IVEC Conditions of Use
To use iVEC’s high performance computing facilities and communications infrastructure you must agree to the conditions below.
General
- The systems provided by the iVEC Facilities and the communications infrastructure are only to be used for activities directly related to approved projects.
- The systems provided by the iVEC Facilities and the communications infrastructure are to be used in an efficient and economical manner.
- iVEC and the iVEC Facilities take no liability for any loss as a result of use of the iVEC Facilities and the communications infrastructure.
- Users are bound by various state and federal legislation that, amongst other things, bans Discrimination, Harassment, Vilification, Bullying and Defamation and movement or retention of Illicit material.
- Users are bound by the Australian Copyright Act and must not use iVEC infrastructure to break any of these laws. More detail is available at http://www.copyright.org.au/information, particularly the section “Websites, internet, software”
- These Conditions of Use and associate policies may change over time and the most recent version supercedes all others.
Publications
- All publications resulting from the use of iVEC Facilities and communications infrastructure must acknowledge iVEC as well as the Facility used. Addition of the following text to the paper acknowledgments will be sufficient: The work was supported by iVEC through the use of advanced computing resources provided by the FACILITY located at FACILITY LOCATION
- iVEC requests that an electronic copy of these publications be sent to pr@ivec.org
- In any financial year that you use iVEC resources, you must submit an annual report by the 30th June using the online submission at https://www.ivec.org/admin/annualreport/.
Computational Resources
- Installation of any software must have prior approval from the relevant iVEC Facility.
- Use of software covered by any license agreement is bound by that agreement.
- Users must not divulge their account details to any other person and must take every reasonable precaution to ensure their passwords are secure.
- Users agree to advise the iVEC management if they become aware of any security breach or potential risk.
