Texas Advanced Computing Center
taccutexas.bsky.social
Texas Advanced Computing Center
@taccutexas.bsky.social
25 years of Powering Discoveries. Home to the National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility. Learn more: https://tacc.utexas.edu/
TACC is pleased to share two upcoming trainings :

🔹 Best Modern CMake Practices & Performance Portability with CMake and Kokkos
📅 February 24–25
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🔹 Advanced NVIDIA HPC SDK Training
📅 March 4–5
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Registration closes February 20 -- don’t delay!
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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
When Continents Try, and Fail, to Break Apart
ACCESS Stampede3 allocations help reveal the critical conditions for geological rift failure
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February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Please join us in welcoming Amy Wiseman to TACC! 🥳

Amy joins our Evaluation Services team as an Evaluation Researcher, where she leads formative and summative evaluations for STEM education projects, research grants, and contracted services. Her work spans several external evaluation projects.
February 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Where Talent Meets Technology: How integrating AI and computation into K-20 programs is shaping tomorrow’s workforce

Learn more: bit.ly/45Y74oT
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Our supercomputers are powerful, but our people? That’s what makes TACC extraordinary. 💫

Read about Sophia Massie-Perez, Vlad Krendelev, and Delores Rice in Texascale Magazine: bit.ly/4r4gHtY
January 26, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Change starts with research. ✨

In 2025, researchers at @utaustin.bsky.social tackled real-world challenges helping improve lives and strengthen communities across Texas and beyond.

We’re proud that TACC plays a role in advancing this research.

Learn more: research.utexas.edu/year-of-impact
Year of Impact
In 2025, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin turned bold ideas into breakthrough solutions, accelerating national priorities and improving lives across Texas and around the world.
research.utexas.edu
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
TACC helps undergraduate and graduate students master leading technologies like AI through a series of @utaustin.bsky.social courses — preparing them to thrive in a rapidly changing computational landscape. 🧑‍🎓 💻🤘

Learn more: bit.ly/45jCzt3
Scaling Up Computing Education in a Time of AI
How TACC is helping shape the next generation of computational scientists at UT Austin
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January 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Trusted by programs across the country, the TACC Evaluation Services team turns data into insight and insight into impact. We sat down with Lisa Gabrecht to learn how her team advances TACC’s mission through strategic evaluation and research. 📊📈

Learn more: bit.ly/3LCWM6y
January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Welcoming Taylor Ishisaka and Angela Newell to TACC!

Taylor (L) joins the User Services team, supporting researchers using advanced computing resources.

Angela (R) joins the UT Open Source Program Office, where she’ll lead strategy and engagement for open source software at @utaustin.bsky.social.
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
As part of the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, TACC's Jimmy Newland will create curricular tools for NITARP alumni and educators worldwide. He’ll present results at the 2027 American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting in Salt Lake City! #astronomy

Learn about NITARP: bit.ly/4pD8zjf
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
AI Boot Camp For Astronomers – Registration Open! 🔭🌠🥼

Ready to level up your astronomy research with AI? Join the AI Boot Camp for Astronomers, presented by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) and TACC.

🗓️ Register by May 1
🔗 Learn more: lnkd.in/gEfnTRHM
January 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Meet Cohort 4 of the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility Internship!

Outstanding interns trained on world-class computing systems, sharpened their workforce skills, and built professional networks that will advance their careers. Hear their stories and insights.

Learn more: bit.ly/45dClUl
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
TACC is proud to congratulate Stacyann Nelson on receiving the 2025 Joseph A. Johnson Award of Excellence. 🎉

Stacyann was an inaugural participant in the Advanced Computing Student Collaborative in 2016. ACSC is presented by the NSF LCCF at TACC.

Learn more: bit.ly/3NiNZab
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
@utaustin.bsky.social is #1 in the nation for research funded by the National Science Foundation!

TACC is proud to play a key role as home to the NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility set to revolutionize computational research nationwide. 🚀💻⚡🤖🌦️

Learn more: utex.as/3Z07gQm
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Meet TACC's Scalable Computational Intelligence team, where AI, machine learning, and HPC come together to tackle real-world challenges. #PoweringDiscoveries

Learn more: bit.ly/4bmpJxN
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Congratulations to Feliciano Giustino, a longtime user of TACC’s advanced computing resources, on being named a Guggenheim Fellow! 🎉

Giustino is one of 11 key researchers helping to shape the future of the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility.

Learn more: bit.ly/4sAh7Ko
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
What makes a star form? ✨

Using TACC’s Frontera supercomputer, scientists at @utaustin.bsky.social are visualizing star formation in 3D revealing how magnetic fields guide matter, drive high-speed outflows, and shape stellar birth in ways invisible to the naked eye.

Learn more: bit.ly/3Lkl4BW
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission is helping shape the future of commercial lunar exploration.

“TACC supercomputers help accelerate innovation” -- Bryce McEwen, Firefly Aerospace

Learn how in TACC's Texascale Magazine: bit.ly/49h8XO3 #PoweringDiscoveries
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
NASA's SPHEREx is creating a 3D map of the sky every six months over a two-year period, delivering a sweeping view of the cosmos.

Behind the scenes, teams from NASA JPL, Caltech, the NEID project, and TACC built the mission’s first fully automated science data pipeline.

Learn more: bit.ly/4b7yufa
December 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to David Baker for computational protein design, pioneering work long supported by TACC. 🏆

Learn more at TACC's Texascale magazine: bit.ly/3Y9cwRr
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season from all of us at TACC! ✨*️⃣

As we close out the year, we’re grateful for the partnerships, discoveries, and innovations we’ve shared with our community. We look forward to continuing our work together to advance science, technology, and discovery in 2026.
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
When a measles outbreak emerged in Gaines County this February, experts at Austin Public Health and @utaustin.bsky.social rapidly developed the Measles Outbreak Simulator to predict school spread using vaccination and real-world data.

💻 Powered by TACC supercomputers

Learn more: bit.ly/4amrOcS
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🌌 A neighbor in the sky with a surprising story.

TACC's Lonestar6 and Stampede3 supercomputers help reveal a supermassive black hole that may hold together the dwarf galaxy Segue 1, according to scientists at @utaustin.bsky.social and @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social . 🔭 🕳️

Learn more: bit.ly/4oVg1pg
Tiny Galaxy, Big Find: Black Hole Discovered in Nearby Segue 1
Student-led simulations on TACC supercomputers uncover new insights into dark matter
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December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Stillbirth after 28 weeks occurs every 16 seconds worldwide, more than 20,000 times each year in the U.S.

A new AI approach uses smartphone audio recordings to track fetal movement, one of the most important indicators of pregnancy health. 📲💻🩺 @utaustin.bsky.social

Learn more: bit.ly/3YsQrgF
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Researchers are using TACC's Stampede3 supercomputer to uncover how red blood cells and key proteins drive blood clot formation, which when things go wrong sometimes leads to strokes and heart attacks. 🩸🏆
Learn more: bit.ly/4oMoATe #NSFfunded
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM