TACC is excited to connect with the research computing community at PEARC26 and SEHET26 next week in Minneapolis! Download the mobile app: ➡️Download the Cvent Events app. ➡️Search for PEARC26. ➡️Sign in using the name and email you used to register. ➡️Enter the verification code sent to your email.

Registration is now open for OSPOSIUM 2026! Join us September 23–24 at TACC on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at UT Austin for two days of learning and collaboration around open source. Learn more and register: buff.ly/LwhW9LD

What if soft robots could be modeled with unprecedented accuracy before they're ever built? TACC's Frontera supercomputer helps create a quantitative digital twin simulation framework for robotic arms, with applications in healthcare, search and rescue, and more. Learn more: bit.ly/4aX7qOW

Did you know? Every 7.5 seconds, a researcher submits a job to one of TACC's supercomputers. That's about 477 jobs every hour, fueling discoveries in science, engineering, and AI. #PoweringDiscoveries

TACC's 2025-2026 Frontera Computational Science Fellowship has come to a close. Read about this cohort's experiences, the lessons they learned, and why they encourage other students to apply for computational research fellowships. Learn more: bit.ly/454weB0

At speeds above Mach 5, extreme heat + reactive plasma push materials to their limits. Using the Stampede3 supercomputer at TACC, researchers combined HPC + AI to accelerate the discovery of ultra-high-temperature ceramics for future aerospace. Learn more: bit.ly/4eZzqT2 #NSFfunded #NSF ACCESS

For TACC's Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) team, summer brings a whirlwind of activity. Stephen Michalik (left) has joined the team as a CS Education Recruitment Coordinator. Travis Garcia (right) joins EPIC as a CS Education Specialist. Welcome to TACC — let's do EPIC things! 🚀🎉

Learn how TACC is ushering in a new era of scientific computing through the U.S. NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility and its Characteristic Science Applications program. Learn more: bit.ly/4vJncVU Watch the virtual panel: bit.ly/4fl43Uq @utaustin.bsky.social

The future of U.S. open science is taking shape. TACC Executive Director Dan Stanzione shares the latest updates on the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility and Horizon. Exciting milestones are ahead. #TACC25 @utaustin.bsky.social

Registration is now open for TACCSTER 2026 taking place September 21–22! Join researchers, scientists, engineers, students, and scholars from across Texas at TACC at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at @utaustin.bsky.social. Visit the website and register today: tacc.utexas.edu/taccster/2026/

Code@TACC alumni gathered with their families and TACC staff to celebrate the Susan Fratkin Scholarship recipients for 2025-2026. A total of 10 students each received a $500 scholarship to be used for higher education expenses. bit.ly/4g3YkTV

New book release from TACC's Victor Eijkhout! A longtime expert in HPC, Victor supports cutting-edge research and develops software for some of the world's largest supercomputers. Learn about his latest book: Scientific Computing in Modern C++ epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/...

TACC staff celebrated our 25th anniversary with cake and a toast to the discoveries, partnerships, and people who have shaped our journey. 🎉

That's a wrap on the 2026 @weteachcs.bsky.social Summit! Thank you to everyone who joined us for connection and collaboration. The Summit brings together educators from across Texas who are passionate about expanding access to CS education. @taccutexas.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social

Supercomputer simulations at the @taccutexas.bsky.social and the @rittigers.bsky.social are advancing the study of black hole and binary neutron star mergers, driving new discoveries about the universe's most extreme phenomena. Learn more: bit.ly/4esVPb5

Summer is just around the corner, and we’re excited to welcome a new member to the team! ☀️ Walter Moreira has joined the Cloud and Interactive Computing group at TACC as a Senior Research Software Engineer. Join us in welcoming Walter to TACC!

Want to move beyond AI buzzwords and learn how machine learning really works? Join us July 20–24 in Austin for an immersive, hands-on Machine Learning Summer Institute. 📍 Austin, Texas 📅 July 20–24, 2026 ⏰ 9:00 am–4:00 pm Registration closes July 6: web.cvent.com/event/6e81c8...

TACC celebrates the start of the 10th annual WeTeach_CS Summit! A record 700 educators, administrators, and policymakers are gathering in San Antonio for in-depth breakout sessions on topics like AI, networking, how to bring computer science education to your school or district, and more!

Applications are open for CommUNITY@SC26 and Technology Training for Non-Traditionals—two programs that provide mentorship, hands-on experience, and professional development opportunities while helping develop the future HPC and CI workforce. 🚀💡 ➡️ sc26.supercomputing.org/community-en... ➡️ tnts.ai

Welcome SGX3 interns to TACC! 🎉 We’re excited to have this talented group of students joining us this summer as they work alongside TACC mentors, researchers, and technology experts. We can’t wait to see all that this cohort accomplishes during their time with us. 🚀

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment at UT Austin and the @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social has released a new database of early-forming galaxies and the cosmic web between them, expanding opportunities for discovery by researchers, students, citizen scientists, and more. bit.ly/4uMJPZ1

Join TACC for a hands-on workshop to turn your research data into clear, impactful visualizations using high performance computing. Bring Your Own Data: Visualizing Your Data with HPC June 22–24, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | In Person Registration closes on June 8: web.cvent.com/event/1942b2...

Which came first: the galaxy or the black hole? 🌌 Researchers from UT Austin made a new discovery that could help answer that question using simulations on the TACC's Stampede3 and Lonestar6 supercomputers. Learn more: bit.ly/49rPwDb

TACC recently welcomed the SCinet team for a week of planning for SC26. SCinet is a global collaboration of high-performance networking experts from industry, academia, and government who provide a platform that connects attendees and exhibitors to the world. SCinet is always welcome at TACC! 🤝

StarNet, a fast and accurate AI/ML surrogate model developed with National Science Foundation-funded supercomputers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center and TACC, is helping researchers explore how the universe’s first stars formed. Learn more: bit.ly/43hYPlu

Over the past 25 years, TACC has outfitted the open science and HPC communities with some iconic T-shirts. Take a look at our evolving TACC T-shirt wall and see how many you recognize. We’d love to see yours! Share your selfie below 👇 #TACC25 #PoweringDiscoveries

April showers bring May TACC hires. James Labyer (left) joins the Life Sciences Computing group as a Research Software Engineer.  Jixian Li (right) joins the Scalable Computational Intelligence group as a Research Associate. Welcome to TACC! Jobs at TACC:https://tacc.utexas.edu/about/jobs/

Join us at the TACC Summer Institute for Practical Machine Learning for Life Science Research, an immersive training to take you from foundational concepts to cutting-edge deep learning applications. • June 8–12, 2026 • 9:00am–4:00pm • In-person Secure your spot by May 25: bit.ly/3R0Ud0m

TACC is more than an academic supercomputing center—it’s a launchpad for discovery, powered by people turning advanced technology into real-world impact. That legacy continues through its training and workshop portfolio. Learn more: tacc.utexas.edu/use-tacc/tra... #TACC25 #PoweringDiscoveries

A new study is uncovering how DNA organizes and replicates itself inside maize cells. Using high-throughput sequencing, 3D microscopy, and supercomputing resources from TACC, researchers found that DNA replication timing may help control how genes are regulated in plants. Learn more: bit.ly/4tmSMqv