RCAC @ Purdue

Purdue's Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) provides advanced computational resources and services to support Purdue researchers.

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Last week Suzanna Gardner, and Laura Theademan, gave a presentation titled “From Classroom to Compute Cluster: How the Anvil Supercomputer is Powering Student Success” at the 2026 MS-CC Annual Meeting (MS-CC). Learn more about MS-CC and the event here https://t.co/NxeeYfd4mV

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Join us for the RCAC Summer Conference Series! Presentations are open to the community, so students, staff, faculty, are welcome. Our third talk in the series will be June 9 - 11am-12pm. Ryan DeRue, will present “Intro to HPC and Anvil”. Register here: https://t.co/kjMsGBCdGv

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Join us for the RCAC Summer Conference Series! Presentations are open to the community, so students, staff, and faculty are welcome. Our second talk in the series will be June 4, 11-12. Mihir Ahalwat, will present “Intro to Agentic AI”.
Register here: https://t.co/ZUXpdQJlsB

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Join us for the RCAC Summer Conference Series! Presentations are open to the community, so all are welcome. Our First talk will be June 2 , 11am-12pm. Erik Gough, will present "Anvil Cloud Overview and Kubernetes Essentials". Register here: https://t.co/JyQQfELclI

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RCAC makes an impact with hackathons and STEM focused summer camps in 2026! As part of thesir outreach efforts, the center sponsored two hackathons this spring: Hack Indy 2026 and Catapult 2026. Read more about all these amazing events here: https://t.co/qxlHXQ7WRF

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The 2026 CI-XP Summer Internship Program has officially begun! The students arrived on campus over the weekend and are excited to get started. Stay tuned for updates on the amazing projects they students will take part in! Learn more here https://t.co/FbZUtzFZVD

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Nadia Lanman and her collaborator, Ananth Grama—using the resources from RCAC—are working to develop technologies that can predict individual responses to certain cancers, with the ultimate goal of making digital twins of individual patients.
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Last week RCAC's Suzanna Gardner, and Elham Barezi, gave a talk titled “AI for Anvil & Anvil for AI: Case Studies in Research, Education, and Ethical Adoption” at the The Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium (RMACC). Read more about the event here https://t.co/FWbWEpVrJh

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Please join us on Friday, May 22, at 10 a.m. for our WHPC Community Virtual Technical Talk Series! Presenters include: Dr. Sasmita Mohapatra from the University of Texas at Dallas, and Dr. Anjusree Karnavar from Griffith University. Register: https://t.co/AGF6oyzqA3

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Congratulations to Dr. Ali Bramson, an RCAC collaborator, for winning the 2026 Harold C. Urey Prize (“Urey Prize”) from the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences!
https://t.co/dZITgX9ray

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Congrats to Taylor Graham who will be sharing her poster at ISC26. Taylor's poster showcases her hands-on experiences as part of the SCinet Fiber Team and is a behind-the-scenes look at the work that powers one of the world’s fastest temporary networks. https://t.co/Wh4Qqon8Qv

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Suzanna Gardner, Lead Research Operations Administrator, Outreach & Engagement, recently participated in a panel discussion at the HPC-AI Society 2026 Annual Technology Event, titled “HPC and AI – In Search of Ground Truth.” Way to go, Suzanna! https://t.co/xLUHJ5eNfb

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We want YOU to tell us about your work! Purdue’s WHPC chapter is hosting its next event in the WHPC Technical Talk Series, where faculty, staff, undergraduate, and graduate students join us to present their research, projects, or innovative technologies. https://t.co/ykXcTvuH6m.

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Are you a researcher or student looking for something to do now that school is out for the summer? Then don’t miss our Single-cell RNA-seq in practice: A one-day hands-on workshop on RCAC systems, on May 21 from 9-4. Click here to register! https://t.co/TNlQ6WwgSf

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Great job to everyone who participated in last week’s Midwest RCD Consortium! The Midwest RCD Annual Network Meeting is a 1.5-day gathering for professionals who support research computing and data across universities and research institutions in the Midwest and beyond.

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Last month, the StreamCI team hosted an in-person StreamCI Spring Workshop, bringing together researchers, RSEs, and CI partners to explore how StreamCI can accelerate research, enable new analytical workflows, and support scalable, reproducible science. https://t.co/gv49PPquZE

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Step into the job of Mission Control during a simulated Mars mission in crisis! Navigate three interconnected, story-driven STEM challenges by investigating problems, designing solutions, and collaborating with others. Are you ready to take command? https://t.co/JpnwEhVXuS

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We are excited to share that the Purdue Data Center renovations are proceeding smoothly and that construction efforts are on track for a summer completion. Watch for more information about a ribbon-cutting for our new showcase computing facility soon!

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Anvil, one of Purdue's most powerful supercomputers, is undergoing an upgrade to its data repositories in order to provide researchers with easy access to large AI datasets. If you're interested in using these new data sets click here to learn more! https://t.co/wzRXuPORT8

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Purdue’s WHPC chapter is hosting its next virtual community technical talk series, May 22nd, 2026 at 10 a.m! This is the second opportunity for our community to share ideas and learn from one another! If you’re interested ➡️ https://t.co/ykXcTvuH6m https://t.co/ASa3YcpSjJ