# UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing > The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC): mission, research, the CSE certificate program, news, open positions, and contact information. User documentation for CARC systems lives at https://carc.unm.edu/docs/ (with its own llms.txt). The source repository is an Open Knowledge Format (OKF v0.2) bundle: every page carries YAML frontmatter with type, provenance, and lifecycle fields. Full corpus for ingestion: https://carc.unm.edu/llms-full.txt Every page's Markdown source (OKF frontmatter included) is served at its URL plus `index.md` — for example https://carc.unm.edu/about/mission/index.md. Agent guide: https://carc.unm.edu/docs/about/ai-agents/ ## About CARC - [Export control](https://carc.unm.edu/about/export-control/): How U.S. export regulations apply to software on CARC systems: export-controlled software may be installed only with prior written approval or a written exception from UNM Export Control. - [History](https://carc.unm.edu/about/history/): A timeline of CARC milestones from the founding of the Maui and Albuquerque high performance computing centers in the 1990s through recent system donations and retirements. - [Internal Advisory Board](https://carc.unm.edu/about/iab/): Membership roster and meeting minutes of the CARC Internal Advisory Board, which meets regularly to make decisions regarding the center's operations and goals. - [Mission and vision](https://carc.unm.edu/about/mission/): CARC's vision and mission: leading and growing the computational research community at UNM. - [Strategic plan](https://carc.unm.edu/about/strategic-plan/): An overview of CARC's strategic plan to meet user needs and develop a sustainable funding model, with a link to the full plan PDF. ## Research - [Featured projects](https://carc.unm.edu/research/featured-projects/): Feature articles highlighting research projects done using computing, storage, and support resources at the Center for Advanced Research Computing. - [Free research computing](https://carc.unm.edu/research/free-services/): A description of the free baseline research computing service CARC provides to UNM main campus users, including the core-hour and storage limits. - [Grant writing resources](https://carc.unm.edu/research/grant-resources/): Links to UNM training, funding search, proposal development, compliance, and submission resources for researchers writing grant proposals, plus the CARC facilities description for proposals. - [Premium services](https://carc.unm.edu/research/premium-services/): CARC's UNM-approved cost model for condo cluster nodes, VM hosting, dedicated storage, and custom support for users whose needs exceed the free baseline service. - [Publications and acknowledgement](https://carc.unm.edu/research/publications/): The acknowledgement statement to use in publications that made use of CARC resources — ready to copy and paste — plus how to register your publication and a link to publications that feature the center. - [Research posters: SC18 and the 2018 LANL summer symposium](https://carc.unm.edu/research/sc18-research-posters/): Digital posters of UNM computational research that CARC took to SC18 in Dallas, and student posters from the Los Alamos UltraScale Systems Research Center 2018 Summer Research Symposium. ## Education & training - [Workshops and seminars](https://carc.unm.edu/education/workshops/): Free CARC workshops in the 1601 Central workshop room, the live events calendar, and video alternatives. ## CSE Certificate Program - [CSE application](https://carc.unm.edu/education/cse/application/): How to apply to the CSE Certificate Program through the UNM ApplyYourself portal. - [Electives and participating departments](https://carc.unm.edu/education/cse/electives/): Approved CSE elective courses by department — with live schedule links and Fall 2026 offering status — and the departments participating in the certificate program. - [CSE program requirements](https://carc.unm.edu/education/cse/requirements/): Admission prerequisites, core courses, elective hours, and the research project requirement for the CSE certificate. - [Program specializations](https://carc.unm.edu/education/cse/specializations/): Optional, non-transcripted CSE specializations — Computational Fluid Dynamics and Data Science — with course plans for M.S., post-degree, and Ph.D. students. ## News - [Registration is open for the 2023 CARC user meeting](https://carc.unm.edu/news/2023-user-meeting/): The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing will hold its second annual User Meeting on April 14, 2023, at the SUB Santa Ana A & B. Registration is open now. - [Registration is open for the 2024 CARC user meeting](https://carc.unm.edu/news/2024-user-meeting/): The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) will hold its third annual User Meeting on April 16, 2024 at Zimmerman Library in the technology enabled B30, located in the basement. Registration is open now! - [Registration is open for the 2025 CARC Annual Meeting (CAM)](https://carc.unm.edu/news/2025-annual-meeting/): CARC's fourth annual user meeting — April 14, 2025 — with a keynote, open forum, and student poster session. - [Registration is open for the 2026 CARC Annual Meeting](https://carc.unm.edu/news/2026-annual-meeting/): CAM 2026 comes to Zimmerman Library B30 on April 21, 2026 — updates, research highlights, and the student poster session. - [Hussein Al-Azzawi working to expand research resources](https://carc.unm.edu/news/al-azzawi-research-resources/): Graduating