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Event: "Cyberinfrastructure to Feed the World," presented by Dr. Dan Stanzione and Dr. Matthew Vaughn from the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).

When: 5:45 p.m., July 5. This event is free and open to the public. Where: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Amphitheater (Room 204), 1900 University Ave.

Background: In this talk, Stanzione and…   » Continue Reading

Microsoft Vice President Dan Reed regaled a full audience with stories of close friendships and portable cassette players at the AT&T Conference Center Tuesday night.

Reed, vice president of technology policy and strategy at Microsoft, addressed the megatrends of today as part of the Austin Forum, a monthly speaker series.

Reed provided a helpful analogy to put things in perspective for his audience.

The Texas Advanced Computing Center has announced the unveiling of the Lonestar 4, UT's newest super computer.

The $12 million machine replaces its old version, which was one of the most productive platforms of the NSF TeraGrid network.

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today will dedicate Lonestar 4, its newest supercomputer, as part of the advanced computing arsenal for the state of Texas and the nation.

The National Science Foundation (NSF), The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas System, the UT Institute…   » Continue Reading

Longhorn, the largest hardware-accelerated interactive visualization cluster in the world located at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), is providing researchers with unprecedented visualization capabilities and enabling them to effectively analyze ever-growing volumes of data.

"Longhorn" is the largest hardware-accelerated interactive visualization cluster in the world. The supercomputer is providing researchers with unprecedented visualization capabilities and [...]

The National Science Foundation (NSF), The University of Texas at Austin, and multiple partners have committed $9 million to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to acquire a new Lonestar system that is expected to support more than 1,000 research projects in science and engineering over three years.

William Powers Jr., president of The University of [...]

Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m., TACC Visualization Laboratory, ACE 2.404a. Join the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and MASS Gallery as we present "Methods of Entanglement." This exhibition presents digital and interactive artwork from local and national artists, including Leigh Brodie, Sam Sanford, Ali Miharbi, exCorporation, Duncan Malashock, James Willard Pierce, Robert Boland, Jeanne Stern and Jenny Vogel, in TACC's Visualization Laboratory, a new venue for digital art in the city.

Meet the artists, view their work, and enjoy light refreshments.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $7 million grant to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin for a three-year project that will provide a new computing resource and the largest, most comprehensive suite of visualization and data analysis (VDA) services to the open science community.

The new [...]

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin today received gifts totaling $230,000 from Chevron Corporation to train the next generation of scientists and researchers in using advanced computing technologies and state-of-the-art laboratories for breakthrough science.

"Energy companies need highly skilled employees and extensive computing [...]