Feature Stories

To learn more about computational research performed on TACC's resources, explore the feature articles below. PDF versions will be available for download shortly after publication.

2012 Features

• Local innovators imagine the future of video games in Austin
  "Infinite Resolution Zero Latency" brings together designers, theorists, and technologists to discuss, play games
• Upgrading the Hurricane Forecast
  TACC's Ranger supercomputer helps researchers predict storm intensity with greater accuracy
• Infrared Survey for Lonestar 4
  Dell Sponsored Infrared Survey of TACC's Supercomputer


• Attention Researchers: Protect Your Data!
  TACC, UT Libraries and ITS partner to offer data management resources to researchers


• Data Center Heat Meets Its Match in Mineral Oil Submersion System
  Green Revolution Cooling teams with TACC to test power-saving solutions


• High-stakes predictions
  From forecasting shuttle re-entry to medical procedure outcomes, engineers are working fast to create computer models we can trust


• The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
  Q&A with Dr. Alison Preston

2011 Features

• TACC's Ranger supercomputer assists Guatemalan human rights effort
  Powerful system converts 10 million image files in days to meet election deadline


• Finding Meaning in Massive Datasets
  Heavy lifting, in the form of storing, analyzing and curating big data, is enabling data-driven science across many fields


• Big Data at the Texas Advanced Computing Center
  Series highlighting several projects that illustrate the breadth of data-driven science enabled by TACC systems, as well as the improvements to the systems and cyberinfrastructure that will facilitate scientific discoveries.


• Wireless Worries
  With the help of supercomputing power, researchers explore the health risks of wireless devices through virtual body models and advanced algorithms


• Supercomputing 2011
  TACC to Highlight Emerging HPC and Visualization Technologies at SC'11 Conference


• Insights from Spinning Samples
  TACC supercomputers help researchers find deeper insight into the purity, structure and behavior of protein, DNA and RNA


• Digitizing the past
  Archaeologists and technologists develop supercomputer-powered solutions to protect and preserve ancient sites and artifacts


• IEEE Conference Lays Path to Exascale Computing
  Speakers present exascale challenges and solutions from software, hardware and HPC center perspectives


• Simulating the Universe for Movie Fans
  Renowned scientist Volker Bromm talks about the cosmic dark ages and first light and how they resonate with the storyline in Tree of Life


• Developing Scientific Computing Communities
  Researchers present experiences from ENZO, CACTUS, and iPlant API development efforts


• Adventures with HPC Accelerators
  Researchers from Mellanox Technologies and the Texas Advanced Computing Center share early experiences with GPUs and Intel MIC processors at TeraGrid ‘11


• TACC Takes Visualization Training on the Road [Download PDF version]
  Collaboration with Southeastern University Research Association provides visualization workshops to minority serving institutions


• Seeing is Believing
  Extreme Digital visualization and data analysis resources help researchers derive insights from massive data sets


• Wandering Wings [Download PDF version]
  Random foraging may explain complex Monarch migration


• Sharpening Electron Imaging [Download PDF version]
  TACC supercomputers help researchers at the National Center for Macromolecular Imaging define virus structures


• Effective Defects [Download PDF version]
  University of California researchers explore defects in diamonds and other materials useful for quantum computing


• TACC 10th Anniversary Celebration and Colloquium [Download PDF version]
  Powering Discoveries: Past, Present & Future


• Tunneling Transistors [Download PDF version]
  Quantum effects in "III-V" materials allow for faster, lower-energy nanotransistors


• Being "Smart" at Home [Download PDF version]
  TACC partners with local smart grid demonstration project to pave the way to a more sustainable future


• Student Applies Engineering Science to Help Firefighters [Download PDF version]
  Bridging the gap between science and real-life firefighting situations


• A Decade of Discovery [Download PDF version]
  The Texas Advanced Computing Center celebrates 10 years of enabling discoveries through the use of advanced computing technologies


• Overcoming Quantum Error [Download PDF version]
  International research team uses TACC supercomputers to push the frontiers of quantum computing simulations


• The Frontiers of Future Nanotransistors [Download PDF version]
  Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin simulate graphene transistors for tomorrow's electronic devices


• A Scatter-Free Surface [Download PDF version]
  Researchers perform simulations of "topological insulators" as another route to low-power computing


• The 'Gold' Standard - UT's Freshman Research Initiative [Download PDF version]
  UT professor advocates for early undergraduate research with advanced computing technologies


• Enabling Data-Intensive Research via Cloud Computing [Download PDF version]
  Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology (LIFT) supports research into emerging computing environment


• Man-Made Climate Change? Geoengineering Effects Explored [Download PDF version]
  Simulations by University of Washington researchers outline potential risks and benefits of geoengineering


• Reducing Jet Noise by Controlling Turbulence [Download PDF version]
  Researchers use Ranger to understand and minimize jet noise generation


• Race Car Code for Computational Biology [Download PDF version]
  Performance optimization speeds algorithms for plant genetic studies


• Smooth Sailing for Simulations of Roughness [Download PDF version]
  TACC and TeraGrid assist University of Puerto Rico researcher in search for turbulence insights


• Improving Nature's Top Recyclers [Download PDF version]
  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory teams with the Texas Advanced Computing Center to explore designer enzymes for renewable fuels


• The Performance Doctor Is In [Download PDF version]
  New software helps identify and fix bottlenecks in scientific computing codes


• Hyperlocal Forecasting [Download PDF version]
  Scripps researcher adapts global climate model to improve regional predictions


• Testing Technicolor Physics [Download PDF version]
  Researchers use Ranger to explore what might lie beyond the Standard Model of particle physics


• First Stars in the Universe Weren't Lonely [Download PDF version]
  Ranger helps researchers explore early stellar evolution


• A Window on the Archives of the Future
  TACC partners with the National Archives to find solutions to the federal government's digital records challenge


• Placing Landmarks on the Genome Map [Download PDF version]
  Bioinformatics researchers use Ranger to explore DNA and heredity


• From broken bones to black holes, researchers use TeraGrid supercomputers to advance science [Download PDF version]
  TeraGrid Provided 1.75 Billion Hours of Computational Time to 1300 users in 2010