The Center Operations and Administrative team poses while holding balloons that spell "COA." Behind them are balloons that spell "TACC."
Administrative Professionals' Day celebrates admin staff for their significant contributions throughout the workforce. TACC sends a big "thank you" to our Center Operations and Administrative (COA) team for all their behind-the-scenes work that keeps our center moving forward! 🎉 #PoweringDiscoveries
25 years of powering discoveries—and counting.
TACC has supported research behind Nobel Prize–recognized breakthroughs:
• Protein prediction and design (2024, Chemistry)
• Gravitational waves (2017, Physics)
• Higgs boson (2013, Physics)
Here’s to the discoveries still to come.
Using TACC's Stampede3 and Lonestar6 supercomputers, researchers are uncovering the origins of mysterious space objects called Little Red Dots. These simulations bring us one step closer to understanding the early universe.
Learn more: bit.ly/4ccmYzk @utaustin.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social
The TACC Institute Series is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with applied computational techniques—whether you're advancing academic research, driving industry innovation, or supporting discovery behind the scenes.
Visit TACC's Training page to register: tacc.utexas.edu/use-tacc/tra...
Through initiatives like Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC), TACC is opening doors to computer science education in classrooms across Texas and the nation, reaching educators, students, and communities.
It’s all part of a broader mission: enabling discovery through advanced computing. #TACC25
TACC welcomes two new staff members!
Elizah Funke (L) joins Networking, Security, and Operations as a Senior Desktop Support Specialist.
Rebecca Whitlock (R) joins as LCCF Assistant Director for Project Operations, leading operations for the U.S. NSF Large-Scale Computing Facility project.
Through the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS program, researchers are revealing how red blood cells respond to stress — paving the way for safer, more effective blood pump designs.
Learn more about this exciting research: bit.ly/4sLWyKq
#PoweringDiscoveries
By repurposing HPC resources, TACC’s Legacy Computing Program supports global capacity building, expands access to research infrastructure, and helps institutions jumpstart new collaborations.
Learn more about the program: bit.ly/41v7ZtZ
#TACC25 #NSFfunded
Big milestone for Horizon, the centerpiece of the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility at TACC.
We’ve received our first rack of NVIDIA Blackwell GPU chips, a powerful test system. This is more than hardware—it’s a glimpse of the next era of AI and discovery.
TACC's advanced computing resources serve as the core infrastructure for the new Space Domain Awareness Tools, Applications, and Processing Lab at The University of Texas at Austin.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Pc6HRU
PEARC26 Student Opportunity — Deadline March 23!
Are you a student interested in HPC and research computing? Then, take the next step in your research journey.
📍 Minneapolis, Minnesota
📅 July 24–30, 2026
💰 FREE — travel, housing, conference registration
👉 Learn more & apply now: lnkd.in/eqce3PJx
Researchers at the @udelaware.bsky.social and the @upenn.edu used TACC's Stampede3 supercomputer to design proteins that self-assemble under extreme conditions, opening possibilities for sustainable industrial materials and biomedical applications. bit.ly/4dds2UW @accessforci.bsky.social
Before exascale computing, there was the Ranger supercomputer.
TACC’s “Path to Petascale” system broke barriers in research computing and launched a new era of discovery.
Can you guess the year Ranger was deployed to the national open science community? Drop your answer below.
#TACC25 #NSFfunded
🎉 Big congratulations to TACC Graduate Research Assistant KJ Kaur for earning third place in the ACM SIGCSE Graduate Student Research Competition. Her project explored how research-practice partnerships strengthen teacher capacity.
Way to go, KJ! 👏
Learn more: bit.ly/4s57eDa
TACC's partnership with the National Science Foundation in developing the workforce of the future is all-encompassing and foundational to our work. 🤝
Learn about the different ways we partner with NSF to power discoveries every day at tacc.utexas.edu
#TACC25 #WhatStartsHere #NSFfunded
Photograph from below of trees in the Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Photo credit: Damla Cinoglu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
What if competition for sunlight makes forests stronger? 🌳🌞⚡
Simulations on @taccutexas.bsky.social supercomputers show that canopy light competition boosts tree diversity offering powerful new tools for forest conservation and management.
