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The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at UT Austin designs and deploys powerful computing technologies to power discoveries that change the world. https://tacc.utexas.edu/
The 8th annual Texascale Magazine is here! 🎉 This edition highlights how TACC is driving the future of scientific discovery. Read the full stories and browse the amazing imagery at texascale.org/2025!
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The 8th annual Texascale Magazine is here! 🎉 This edition highlights how TACC is driving the future of scientific discovery. Read the full stories and browse the amazing imagery at texascale.org/2025!
Huge kudos to TACC’s Nathaniel Mendoza and the 200-person SCinet team for building and running the world’s most powerful temporary network at #SC25 — an engineering feat every year. 💻🤝
Learn more: www.stlmag.com/.../sc25-st-...
Learn more: www.stlmag.com/.../sc25-st-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Huge kudos to TACC’s Nathaniel Mendoza and the 200-person SCinet team for building and running the world’s most powerful temporary network at #SC25 — an engineering feat every year. 💻🤝
Learn more: www.stlmag.com/.../sc25-st-...
Learn more: www.stlmag.com/.../sc25-st-...
Congratulations to the 2025 ACM Gordon Bell Prize winners for their research on a digital twin for real-time tsunami early warning!
The work used supercomputing resources including El Capitan at LLNL and Frontera at TACC. The prize was awarded at #SC25 in St. Louis.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Kd7gsw
The work used supercomputing resources including El Capitan at LLNL and Frontera at TACC. The prize was awarded at #SC25 in St. Louis.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Kd7gsw
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 ACM Gordon Bell Prize winners for their research on a digital twin for real-time tsunami early warning!
The work used supercomputing resources including El Capitan at LLNL and Frontera at TACC. The prize was awarded at #SC25 in St. Louis.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Kd7gsw
The work used supercomputing resources including El Capitan at LLNL and Frontera at TACC. The prize was awarded at #SC25 in St. Louis.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Kd7gsw
TACC is thrilled to be recognized with two HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards at #SC25 in St. Louis!
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Financial Services
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Physical Sciences
We’re proud to support research communities pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 🌍💡Learn more: bit.ly/48q239V
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Financial Services
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Physical Sciences
We’re proud to support research communities pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 🌍💡Learn more: bit.ly/48q239V
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TACC is thrilled to be recognized with two HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards at #SC25 in St. Louis!
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Financial Services
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Physical Sciences
We’re proud to support research communities pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 🌍💡Learn more: bit.ly/48q239V
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Financial Services
🏆 Best Use of HPC in Physical Sciences
We’re proud to support research communities pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 🌍💡Learn more: bit.ly/48q239V
It's the final day of #SC25! Check out where we’ll be. And don’t forget to visit us at Booth #704! 👏
🔹 Art of HPC Exhibit | Plaza Lobby
🔹 Advanced Computing Student Collaborative Final Presentations | 8:30am-12:00pm, 173AB
🔹 Inside TACC Vista and Its Communication Libraries | 10:30am, OSU Booth
🔹 Art of HPC Exhibit | Plaza Lobby
🔹 Advanced Computing Student Collaborative Final Presentations | 8:30am-12:00pm, 173AB
🔹 Inside TACC Vista and Its Communication Libraries | 10:30am, OSU Booth
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It's the final day of #SC25! Check out where we’ll be. And don’t forget to visit us at Booth #704! 👏
🔹 Art of HPC Exhibit | Plaza Lobby
🔹 Advanced Computing Student Collaborative Final Presentations | 8:30am-12:00pm, 173AB
🔹 Inside TACC Vista and Its Communication Libraries | 10:30am, OSU Booth
🔹 Art of HPC Exhibit | Plaza Lobby
🔹 Advanced Computing Student Collaborative Final Presentations | 8:30am-12:00pm, 173AB
🔹 Inside TACC Vista and Its Communication Libraries | 10:30am, OSU Booth
CBS KEYE’s Walt Maciborski shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking work happening in Central Texas. Watch the full segment to learn how the U.S. NSF LCCF Horizon supercomputer will accelerate discovery: bit.ly/43ztNX6
#NSF-funded #PoweringDiscoveries
#NSF-funded #PoweringDiscoveries