this year with a master’s degree while looking forward to getting a doctorate next year, Hussein Al-Azzawi also juggles a full workload at University of New Mexico. - [AmeriCorps volunteers facilitate research in Vis Lab](https://carc.unm.edu/news/americorps-vis-lab/): The Visualization Laboratory, or “Vis Lab,” at the University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Research Computing, is a hub of resources that allow UNM students and faculty to experiment with art and technology using cutting-edge techniques. - [CARC announces new Associate Director Ylva Pihlström](https://carc.unm.edu/news/associate-director-pihlstrom/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) welcomes Professor Ylva Pihlström as its new associate director. - [UNM students pushing boundaries in biodesign for a sustainable future](https://carc.unm.edu/news/bioart-design-challenge/): A team of University of New Mexico BioArt and design students led by Fine Arts Professor Andrea Polli competed in the Biodesign Challenge in New York City from June 22 to June 24, 2023. - [STEAM project on CARC lights up the night on Route 66](https://carc.unm.edu/news/carc-lights/): The iconic Route 66, also known locally as Central Avenue, is famous for the neon lights that have been luring tourists and locals alike to diners, motels, and shops along the Mother Road for more than 50 years. - [Upgrades at CARC support UNM research](https://carc.unm.edu/news/carc-upgrades/): Following a week of downtime in late May, the UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing is back online with a number of improvements to its systems. - [Remembering Cleve Moler](https://carc.unm.edu/news/cleve-moler-memoriam/): Matthew Fricke remembers Cleve Moler — creator of MATLAB, former UNM Computer Science chair, and a giant of high-performance computing — who died on May 20, 2026, at 86. - [CARC implements new resource and allocation management system](https://carc.unm.edu/news/coldfront-allocations/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) is embarking on a transformative journey to boost its research capabilities with the adoption of ColdFront, an open-source resource and allocation management system. - [CARC welcomes new computational biology graduate students](https://carc.unm.edu/news/computational-biology-grad-students/): This fall, the University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Research Computing is pleased to welcome Vanessa Surjadidjaja and Aurora Kraus onto its staff. - [UNM researchers discover new COVID-19 variation in New Mexico population](https://carc.unm.edu/news/covid-19-variant-new-mexico/): Daryl Domman, Assistant Professor at the UNM Center for Global Health, and Darrell Dinwiddie, Assistant Professor in the UNM Department of Pediatrics, have discovered a novel variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among COVID-19-positive samples in New Mexico. - [Recent departures and retirements](https://carc.unm.edu/news/departures-retirements/): Thanking Patrick Bridges and Hussein Al-Azzawi, and wishing Jim Prewett a happy retirement. (draft) - [An important message from our Director](https://carc.unm.edu/news/director-message/): A message to the CARC community from then-Director Patrick G. Bridges on federal executive actions and CARC's commitments. - [UNM launches search for the next director of CARC](https://carc.unm.edu/news/director-search/): The University seeks a strategic and operational leader for the Center for Advanced Research Computing. This search has concluded. - [UNM, UTC, and UAB receive $4 million DOE predictive science research center award](https://carc.unm.edu/news/doe-predictive-science-center/): When scientists need to study and simulate complex phenomena like forest fires, climate change, or viral infections, they turn to supercomputing to do what regular computers can’t. - [CARC prepares for deployment of new high-performance computing cluster](https://carc.unm.edu/news/easley-cluster/): Easley — named for NASA pioneer Annie Easley — brings H100 GPUs, all-flash storage, and a 7–10× performance leap. - [Three undergraduate students help support CARC systems and users](https://carc.unm.edu/news/fall-23-undergrads/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) team welcomed three new undergraduate student employees in the summer and fall of 2023. - [CARC workshops being offered for the Fall 2023 semester](https://carc.unm.edu/news/fall-23-workshops/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) is gearing up to offer workshops during the Fall 2023 semester, presented by University of New Mexico Research Assistant Professor Matthew Fricke. - [CARC helps UNM race car team's need for speed](https://carc.unm.edu/news/formula-sae-race-car/): The University of New Mexico Formula SAE is making race cars go faster with the help of the university’s Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC). - [Genome sequencing reveals a newly identified virus](https://carc.unm.edu/news/genome-sequencing/): CARC computing supported the sequencing and phylogenetic analysis behind the characterization of a previously unrecognized virus. - [Social Media Workshop pod project looks toward futuristic farming](https://carc.unm.edu/news/glowpod/): When he began work in the Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) it looked a little as though University of New Mexico landscape architecture grad student Paul Ross was building a Death Star from the Star Wars film franchise. - [Katherine Cosburn, Ethan