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Anvil

Purdue University is the home of Anvil, a powerful new supercomputer that provides advanced computing capabilities to support a wide range of computational and data-intensive research, from traditional high-performance computing to modern artificial intelligence applications. The name "Anvil" reflects the Purdue Boilermakers' strength and dedicated focus on producing results.

 

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  • Anvil REU Program helps student achieve NASA internship

    The Anvil summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program has once again proven invaluable for the students who participate in the hands-on learning experience. Lucas Snyder is an undergraduate student at Indiana University who studies Intelligent Systems Engineering, with his specialty...

  • Purdue researchers leading the fight against infectious diseases using Anvil

    Purdue researchers are using the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC)’s powerful Anvil supercomputer to fight infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). Elsje Pienaar, an associate professor at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, led a team of students, including Lexi Petrucciani,...

  • Anvil helps Yale researchers in the search for batteries of the future

    Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer has been helping researchers forge a path in developing the batteries of the future. Dr. Aakash Kumar, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science as well as the Energy Sciences Institute at Yale University, utilized the po...

  • Anvil REU Program has major impact on student success

    After only one year, the Anvil summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is already impacting the lives and careers of the students who participated. Nrushad Joshi, an undergraduate student at Indiana University, recently accepted an offer to intern at Oak Ridge National Laborator...

  • RCAC, College of Pharmacy partner on AI tool to identify adverse drug effects from social media posts

    Adverse drug effects are thought to be vastly underreported, but a team from Purdue’s College of Pharmacy is working with the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) to use artificial intelligence to change that. RCAC senior research data scientist Sarah Rodenbeck partnered with Kyle Hultgren, th...

  • Anvil accelerates sustainability and photosynthesis research

    Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer is helping a Michigan State research team study processes associated with photosynthesis and plant metabolism, and apply those insights to facilitate more efficient energy conversion to meet today’s sustainability challenges. Josh Vermaas, an assistant professor at Michi...

  • Anvil used to train cancer researchers in big data analysis

    Purdue’s powerful Anvil supercomputer is being used to train a group of cancer researchers – from graduate students to professors and practicing physicians – on big data management, analysis and visualization skills. Min Zhang, professor of statistics, used Anvil in her 2022 Big Data Training for Ca...

  • Anvil accelerates genome sequencing for studying psychiatric disorders

    Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer has helped one research team better understand how DNA changes relate to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder. Richard Wilton, an associate research scientist at Johns Hopkins University, and his collaborators used Anvil to carry...

  • Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer aids in drug discovery

    Purdue’s powerful new Anvil supercomputer is helping one researcher accelerate his biomolecular simulations and unlock new treatments for heart disease. Yinglong Miao, an assistant professor at the Center for Computational Biology and Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Kansas,...

  • Purdue's Anvil supercomputer now available for use

    Purdue University's powerful new Anvil supercomputer, funded by the National Science Foundation and built in partnership with Dell and AMD, is now available for use. Anvil will significantly increase the computing capacity available to users of the NSF’s Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Env...

Anvil is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2005632.