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State of the University Address

President William Powers Jr. highlights University accomplishments, including Stampede

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Make Room for Stampede

In January 2013, TACC will deploy its newest supercomputer, Stampede, which will support the nation's scientists in addressing the most challenging scientific and engineering problems. This video takes you on a tour of the new data center built to accommodate this system, as well as the thermal energy storage technology built to keep it cool.

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Geek of the Week: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the People Who Keep TACC Running

John Lockman works as a Research Engineer/Scientist in the HPC Performance & Architectures group at TACC. Not only is Lockman a high performance computing specialist, he doesn't have a problem juggling a lot of work. Literally!

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"Any good business plan has indicators to determine whether it is working. What would ours be? One is that success breeds even more success. A prime example this year is that, based on previous success, our Texas Advanced Computing Center won a $51.5 million award from the National Science Foundation to create Stampede — which could result in an investment of more than $100 million if the project is renewed. Stampede will be one of the most powerful computer systems in the world. It will in turn provide a competitive advantage in attracting additional funding to Texas researchers for computational science, and it will help attract more leaders in science and technology to UT."

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Exposing the Machinery of the Resistome

Nobel laureate uses advanced computing to uncover genes involved in immune response
Bruce Beutler, 2011 Nobel Prize Winner, is using TACC's Ranger to locate all of the genes involved in the mammalian immune response. Beutler's lab will sequence the protein-coding portions of genes in 8,000 mice to detect the impact of mutations on immunity.

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Artist in the Lab, Scientist in the Studio

Art engages viewers and inspires interest in larger scientific issues
Austin-based artist Francesca Samsel uses scientific visualization and high-resolution displays to create digital murals inspired by research. Samsel's favorite canvas is TACC's Stallion, the world's highest resolution tiled-display, because of the detail the display brings to her pieces.

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TACC Helps Plan New Science Gateway Institute

Project to support development of web-based portals
Science gateways are used today to provide access to many of the tools employed in cutting-edge research - telescopes, seismic shake tables, supercomputers, sky surveys, undersea sensors, and more. Such gateways connect scientists and diverse resources in a scalable way that saves time and money.

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