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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...

  • Anvil AI now available for allocations through NAIRR

    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...

  • Anvil AI hardware has arrived

    Purdue University’s powerful supercomputer, Anvil, recently received a major upgrade, thanks to funding provided by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) NAIRR Pilot Program. The new expansion has been installed and is now ready for use. With this...

  • 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...

  • RCAC to be official sponsor of BoilerMake XII

    The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is excited to announce their role as an official sponsor of the upcoming BoilerMake XII. BoilerMake is Purdue University’s premier hackathon, inviting undergraduate students from across the nation to joi...

  • Researcher uses Anvil to improve wind farm power prediction

    A researcher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to help create more accurate Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models for offshore wind farms. Better model predictions can lead to a slew of benefit...

  • RCAC sponsors two successful hackathons

    The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) has had a busy start to the new year. From delivering top-notch HPC (high-performance computing) training events, giving presentations at different campuses and national meetings, and hosting demonstrati...

  • Anvil supercomputer supports Cryo-EM workshop

    The Southeastern Center for Microscopy of Macromolecular Machines (SECM4) utilized Purdue University’s Anvil supercomputer to host the 2024 SECM4 data processing workshop. The workshop focused on teaching researchers how to process data for single-pa...

  • CI-XP Student Presentations at the Envision Center

    The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently hosted its annual CI-XP Student Program Lightning Talks, giving RCAC students a chance to showcase their projects and accomplishments to peers and staff within the organization. The CI-XP (Cyber...

  • Purdue receives $4 million NSF grant for StreamCI data streaming platform

    Purdue University’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) is leading a major National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-ready streaming data platform for researchers across domains. This new platfor...

  • 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...

  • 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)....

  • 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...

  • Half of the entire Anvil supercomputer used to challenge traditional turbulence theory for space and climate modeling

    Researchers from the University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison used Purdue’s Anvil supercomputer to study turbulence and turbulent transport in astrophysical plasmas. This research seeks to elucidate the fundamental physics of turbulence, which will have...

  • 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...

  • Second annual RCAC summer camps are a huge success

    The Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) recently hosted two summer camps for high schoolers with the goal of introducing and developing cybersecurity and coding skills. With these camps, the students not only learned new skills, but also had t...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Incorrect Account Email

    Today, RCAC user management systems sent incorrect email messages to many faculty partners and their resource managers. Please ignore any recent email about expirations or removals. You may verify who has access to your resources through our site www...