Anvil
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February 5 Maintenance – Math Data Center Upgrades and Service Impact
On Thursday, February 5, RCAC will perform planned maintenance in the MATH data center to support cooling upgrades and capacity improvements as part of the ongoing MATH datacenter renovation project. During this maintenance window, several clusters w...
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Globus access to Depot degraded; slow Depot logins and Depot access on clusters
Users of Data Depot on RCAC clusters are currently experiencing degraded performance, and some Globus transfers to and from Depot are failing or running slowly. In addition, some users may see slow Globus logins or be temporarily unable to log in to...
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Anvil used to study dark matter and early universe formation
Purdue University’s Anvil supercomputer was used by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study the effects of dark matter on galaxy formation in the early universe. This research, part of the Supersonic Project, aims t...
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We are currently investigating network performance issues affecting network traffic. Vendors are engaged and reviewing the impacted devices, and our networking team is actively shifting traffic to healthy links and core paths to improve stability. At...
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RCAC Student Spotlight : Elian Rieza
Name: Elian Rieza Year: Sophomore Major: Electrical Engineering Position: Assistant Computational Researcher Can you introduce yourself and share a little about who you are? Hello! My name is Elian and I’m an Assistant Researcher! What are some of y...
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Anvil used to study how trade can reduce volatilities in crop supply
A researcher from Purdue University used the Anvil supercomputer to study climate-induced volatility in crop production and identify the role of potential adaptation strategies for reducing future risk. The results of this research, notably that inte...
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Research Computing Holiday Break
Research Computing personnel will observe the university winter break from 12:00am EST on 12/23/25 and will resume normal business hours on January 5th, 2026 During this time, Research Computing services will continue to be available, but all staff...
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Anvil Maintenance on December 11, 2025
UPDATE: December 11, 2025 05:51 PM ET As of 5:51pm ET, the maintenance work on Anvil has been completed and job scheduling has been resumed. If you encounter any issues post maintenance, please contact ACCESS Help Desk. Original Post: The Anvil syste...
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Anvil and AI used to solve for best taxation strategies
A researcher from the University of Nebraska-Omaha used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique that can derive optimal taxation strategies for governments. This new method leveraged Anvil’s advanced GPUs...
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Purdue participates in prestigious international conference, SC25
Purdue University made an impact at the 2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC25). For more than 20 years, Purdue has participated in SC by showcasing the people and computing resources that...
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RCAC hosts successful Anvil REU Summer 2025 program
Over the summer, the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) hosted its annual 11-week hands-on internship, the Anvil Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer program. Eight students from across the nation gathered at Purdue’s campus in...
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Anvil supports BigCARE 2025 Summer Workshop
Purdue University’s Anvil supercomputer recently supported the 2025 BigCARE Summer Workshop, a two-week course aimed at helping cancer researchers develop big data skills. This year’s workshop took place at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)....
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Researchers use Anvil to create AI model for medical image diagnosis
Researchers from Arizona State University utilized the Anvil supercomputer to develop and deploy a fully open AI (artificial intelligence) foundation model for diagnosing diseases based on medical imaging. The new model, called Ark+, was recently pub...
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Anvil Cluster Open Ondemand Maintenance - Sep 23
The Open Ondemand service for Anvil will be unavailable from Tuesday, September 23 at 9:00am EDT, 2025 to Tuesday, September 23 at 5:00pm EDT, 2025. During the maintenance, Anvil team will perform a reconfiguration to the Open Ondemand dashboard for...
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Anvil Open OnDemand Dashboard version 2 enters production
The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) has recently released the second version of their Anvil Open OnDemand (OOD) Dashboard. The Anvil OOD dashboard provides researchers who use the Anvil supercomputer with tools for user-friendly job accoun...
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Anvil impact highlighted in National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot webinar
Dr. Haniye Kashgarani, a Senior AI Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), recently gave a presentation for the NAIRR Pilot Partner Series Webinar. Her presentation focused on how Anvil, one of Purdue University's most powerful s...
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Anvil enters year four of production
Anvil, one of Purdue’s most powerful supercomputers, continues its pursuit of excellence in HPC as it enters its fourth year of operations. Funded by a $10 million acquisition grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Anvil began early user o...
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Problem For New User/Projects On Anvil
Anvil is experiencing a problem with new user and allocation propagation. Our engineers are working on the fix, and will keep this updated. The problem has been fixed at 5 pm.
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RCAC staff win I-GUIDE Spatial AI Challenge
Two staff members from the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently took first place in the I-GUIDE Spatial AI (Artificial Intelligence) Challenge 2024–25. Dr. Elham Barezi, the Lead AI Research Scientist, and Dr. Jungha Woo, a Lead Softwa...
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Anvil AI now available to ACCESS researchers
Researchers nationwide can now request access to the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing’s (RCAC) new national artificial intelligence (AI) resource, Anvil AI. Purdue University's powerful national HPC-resource, the Anvil supercomputer, recently rece...