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

• Biologically Inspired Energy
  Researchers use TACC's Ranger supercomputer to investigate photosynthetic materials
• Preparing for Many-Core
  TACC-Intel Highly Parallel Computing Symposium showcases development and early experiences with Intel MIC Architecture
• TACC and Landmarks Host Q&A With Computational Artist Ben Rubin
  Event held in the TACC/ACES Visualization Lab prior to the unveiling of Rubin's video projection for the façade of UT's Communication Building
• Better Batteries through Simulation
  MIT researchers use TACC's Ranger supercomputer to investigate new material for high-density energy storage
• Training Tomorrow's Energy Scientists
  Researchers organize advanced computing workshop in Chile to enhance student supercomputing skills, encourage networking across the Americas
• Materials for Next-Generation Solar Cells
  Cornell researchers use XSEDE supercomputers to investigate nanocrystals for photovoltaics and catalysis
• Dispatches from the Energy Front
  Highlighted projects that illustrate the breadth of energy research taking place on TACC systems
• TACC at SXSW Interactive 2012
  TACC staff members presented at and attended the local conference that is making a global impact
• A Tree of Life Grows in Texas
  Scientists use Ranger supercomputer to create a more accurate evolutionary history
• Collision Chemistry
  Texas Tech researcher uses TACC supercomputers to explore chemical reactions at the atomic level
• TACC at Explore UT 2012
  TACC Participates in "The Biggest Open House in Texas"
• TACC Director Jay Boisseau & other UT leaders to receive Presidential Citation
  For contributions to the university, Jay Boisseau, Barbara White, John Massey and Charles Tate will be honored March 7.
• Scientific Visualization for Educators
  Students, faculty and staff to benefit from new visualization technologies
• Data Security for High Performance Computing
  TACC industrial partners discuss best practices in the age of hackers, botnets and cloud computing
• 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