New York, October 4, 2023 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and IEEE Computer Society have named Keshav Pingali, the W.A.”Tex” Moncrief Chair of Grid and Distributed Computing at the University of Texas at Austin, as the recipient of the 2023 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. The Ken Kennedy Award recognizes groundbreaking achievements in parallel and high […]
ALCF Digital Twins Webinar on April 19: How HPC is Personalizing the Future for Complex Systems
April 17, 2023 by
April 17, 2023 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host a live streamed webinar on digital twins and HPC on Wednesday, April 19 from 3 to 3:40 pm Eastern Time. The webinar will be presented by Karen E. Willcox, director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, associate VP for research, and […]
UT Austin’s Scott Aaronson Awarded ACM Price for Work in Quantum
April 14, 2021 by
New York, April 14, 2021 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that Scott Aaronson has been named the recipient of the 2020 ACM Prize in Computing for groundbreaking contributions to quantum computing. Aaronson is the David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. The […]
Using Magnetic Circuits for Energy Efficient Big Data Processing
April 16, 2020 by
Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have found a way to make the new generation of smart computers more energy efficient. “Traditionally, silicon chips have formed the building blocks of the infrastructure that powers computers. But this research uses magnetic components instead of silicon and discovers new information about how the physics of the magnetic components can cut energy costs and requirements of training algorithms — neural networks that can think like humans and do things like recognize images and patterns.”
Breakthrough Coronavirus Research Results in New Map to Support Vaccine Design
March 1, 2020 by
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the 2019 novel coronavirus by creating the first 3D atomic scale map of the part of the virus that attaches to and infects human cells. “Mapping this part, called the spike protein, is an essential step so researchers around the world can develop vaccines and antiviral drugs to combat the virus. The paper was published Feb. 19 in the journal Science.”
Dr. Omar Ghattas Receives 2019 SIAM Geosciences Career Prize
February 11, 2019 by
Dr. Omar Ghattas from the University of Texas at Austin has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 SIAM Geosciences Career Prize. He is being recognized for “groundbreaking contributions in analysis, methods, algorithms, and software for grand challenge computational problems in geosciences, and for exceptional influence as mentor, educator, and collaborator.”