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
CBS KEYE’s Walt Maciborski shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking work happening in Central Texas. Watch the full segment to learn how the U.S. NSF LCCF Horizon supercomputer will accelerate discovery: bit.ly/43ztNX6
#NSF-funded #PoweringDiscoveries
#NSF-funded #PoweringDiscoveries
Academic supercomputer champion Frontera of the @taccutexas.bsky.social at @utaustin.bsky.social goes six years as the top US university system, according to the Nov. 2025 Top500 rankings! top500.org #NSFfunded #SC25
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Academic supercomputer champion Frontera of the @taccutexas.bsky.social at @utaustin.bsky.social goes six years as the top US university system, according to the Nov. 2025 Top500 rankings! top500.org #NSFfunded #SC25
Installation has officially begun on Horizon, which will be the nation’s largest academic supercomputer, marking a major milestone for the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility at TACC. 🚀🔬🪐
Learn more: bit.ly/4oEoDBs
Learn more: bit.ly/4oEoDBs
NSF LCCF Horizon Supercomputer To Power Breakthroughs for the Nation’s Leading Scientists
Installation of nation’s largest academic supercomputer begins, ushering in a new era of open science and discovery
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Installation has officially begun on Horizon, which will be the nation’s largest academic supercomputer, marking a major milestone for the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility at TACC. 🚀🔬🪐
Learn more: bit.ly/4oEoDBs
Learn more: bit.ly/4oEoDBs
Join NVIDIA’s Ian Buck and a panel of global HPC visionaries to discuss how AI, quantum computing, and next-gen infrastructure are redefining the frontiers of science.
📅 Monday, November 17
🕓 4:00–5:30 pm CT
📍 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, Grand Ballroom
👉 Register: lnkd.in/gZevq8Af
📅 Monday, November 17
🕓 4:00–5:30 pm CT
📍 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, Grand Ballroom
👉 Register: lnkd.in/gZevq8Af
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join NVIDIA’s Ian Buck and a panel of global HPC visionaries to discuss how AI, quantum computing, and next-gen infrastructure are redefining the frontiers of science.
📅 Monday, November 17
🕓 4:00–5:30 pm CT
📍 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, Grand Ballroom
👉 Register: lnkd.in/gZevq8Af
📅 Monday, November 17
🕓 4:00–5:30 pm CT
📍 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, Grand Ballroom
👉 Register: lnkd.in/gZevq8Af
Alana Benavides has joined the EPIC team as a Project Support Specialist, where she’ll help strengthen partnerships between TACC and the broader computer science education community. She’ll coordinate outreach events, provide support, and assist with professional development.
Welcome aboard, Alana!
Welcome aboard, Alana!
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Alana Benavides has joined the EPIC team as a Project Support Specialist, where she’ll help strengthen partnerships between TACC and the broader computer science education community. She’ll coordinate outreach events, provide support, and assist with professional development.
Welcome aboard, Alana!
Welcome aboard, Alana!
🥕🖥️ Data for Hurricane Disaster Recovery 🌩️🌀
An award-winning dataset from the NHERI DesignSafe infrastructure project explores how Hurricane Harvey disrupted food access across the Houston area in 2017.
Learn more: www.designsafe-ci.org/community/ne...
An award-winning dataset from the NHERI DesignSafe infrastructure project explores how Hurricane Harvey disrupted food access across the Houston area in 2017.
Learn more: www.designsafe-ci.org/community/ne...
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🥕🖥️ Data for Hurricane Disaster Recovery 🌩️🌀
An award-winning dataset from the NHERI DesignSafe infrastructure project explores how Hurricane Harvey disrupted food access across the Houston area in 2017.
Learn more: www.designsafe-ci.org/community/ne...
An award-winning dataset from the NHERI DesignSafe infrastructure project explores how Hurricane Harvey disrupted food access across the Houston area in 2017.
Learn more: www.designsafe-ci.org/community/ne...
Join us in welcoming Jennifer Wilson to TACC! 🌟
Jennifer joins the Center Operations Administrative team as an administrative assistant, where she’ll help keep things running smoothly from greeting visitors to coordinating tours to processing travel requests.
Welcome to the team! 🎉
Jennifer joins the Center Operations Administrative team as an administrative assistant, where she’ll help keep things running smoothly from greeting visitors to coordinating tours to processing travel requests.
Welcome to the team! 🎉
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join us in welcoming Jennifer Wilson to TACC! 🌟
Jennifer joins the Center Operations Administrative team as an administrative assistant, where she’ll help keep things running smoothly from greeting visitors to coordinating tours to processing travel requests.
