Tag Archive: big data 
Texas Advanced Computing Center Hires Former Hubble Scientist as New Director of Data Intensive Computing
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today announced that Niall Gaffney has joined the center in the newly created position of director of data intensive computing. Gaffney most recently served as the principal computer scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) for the Hubble Space Telescope data… » Continue Reading
Surprising Early Results from the Nation’s Deepest Research on Consumer Electricity Use
Event: The Austin Forum on Science, Technology & Society will host “The Smart Grid Unveiled: How Pecan Street's Big Data Research is Uncovering the Promise of a Customer-Driven Energy Revolution” presented by Brewster McCracken, executive director of Pecan Street Inc. When: 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, June 5. This event is free and open to the public.… » Continue Reading
TACC Provides Multi-Petabyte Data Repository to Enable Research at University of Texas System Institutions
The much-anticipated University of Texas Data Repository (UTDR) named “Corral” is available to researchers at all 15 University of Texas System institutions, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin announced today.
