Make sure to read those before requesting an account. You can find all policies here: ALICE Policies

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Account requests

If you are not a member of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSW) or Naturalis, you can get a user account on ALICE, by sending a request to helpdesk@alice.leidenuniv.nl (mail request) with the following information:

  • your name (REQUIRED)

  • your ULCN or LUMC account name. At ALICE, we will create a local ALICE account with the same account name. For account requests from Naturalis, this is not relevant. (REQUIRED)

  • your university or institute e-mail address. (REQUIRED)

  • your supervisor name (REQUIRED for PostDocs, PhDs and students only) or local host (REQUIRED for non-UL, non-LUMC users)

  • What do you plan to do on ALICE (1 or 2 sentences are sufficient)? (REQUIRED)

  • Do you plan to process sensitive data (related to persons) or other data that must be treated confidentially? (REQUIRED)

  • If your group leader or supervisor has access to private compute resources or maintains a project directory, do you need access? In this case, please specify them and ask your supervisor/group leader for confirmation.

    • The exception are

      • users from MI who are automatically given access to node802partition mem_mi

      • users from Institute Lorentz who are automatically given access to node0[22-24]partition cpu_lorentz.

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For students

If you are a student, we need confirmation from your supervisor that you require access to ALICE. Please ask your supervisor to send us an e-mail confirming the account request.

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For user not from LEI or LUMC,

If you do not have a Leiden University or LUMC account, we require confirmation from your host or supervisor at Leiden University or LUMC.

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For user from LUMC,

Please also provide the department that you are working in.

If you are a member of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSW), you can request an ALICE account through FSW-Labsupport using the following form:

FSW - Request ALICE account

FSW-Labsupport will review your project and assess if it is suitable for running on ALICE. If it is, FSW-Labsupport will send us a confirmation and we will set up the account.

If you are a member of Naturalis, you can request an ALICE account by sending a request to the Research IT Team at Naturalis.

Account password

Once we have created your account, you will receive an e-mail from admin@alice.leidenuniv.nl providing you with an initial password to log in.

For the password requirements on ALICE and how you can change your password, please see this page: Account passwords on ALICE

Policies

By requesting an account, you agree to the policies governing ALICE. You can find all policies here: ALICE Policies