RCAC @ Purdue

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 rcac.purdue.edu/anvil/reu

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. rcac.purdue.edu/news/7744

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 colorado.edu/partnerships/r…

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: rcac.purdue.edu/news/7677

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! bit.ly/4eOTARt

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. isc-hpc.com

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! hpc-ai-society.org

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. purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3x….

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! rcac.purdue.edu/news/7580

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.

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. rcac.purdue.edu/news/7676

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? bit.ly/4dspRwq

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!

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! rcac.purdue.edu/news/7673

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 ➡️ purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3x… rcac.purdue.edu/news/7653

Last week we hosted our annual CI-XP Student Program Lightning Talks, giving the RCAC students a chance to showcase their projects and accomplishments to peers and staff. The lightning talks also served as the final presentation to RCAC for the BA in AI students. Great work, all!

This spring, IPAI and RCAC hosted the Purdue AI Research Showcase, bringing together AI experts, practitioners, and learners from across the university to learn about the AI research and innovation taking place at Purdue. Learn more here! rcac.purdue.edu/news/7667

Since coming online in 2022, the Anvil supercomputer has had a major impact on research conducted nationwide, providing cutting-edge compute capabilities through the @ACCESS and NAIRR Pilot programs. Check out this video to see some of the accomplishments so far!

Congrats to our IE students for presenting their project at the IE Capstone Poster Session! The team members were: Jordan Parks, Juliana Glass, Charles Janu, Lilly Metz, and Margaret Celi. Thank you for all of your hard work this year, and congrats on all that you accomplished!

RCAC would like to congratulate Taylor Graham, who was recently part of the Internet2 Emerging Leader Scholarship Program! The Internet2 Emerging Leader Scholarship Program supports early-career professionals in the research and education community. Great work, Taylor!