Science Highlights
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RCAC Lecture Series: Unveiling the Mystery of Deep Learning: Past, Present, and Future
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is excited to announce an upcoming short course, “Unveiling the Mystery of Deep Learning: Past, Present, and Future.” This course is designed to provide those who utilize artificial intelligence (AI) too...
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Anvil AI now available for allocations through NAIRR
Researchers nationwide can now request access to the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) new national artificial intelligence (AI) resource, Anvil AI. Purdue University's powerful national HPC-resource, the Anvil supercomputer, recently rece...
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Bell powers notable studies of seismology, volcano dynamics
A Purdue professor is using the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC)’s powerful Bell supercomputer for seismic imaging and to better understand the lithosphere, the outermost layer of the Earth, and how earthquakes and volcanoes occur. Xiaotao...
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Gautschi supercomputer in full production and available for faculty use
Purdue University’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) most powerful supercomputer to date, Gautschi, has completed its early user program and entered full production - now available for faculty use. The Gautschi cluster features cutting-ed...
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Envision Center to host 3rd event in Collab XR Demo Series
Purdue University’s Envision Center, part of the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), has developed a virtual reality platform that utilizes the Meta Quest 3 headsets to bring the future of teaching and learning to our doorstep. The technology...
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RCAC bioinformatics team hosts successful genome assembly and annotation workshop
Purdue’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently hosted a two day Genome Assembly and Annotation workshop that brought together faculty, students and postdocs and focused on genome assembly methodologies, tools and best practices, with ha...
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Former CI symposium student poster winner attends NeurIPS conference with RCAC support
With support from the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), Purdue doctoral candidate Haoteng Yin recently attended NeurIPS 2024, one of the world’s leading conferences in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Yin won Best Poster at RCA...
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Save the date for the 2025 Research Computing Cyberinfrastructure Symposium, hosted by the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, which will be held at High Alpha, 830 Massachusetts Ave Suite 1500 Floor 4 in Indianapolis on May 1. This event is open to...
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RCAC sponsors two successful hackathons
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) has had a busy start to the new year. From delivering top-notch HPC (high-performance computing) training events, giving presentations at different campuses and national meetings, and hosting demonstrati...
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Purdue’s WHPC to host a presentation by Ursula Papandrea
Purdue University's Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) chapter is set to host a presentation by Ursula Papandrea on Friday, March 28th, at 10 a.m. Papandrea is a world-renowned competitor, coach, instructor, and leader in the sport of Weightl...
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Award-winning HyperShell software developed by RCAC helps simplify “many task” computing
RCAC staff members have developed a piece of software, known as HyperShell, that helps divide and conquer large volumes of discrete tasks to assist with scheduling and managing what’s known as “many task computing.” HyperShell has been dubbed “the ul...
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RCAC Student Spotlight: Koki Motoi
Name: Koki Motoi Year: Grad Student Major: Learning Design and Technology Position: Instructional Designer Can you introduce yourself and share a little about who you are? Hello! My name is Koki Motoi and I’m a grad student working at RCAC as an Ins...
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Anvil REU Student presents at GOOD 2025
Richie Tan, one of the participants of the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) 2024 Anvil Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer program, recently presented at the Global Open OnDemand 2025 Conference (GOOD 2025). Tan highlighte...
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RCAC Seminar Series: The Case for Centralized Project Documentation
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) has recently begun hosting a monthly seminar wherein an employee of the department has the opportunity to highlight their work. The latest RCAC seminar was presented by Chimdia Primus Kabuo, a Senior Res...
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Anvil supercomputer supports Cryo-EM workshop
The Southeastern Center for Microscopy of Macromolecular Machines (SECM4) utilized Purdue University’s Anvil supercomputer to host the 2024 SECM4 data processing workshop. The workshop focused on teaching researchers how to process data for single-pa...
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Purdue student attends Game Developers Conference with WHPC support
Purdue graduate student Megha Bisht recently attended the 2025 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with support from the university’s Women in High-Performance Computing group. Bisht, a first-year student in the Master of Engineering Manage...
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RCAC Student Spotlight: Ankitha Mallekav
Name: Ankitha Mallekav Year: Senior Major: Computer Engineering Position: HPC Research Assistant Can you introduce yourself and share a little about who you are? Hello! My name is Ankitha Mallekav and I’m a senior working at RCAC as an HPC Res...
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The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is joining forces with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, through the newly launched Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) Lighthouse Initiative. Thanks to this partnersh...
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RCAC sponsors Purdue student hackathon challenge, awards Gautschi-AI hours to winner
Purdue’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently sponsored a challenge at the Catapult Hackathon, an event put on by the ML@Purdue student club. RCAC’s sponsorship included an allocation of GPU hours on the Gaustschi community cluster, wi...
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CI-XP Student Presentations at the Envision Center
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently hosted its annual CI-XP Student Program Lightning Talks, giving RCAC students a chance to showcase their projects and accomplishments to peers and staff within the organization. The CI-XP (Cyber...