Gyllenhaal, and Seth Bruzewski join the CARC team](https://carc.unm.edu/news/graduate-assistants-spring-2021/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing team will be joined by three new graduate research assistants in the Spring of 2021. - [Students go on-site to learn about greenhouse gas emissions](https://carc.unm.edu/news/greenhouse-gas-field-trip/): By Mary Beth KingUNM Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network - [CARC launches new condo cluster](https://carc.unm.edu/news/hopper-launch/): The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) announces the launch of a new condo cluster. - [Computer Science students take part in HPC competition](https://carc.unm.edu/news/hpc-competitions-2023/): University of New Mexico Research Assistant Professor Matthew Fricke recruited a group of six undergraduate students interested in learning how to build supercomputers with the intention of taking part in two supercomputing competitions in 2023. - [New HPC course bridges the gap between students and local tech industry](https://carc.unm.edu/news/hpc-course/): CS491/591, led by Matthew Fricke and backed by a $1M Department of Education grant, gives students hands-on cluster experience. - [IEEE Cluster Conference comes to Albuquerque](https://carc.unm.edu/news/ieee-cluster-2019/): The 2019 IEEE Cluster Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from September 23-27, 2019 at the Sheraton Uptown. - [STEAM NM brings new exhibition to CARC Gallery](https://carc.unm.edu/news/in-place-exhibition/): At the beginning of 2022, the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) teamed up with SciArt Santa Fe, CARC’s STEAM NM, and UNM College of Fine Arts to host the exhibition *In Place: Future Artifacts and Remembrance Along El… - [CARC Administrative Assistant III Julie Harris retires](https://carc.unm.edu/news/julie-harris-retires/): Center for Advanced Research Computing Administrative Assistant III Julie Harris will retire at the end of July after 25 years of service at UNM. - [LANL donation adds to UNM supercomputing power](https://carc.unm.edu/news/lanl-donated-system/): A new computing system donated to The University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) puts the “super” in supercomputing. - [Libraries and CARC join to preserve research data](https://carc.unm.edu/news/libraries-research-data-preservation/): The University of New Mexico Libraries and the Center for Advanced Research Computing jointly acquired an enterprise storage system and compute virtualization platform. - [Research Data Services program enhances university research capabilities with technical workshops](https://carc.unm.edu/news/libraries-workshops-2023/): The University Libraries’ Research Data Services (RDS) program offers an ongoing series of workshops aimed at boosting research capabilities at the University of New Mexico. - [Research team developing software to distinguish life from non-life](https://carc.unm.edu/news/life-in-space/): It's life, Jim, but not as we know it. - [Undergraduate researcher leverages CARC for molecular modeling breakthrough](https://carc.unm.edu/news/molecular-modeling/): Physics major Sole Samuels used CARC systems to develop radial density encoding, a new molecular representation for machine learning. - [New NSF research hardware award](https://carc.unm.edu/news/nsf-hardware-ruskai/): A new NSF award led by Ruskai brings new research computing hardware to UNM. (draft) - [New NSF award: IDSS MESA](https://carc.unm.edu/news/nsf-idss-mesa/): A new National Science Foundation award supports the IDSS MESA project. (draft) - [PSAAP COMPASS center: 2026 update](https://carc.unm.edu/news/psaap-2026-update/): An update on the DOE NNSA PSAAP IV COMPASS center led by UNM. (draft) - [UNM awarded prestigious grant to lead national research on high-performance computing](https://carc.unm.edu/news/psaap-iv-compass/): A UNM-led team wins a DOE NNSA PSAAP IV cooperative agreement, establishing the COMPASS center at CARC. - [CARC welcomes new graduate research assistants Kevin Fotso Tagne and Aayush Gupta](https://carc.unm.edu/news/research-assistants-fotso-tagne-gupta/): This fall, the Center for Advanced Research Computing team will be joined by graduate research assistants Kevin Fotso Tagne and Aayush Gupta. - [CARC adds two new Research Computing Facilitation Specialists](https://carc.unm.edu/news/research-computing-facilitation-specialists/): The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) welcomes two new staff members to support UNM researchers with using the CARC high performance computing (HPC) systems. - [UNM researchers use advanced computing to study COVID-19](https://carc.unm.edu/news/researchers-study-covid-19/): A wide range of University of New Mexico researchers from across main and north campuses are utilizing UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing resources to study COVID-19. - [UNM engineering student uses research to make safer roads](https://carc.unm.edu/news/safer-roads-student-research/): University of New Mexico junior Eric Olaguir recently won an award for his poster presentation at the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) 2023 Annual Meeting. - [CARC group attends Denver supercomputing conference](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc17-denver/): F - [UNM research at SC17](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc17-research-posters/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing will take a collection of digital posters