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The University of Texas Research Cyberinfrastructure
Welcome back to the UT Research Cyberinfrastructure (UTRC) online newsletter! We've been working hard to provide UT System researchers with greater supercomputer accessibility, increased storage capacity, and faster network speeds.

NEWS: UTRC Use Case Video Released; TACC Announces Lonestar5; TACC Providing Local Research Support Representatives

IN THIS ISSUE




News

UTRC Use Case Video - Dr. McCormick

Dr. Joe McCormick, Vice President for South Texas Programs, UTHSC-SA and Regional Dean, UT Health School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, discusses how the UTRC has assisted with health research in South Texas:

Screenshot of UTRC YouTube video

TACC Announces Lonestar5

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) is keeping the Lonestar supercomputer legacy alive and well. On July 13th, the center announced the deployment of Lonestar5 in conjunction with Cray Inc. and Intel Inc., the second petaflop system deployed at TACC on the University of Texas at Austin's J.J. Pickle Research Campus.

As with its predecessor, Lonestar5 is funded through a statewide effort, which includes UT System, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, and the Center for Space Research at UT Austin.

"Lonestar5 will be far more powerful than its predecessor," said Bill Barth, TACC's director of High Performance Computing. "With 50 percent more cores than Lonestar4 and about four times the performance, we will keep this capability going. Our systems are incredibly productive, and we expect demand for Lonestar5 to be very high. As a leading national computing resource center, we are seeing more demand than we can possibly meet." read more

TACC Providing Local Research Support in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston Areas

TACC has hired local representatives in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas to act as facilitators for UTRC resources.

  • Brian Beck, Ph.D. will act as the TACC liaison for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, serving the research communities at UT Southwestern, UT Dallas, UT Arlington, UT Tyler, and UT Health Science Center at Tyler. read more
  • William (Joe) Allen, Ph.D. will act as the TACC liaison for the Houston area, serving the research communities at MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Health, and UT Medical Branch. read more


Website & Blog

For more information about the UTRC, please visit the website, which functions as a gateway for UTRC users to access common tasks and tutorials. The website contains news articles, FAQ, price comparisons, and other resources for UTRC users.View use-case examples, which highlight researchers and projects that rely on UTRC resources.

The UTRC website also contains a blog intended as a venue for casual dialogue regarding the UTRC and related projects. Please feel free to send us questions or suggestions that we may feature as blog posts and visit the blog to get involved in the dialogue.

Visit the website: http://www.utsystem.edu/utrc

Visit the blog: http://www.utsystem.edu/utrc/blog

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About UTRC

The UTRC Initiative provides competitive advantages to researchers that surpass those of peer institutions.

UTRC presents superior, comprehensive scientific capabilities that

  • enable advances in current and future research efforts across all UT System institutions,
  • attract superior faculty and students, and
  • attract funding to UT System institutions.

How can UTRC help me?

UTRC provides:

  • Advanced Computing offered through Lonestar4 Supercomputing System, located at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC): Lonestar is one of the most powerful, productive, and comprehensive academic systems in the US. read more
  • High-Bandwidth Network Connectivity at 10Gbps between all UT System institutions. read more
  • Large Data Storage offered through the Corral Data Services System at TACC. Corral enables long-term data storage, hosting of large scientific data collections for collaborations and communities, and analysis capabilities that span multiple collections. read more

The UTRC is working for you by promoting and facilitating the use of resources by faculty and research teams to expand the scope of research, enable collaborations across institutions, and increase competitiveness for funding.

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