Learn more: bit.ly/4b6uQR0 @utaustin.bsky.social
A big "thank you" to everyone who attended #STEM Girl Day 2026 at @utaustin.bsky.social! While visiting TACC's Vislab, students and parents drove robot cars using computers and created friendship bracelets using binary code. #UTGirlDay
View the full Girl Day 2026 photo album: bit.ly/3OLvyvG
The U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility is coming to life at TACC. When its centerpiece system, Horizon, enters production in 2026, it will usher in a new era of discovery powered by unprecedented computing + AI.
📸 Sean Hempel (left) + Dan Stanzione (right) survey progress.
At TACC, we believe every student deserves access to high-quality computer science education. @weteachcs.bsky.social has helped nearly 700 teachers across Texas obtain a CS teaching certification, strengthening the state’s technology workforce. #TACC25 #WhatStartsHere #PoweringDiscoveries #cs4all
Mark your calendars for #STEM Girl Day at @@utaustin.bsky.social! On February 28, students and families can stop by TACC's Vislab to explore how computers work, drive cars using computers, and hear about historical figures who have influenced computer science. #UTGirlDay
Learn more: bit.ly/40r76SG
Calling students! Join a program to help you sharpen HPC skills, connect with experienced mentors, and become part of a research computing community.
PEARC26 Student Program
Dates: July 24–30, 2026
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cost: Free
Apply today -- deadline March 23: bit.ly/4s9NSNy
TACC is committed to ensuring every school in Texas has access to computer science opportunities. Our ROCS training equipped educators with the curriculum and tools they need to provide hands-on learning in precision agriculture for rural students. #STEM #PoweringDiscoveries
Read: bit.ly/4s4eeAp
Accelerate your research at the TACC Open Hackathon 🚀
Work side-by-side with experts and peers across disciplines to optimize your applications on CPUs and GPUs.
Spots are limited — applications close February 25!
Apply now: bit.ly/46iSfND
What’s happening at the atomic level inside phosphate-based glasses?
Researchers at the University of North Texas are using TACC supercomputers to run large-scale simulations once thought impossible.
Advanced computing isn’t just accelerating discovery — it’s transforming it.
bit.ly/4rtn230
Austin in person event w/ CosmicAI and Texas Science Festival! “AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe”
Feb 25
1-2pm
Peter O'Donnell Building, Avaya Auditorium, Room 2.302 201 E. 24th St sciencefest.utexas.edu/events/exper...
@taccutexas.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social
🎉 TACC is 25! From a 50-gigaflop Cray at @utaustin.bsky.social to the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility, TACC powers discoveries that change the world.
Join us all year for #TACC25! More: tacc.utexas.edu/tacc25/
#NSFfunded #WhatStartsHere #PoweringDiscoveries
Frontera Fellow Sunia Tanweer (2025-2026) has published two preprints powered by computations on TACC’s Frontera supercomputer, the fastest NSF academic supercomputer in the United States. 🎉🚀
Learn more:
Density Estimates: bit.ly/3NVFthK
P-Bifurcations in Stochastic Flutter Model: bit.ly/3NZV2VB
The @utaustin.bsky.social Association of Computational Engineers (ACE) recently toured TACC’s data center for an up-close look at the supercomputers powering discovery at scale.
We had fun hosting your group and can’t wait to see what you’ll build. 💻🚀
Learn more about ACE: bit.ly/4ck1fWx
TACC is pleased to share two upcoming trainings :
🔹 Best Modern CMake Practices & Performance Portability with CMake and Kokkos
📅 February 24–25
🔗 lnkd.in/g6aa4Zye
🔹 Advanced NVIDIA HPC SDK Training
📅 March 4–5
🔗 lnkd.in/gbgzRV78
Registration closes February 20 -- don’t delay!
Did you know North America was once almost ripped apart, geologically speaking? 🌎
Using NSF @accessforci.bsky.social allocations on TACC's Stampede3 supercomputer, researchers identified critical conditions for geological rift failure. Learn more: bit.ly/46rWiqQ #NSFfunded #PoweringDiscoveries
