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  • Homeland security skills honed through "Measured Response" simulation

    Representatives of federal, state, and local governmental agencies gathered at Purdue Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8 and 9, to use an interactive computer simulation, Measured Response, to test the effectiveness of varying responses to a national emer...

  • Simulation Shows 9/11 Plane Crash with Scientific Detail

    Engineers, computer scientists and graphics technology experts at Purdue University have created the first publicly available simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what theoretically happened when the Boeing 757 crashed into t...

  • RCAC makes an impact at student hackathons

    Throughout the Spring 2026 semester, the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) outreach and engagement team worked hard to promote high-performance computing to campus researchers, reach new audiences outside of Purdue, and directly support th...

  • Purdue researcher leverages AI in the fight against cancer

    Scientists from the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) are leveraging the world-class high-performance computing (HPC) resources provided by the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) to conduct bioinformatics research on cancer biology....

  • New Anvil Object Storage now available to researchers

    The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is excited to announce the arrival of Anvil Object Storage, the newest storage service for Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer. Anvil Object Storage is designed to support large-scale, data-intensive research a...

  • Purdue student attends GHC 25 with WHPC Scholarship

    Purdue’s Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) group offers scholarships to support students who wish to travel to major computing conferences. Last fall, the group sponsored a graduate student to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2025,...

  • Anvil used to advance AI 3D object detection

    Researchers from the University of Virginia used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to advance the field of 3D computer vision by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) methods. Their work, which has led to the production of numerous publications and conf...

  • Purdue co-hosts regional NSF AI workshop

    Earlier this year, Purdue’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) hosted an artificial intelligence (AI) workshop for researchers throughout the Midwest. Titled “AI for All: Practical and Accessible AI for Research and Education,” this workshop...

  • CollabXR released as Open Source on GitHub

    Purdue’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is excited to announce that the Envision Center’s CollabXR platform has been released as an open source software, available now on GitHub. By making CollabXR open-source, the Envision Center is ushe...

  • CI-XP student gains real-world HPC experience while boosting RCAC systems

    The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) core mission is to provide researchers access to leading-edge computational and data storage systems as well as expertise in a broad range of high-performance computing (HPC) activities. As a major cen...

  • RCAC hosts three K-12 summer camps focused on STEM

    The arrival of summer on Purdue’s campus marks a season of exchange: a mass exodus of college students makes way for an influx of K-12 summer campers. For the past two years, the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) has been actively involved i...

  • Purdue enables AI- and data- cyberinfrastructure, partners in multiple newly awarded NSF projects

    Purdue’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) has recently secured funding as a partner on multiple National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. The grants come from the Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program, and RCAC is a partner on...

  • Envision Center to host 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...

  • RCAC Student Spotlight : Elian Rieza

    Name: Elian Rieza Year: Sophomore Major: Electrical Engineering Position: Assistant Computational Researcher Can you introduce yourself and share a little about who you are? Hello! My name is Elian and I’m an Assistant Researcher! What are some of y...

  • Purdue researcher collaborates with Envision Center on INDOT driving simulator

    A Purdue University researcher recently partnered with the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) Envision Center to develop a driving simulation platform for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). This platform allows users to test-...

  • Purdue WHPC scholarship sends student to GHC 25 conference

    Purdue’s Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) group offers scholarships to support students who wish to travel to major computing conferences. Recently, the group sponsored a graduate student to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2025, h...

  • Anvil used to study dark matter and early universe formation

    Purdue University’s Anvil supercomputer was used by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study the effects of dark matter on galaxy formation in the early universe. This research, part of the Supersonic Project, aims t...

  • Purdue AI Research Showcase to take place in April

    The Institute for Physical AI, in partnership with the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, is organizing a campus-wide event designed to bring together AI experts, practitioners, and learners to showcase the groundbreaking work emerging at Purdue, a...

  • RCAC Student Spotlight : Nathan Whitacre

    Name: Nathan Whitacre Year: Senior Major: Computer Science Position: Student Programmer Can you introduce yourself and share a little about who you are? Hello! My name is Nathan Whitacre and I’m a senior working at RCAC as a student programmer....

  • Purdue student attends WE25 conference with WHPC Scholarship

    Purdue’s Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) group offers scholarships to support students who wish to travel to major computing conferences. Recently, the group sponsored a graduate student to attend the WE25 conference, held in New Orleans,...