Welcome to the team! 🎉
Jennifer joins the Center Operations Administrative team as an administrative assistant, where she’ll help keep things running smoothly from greeting visitors to coordinating tours to processing travel requests.
Welcome to the team! 🎉
TACC’s Francesca Samsel presents “A New Default Colormap for ParaView” this Thursday, November 6, at IEEE VIS in Vienna! 🌈
The new colormap helps scientists see data more clearly than ever.
Learn more about the conference: ieeevis.org/year/2025/we...
The new colormap helps scientists see data more clearly than ever.
Learn more about the conference: ieeevis.org/year/2025/we...
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
TACC’s Francesca Samsel presents “A New Default Colormap for ParaView” this Thursday, November 6, at IEEE VIS in Vienna! 🌈
The new colormap helps scientists see data more clearly than ever.
Learn more about the conference: ieeevis.org/year/2025/we...
The new colormap helps scientists see data more clearly than ever.
Learn more about the conference: ieeevis.org/year/2025/we...
Upcoming Webinar: Sustaining Collaborative Science with Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure
Friday, 12.5.25 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Join us to explore Tapis, an open-source API framework enabling collaborative, automated, and reproducible computational research.
Register today: bit.ly/436Rrde
Friday, 12.5.25 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Join us to explore Tapis, an open-source API framework enabling collaborative, automated, and reproducible computational research.
Register today: bit.ly/436Rrde
Tapis: Sustaining Collaborative Science w/ Open Source Cyberinfrastructure
Join us to learn about the development cycle of the open-source API framework known as Tapis.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Upcoming Webinar: Sustaining Collaborative Science with Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure
Friday, 12.5.25 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Join us to explore Tapis, an open-source API framework enabling collaborative, automated, and reproducible computational research.
Register today: bit.ly/436Rrde
Friday, 12.5.25 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Join us to explore Tapis, an open-source API framework enabling collaborative, automated, and reproducible computational research.
Register today: bit.ly/436Rrde
At TACC, our mission is to enable discoveries that advance science and society through the application of advanced computing technologies.
2025 TACC Staff Photo taken in the Advanced Computing Building lobby at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, UT Austin.
#PoweringDiscoveries
2025 TACC Staff Photo taken in the Advanced Computing Building lobby at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, UT Austin.
#PoweringDiscoveries
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
At TACC, our mission is to enable discoveries that advance science and society through the application of advanced computing technologies.
2025 TACC Staff Photo taken in the Advanced Computing Building lobby at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, UT Austin.
#PoweringDiscoveries
2025 TACC Staff Photo taken in the Advanced Computing Building lobby at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, UT Austin.
#PoweringDiscoveries
A black hole may be the glue holding a distant galaxy together. 🌌
Using TACC’s Lonestar6 supercomputer, researchers simulated the dwarf galaxy Segue 1, about 75,000 light years from Earth, to uncover the mystery.
Discover more: bit.ly/48LkiYd
Using TACC’s Lonestar6 supercomputer, researchers simulated the dwarf galaxy Segue 1, about 75,000 light years from Earth, to uncover the mystery.
Discover more: bit.ly/48LkiYd
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A black hole may be the glue holding a distant galaxy together. 🌌
Using TACC’s Lonestar6 supercomputer, researchers simulated the dwarf galaxy Segue 1, about 75,000 light years from Earth, to uncover the mystery.
Discover more: bit.ly/48LkiYd
Using TACC’s Lonestar6 supercomputer, researchers simulated the dwarf galaxy Segue 1, about 75,000 light years from Earth, to uncover the mystery.
Discover more: bit.ly/48LkiYd
Congratulations to the team behind a new dataset documenting Hurricane Ian first-floor elevations in Ft. Myers, FL. The dataset earned a 2025 DesignSafe Dataset Award for its valuable contributions to natural hazards research! 📣🌀🖥️
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@uoregon.bsky.social @universityofri.bsky.social
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@uoregon.bsky.social @universityofri.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Congratulations to the team behind a new dataset documenting Hurricane Ian first-floor elevations in Ft. Myers, FL. The dataset earned a 2025 DesignSafe Dataset Award for its valuable contributions to natural hazards research! 📣🌀🖥️
bit.ly/3L7ogk8
@uoregon.bsky.social @universityofri.bsky.social
bit.ly/3L7ogk8
@uoregon.bsky.social @universityofri.bsky.social
Shaping the Future of Computational Science:
A Conversation with Dan Stanzione on HPC, AI, and National Research Infrastructure
Read more: bit.ly/3JooHpD
A Conversation with Dan Stanzione on HPC, AI, and National Research Infrastructure
Read more: bit.ly/3JooHpD
Shaping the Future of Computational Science - Edge, the Nation's Nonprofit Technology Consortium
Shaping the Future of Computational Science: A Conversation with Dan Stanzione on HPC, AI, and National Research Infrastructure In the rapidly evolving landscape of high performance computing, artific...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Shaping the Future of Computational Science:
A Conversation with Dan Stanzione on HPC, AI, and National Research Infrastructure
Read more: bit.ly/3JooHpD
A Conversation with Dan Stanzione on HPC, AI, and National Research Infrastructure
Read more: bit.ly/3JooHpD
Join the NERSC End-to-End AI for Science Bootcamp — December 10–11, 2025!
