If you are thinking about registering for the Early Science Program Kick-Off Workshop, please note that if your institution does not already have an AECI agreement signed with IBM (or is one of a few institutions with agreements in progress), there will not be time to get this done before the Workshop, so you will not be able to attend. If you want to inquire about whether your institution is covered by or in the process of signing an agreement, email [email protected] . (AECI is the acronym for IBM’s flavor of nondisclosure agreement.)

If you are not planning to attend the Workshop, but do intend to work on one of the Early Science Program projects, please notify [email protected], indicating your institution (university/lab/company where you work). We need to get IBM a complete list of institutions requesting AECI agreements for ESP work as soon as possible. The number is already getting large; at some point we’ll have to close the door and not accept any additional new institutions. If you’ve already let us know about your institution via email or registering for the Workshop, you don’t need to send anything further.