Simulation by Matthew Turk, Tom Abel, and Brian O'Shea. Image by Ralf Kaehler.
Image credit: Chris Moody
The purpose of the University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center (UC-HiPACC) is to realize the full potential of the University of California world class resources in computational astronomy. Read the letter from the Director
The five-year report of UC-HiPACC’s impressive achievements 2010–2014 is now available here. A no-cost extension to HiPACC’s original five-year grant is allowing residual unspent funds to continue the AGORA project into summer 2015. This UC-HiPACC website—including its 650+ videos of talks and simulations and all 21 AstroShorts—will remain live as a lasting legacy and reference. Thanks to everyone who participated and made it possible!
Funding has not been renewed for 2015 and beyond for the five-year-old University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center (UC-HiPACC). UC-HiPACC’s major programs are therefore suspended. Alternative sources of funding are now being sought. Meantime, a No-Cost Extension to the grant has been approved through March 31, 2015, to support limited operations, including the pioneering AGORA research effort, preparation of a five-year report, and crafting of proposals for outside support. Pending receipt of alternative funding, some suspended programs may be resumed. For details, see UC-HiPACC press release.
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Calling all cosmic rays…. Calling all cosmic rays…
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On October 14, Oak Ridge National Lab highlighted UC-HiPACC's 2014 advanced International Summer School on AstroComputing (ISSAC) in the story "Supernova Summer School on the Road to Exascale"
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In the June, 2014, Sky & Telescope, Sandra M. Faber, Henry C. Ferguson, David C. Koo, Joel R. Primack, and Trudy E. Bell explain how Hubble’s single largest observing program is detecting the earliest galaxies, finding the most distant supernovae, and revealing the fireworks-like peak of star formation at cosmic high noon.
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