NERSC, in collaboration with NVIDIA and OpenACC, is hosting a 2-day, fully remote bootcamp designed to help researchers harness the power of AI and HPC for scientific discovery.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/4qiGyit
NERSC, in collaboration with NVIDIA and OpenACC, is hosting a 2-day, fully remote bootcamp designed to help researchers harness the power of AI and HPC for scientific discovery.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/4qiGyit
NERSC End-to-End AI for Science Bootcamp, December 2025
NERSC/NVIDIA is hosting an End-to-End AI for Science bootcamp in Dec 2025.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join the NERSC End-to-End AI for Science Bootcamp — December 10–11, 2025!
NERSC, in collaboration with NVIDIA and OpenACC, is hosting a 2-day, fully remote bootcamp designed to help researchers harness the power of AI and HPC for scientific discovery.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/4qiGyit
NERSC, in collaboration with NVIDIA and OpenACC, is hosting a 2-day, fully remote bootcamp designed to help researchers harness the power of AI and HPC for scientific discovery.
Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/4qiGyit
Welcome, Cohort 4! 🎉
Through the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship, participants dive into world-class computing resources, mentorship, and hands-on training building the skills and connections to jumpstart their careers in tech.
Through the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship, participants dive into world-class computing resources, mentorship, and hands-on training building the skills and connections to jumpstart their careers in tech.
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Welcome, Cohort 4! 🎉
Through the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship, participants dive into world-class computing resources, mentorship, and hands-on training building the skills and connections to jumpstart their careers in tech.
Through the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship, participants dive into world-class computing resources, mentorship, and hands-on training building the skills and connections to jumpstart their careers in tech.
Meet Cohort 3 of the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship! Interns trained on world-class computing systems, strengthened workforce skills, and built lasting professional networks. Hear their stories and insights! #NSFfunded
Learn more: bit.ly/43neyAd
Learn more: bit.ly/43neyAd
October 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Meet Cohort 3 of the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship! Interns trained on world-class computing systems, strengthened workforce skills, and built lasting professional networks. Hear their stories and insights! #NSFfunded
Learn more: bit.ly/43neyAd
Learn more: bit.ly/43neyAd
Upcoming Workshop: Introduction to EPWpy and MATCSSI
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Register by Nov. 16! bit.ly/47lu4hs
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Register by Nov. 16! bit.ly/47lu4hs
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Upcoming Workshop: Introduction to EPWpy and MATCSSI
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Register by Nov. 16! bit.ly/47lu4hs
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Register by Nov. 16! bit.ly/47lu4hs
Congratulations to the Cascadia team of scientists from @utaustin.bsky.social , @ucsandiego.bsky.social, and LLNL, winners of the 2025 MFEM Workshop Visualization Contest!
🌊💡 Learn more: bit.ly/42EE1F9
🌊💡 Learn more: bit.ly/42EE1F9
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Congratulations to the Cascadia team of scientists from @utaustin.bsky.social , @ucsandiego.bsky.social, and LLNL, winners of the 2025 MFEM Workshop Visualization Contest!
🌊💡 Learn more: bit.ly/42EE1F9
🌊💡 Learn more: bit.ly/42EE1F9
Nathaniel Mendoza (L) honors Tommy Minyard (R) with the first star on TACC’s “Walk of Fame” at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus. Minyard, a 20-year TACC veteran, led the deployment of numerous supercomputing systems that shaped the center’s success.
October 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nathaniel Mendoza (L) honors Tommy Minyard (R) with the first star on TACC’s “Walk of Fame” at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus. Minyard, a 20-year TACC veteran, led the deployment of numerous supercomputing systems that shaped the center’s success.