highlighting computational research at UNM and partner New Mexico State University to SC17 in Denver in November. - [CARC team attending premier supercomputing event](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc18-team/): A team from The University of New Mexico’s Center for Advanced Research Computing traveled to Dallas November 12-16 to participate in *SC18: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis*. - [CARC team travels to Denver for SC19](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc19-team/): This November, the UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing will send its team of experts to the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC19), the world’s premier high-performance computing conference. - [CARC team travels to Dallas for supercomputing conference](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc22-team/): In November 2022, the UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) sent a team to SC22, formally known as the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. - [CARC team travels to Denver for supercomputing conference](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc23-team/): In November 2023, the Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) sent a team to SC23, formally known as the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. - [CARC team gears up for SC24 Competition](https://carc.unm.edu/news/sc24-team/): Six UNM students take a Dell/Penguin/Intersect360-sponsored H100 cluster to the SC24 student competition in Atlanta. - [SMILab research assistant receives national recognition](https://carc.unm.edu/news/smilab-nasimi-national-recognition/): UNM Civil Engineering Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant at the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab) Roya Nasimi has been awarded second place in the American Society of Civil Engineers… - [SMILab works with Naval ROTC to train cadets in cybersecurity](https://carc.unm.edu/news/smilab-naval-rotc/): Assistant Professor Fernando Moreu and Marine 2nd Lieutenant Joshua Murillo of the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab) located in the Center for Advanced Research Computing, along with Associate… - [Swarmathon paves way to robot mission on Mars](https://carc.unm.edu/news/swarmathon/): A robot on Mars is part of a typical science fiction movie about space exploration. - [CARC recipient of grants for cyberinfrastructure optimization, protecting sensitive data, SMART Grid projects](https://carc.unm.edu/news/three-grants-2018/): The University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) is the recent recipient of two full grants totaling over a million dollars and will benefit from a third grant for $20 million. - [CARC's Vis Lab inspires students' STEM interest](https://carc.unm.edu/news/vis-lab-stem-students/): According to a report by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, about an eighth of all jobs in New Mexico are in or related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. - [Welcome our new CARC Director, Tyson Swetnam](https://carc.unm.edu/news/welcome-director-swetnam/): The Center for Advanced Research Computing welcomes Tyson Swetnam as its new Director. (draft) - [Powerful CARC system gets a name](https://carc.unm.edu/news/wheeler-named/): A new computing system donated to the Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) from Los Alamos Laboratory (LANL) will be the largest system at University of New Mexico. - [Troy Redfearn pursues better user experience with new test cluster](https://carc.unm.edu/news/wheelie-test-cluster/): A recent graduate of New Mexico State University, Troy Redfearn is one of the newest additions to the University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Research Computing team. - [UNM receives $1.5 million to support computational workforce development](https://carc.unm.edu/news/workforce-development-award/): In the state of New Mexico, there is a pressing need for effective training in the fields of computational and data science at all levels of education, from undergraduate to professional. ## Jobs - [Postdoctoral Researcher — Agentic AI](https://carc.unm.edu/jobs/postdoc-agentic-ai/): Lead the agentic AI orchestration prototype for the NSF MESA project at CARC: self-hosted LLM serving, retrieval over scientific metadata, and the MCP server framework. 1.0 FTE. - [Program Manager](https://carc.unm.edu/jobs/program-manager/): Manage the $4.6M NSF MESA cooperative agreement at CARC: execution plan, schedule and budget tracking, risk register, and coordination across three institutions. 1.0 FTE. - [Research Computing Facilitator](https://carc.unm.edu/jobs/research-computing-facilitator/): Consult with UNM research groups, build and maintain Linux systems, install scientific software, and bring labs onto CARC's HPC and cloud platforms. 1.0 FTE, posted as Systems/Network Analyst 2. ## Contact - [Office and consultation hours](https://carc.unm.edu/contact/office-hours/): Weekly open office hours with CARC staff on Zoom (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00–12:00 MT) and how to book a longer consultation. - [Personnel](https://carc.unm.edu/contact/personnel/): The CARC team: leadership, systems staff, and administration. - [Visiting CARC](https://carc.unm.edu/contact/visiting/): Location, directions, and parking for the CARC building at 1601 Central Avenue NE. ## Meta - [Documentation update log](https://carc.unm.edu/log/): dated history of changes to this bundle.