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According to UMaine Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team member, Kevin Wentworth, SC20 is one of the largest super computing conferences in the world. And this year, those who may otherwise be unable to attend, have an opportunity to experience this year’s workshops and presentations, which will be entirely virtual. “After months of hard work by […]

The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded another year of funding to the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Project (XSEDE). This means that the $21.8M, 12-month grant will extend operations until August 22, 2022. “XSEDE is an important presence within the US HPC [High Performance Computing] community, offering HPC cycles, training, applications, science […]

The University of Maine’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) group was created in 2019 in order to support the University’s research mission by providing advanced high performance computing expertise and services to researchers from across UMaine and beyond. Some of the services offered include expertise and resources for reliable and cost-effective high performance computing and data […]

Benjamin King, an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maine, has utilized UMaine’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) in order to access resources provided by Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). Kayla Barton, one of King’s graduate students, was the first in King’s lab to use Stampede2 […]

In June, 2020, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released a new report titled, “Recommendations for Strengthening American Leadership in Industries of the Future: A Report to the President of the United States of America.” The report summarizes a broad review of policy recommendations based on different reports from three sub-committees: Industries […]

Registration is open for the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) Summer Institutes. Understanding and applying advanced computing is more essential now than ever, and is core to the center’s missions. For those new to TACC, the TACC Institute Series is an opportunity to learn from onsite experts by offering attendees an intense, immersive training in […]

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has announced the opening of the third Frontera Pathways and Frontera Large Scale Community Partnership (LSCP) allocation tracks. Resources available for request include Frontera and its GPU subsystem, as well as the Longhorn GPU resource. TACC will be accepting proposals for these allocation tracks through August 15, 2020: Pathways These are […]

When working on a research project in nearly any discipline, it’s important to not only collect and analyze data, but to also make sure the data is saved and backed up. In fact, it’s a formal requirement of most funding organizations and a recommended practice even when not required, including at the University of Maine. […]

When you think of Artificial Intelligence (AI), what is the first thing you imagine? A computer learning to out-think humans? Machines rising up to overthrow their human overlords? Or do you consider your car’s automatic alert system, booking your plane tickets through a virtual travel agent, or communicating through your cell phone’s smart assistant? According […]