News

Announcements and stories from the CARC community.

Welcome our new CARC Director, Tyson Swetnam - The Center for Advanced Research Computing welcomes its new Director.
Recent departures and retirements - Thanking Patrick Bridges and Hussein Al-Azzawi, and wishing Jim Prewett a happy retirement.
Remembering Cleve Moler - Matthew Fricke remembers the creator of MATLAB, former UNM Computer Science chair, and a giant of high-performance computing (1939–2026).
New NSF award: IDSS MESA - A new National Science Foundation award supports the IDSS MESA project.
New NSF research hardware award - A new NSF award led by Ruskai brings new research computing hardware to UNM.
PSAAP COMPASS center: 2026 update - An update on the DOE NNSA PSAAP IV COMPASS center led by UNM.

Archive

Older stories, by year. Stories from the previous website are being brought into this archive as they are ported; the rest still serve at their original carc.unm.edu addresses.

2026

Registration is open for the 2026 CARC Annual Meeting - CAM 2026 comes to Zimmerman Library B30 on April 21, 2026 — updates, research highlights, and the student poster session.
UNM launches search for the next director of CARC - The University seeks a strategic and operational leader for the Center for Advanced Research Computing. This search has concluded.

2025

Registration is open for the 2025 CARC Annual Meeting (CAM) - CARC’s fourth annual user meeting — April 14, 2025 — with a keynote, open forum, and student poster session.
An important message from our Director - A message to the CARC community from then-Director Patrick G. Bridges on federal executive actions and CARC’s commitments.
Undergraduate researcher leverages CARC for molecular modeling breakthrough - Physics major Sole Samuels used CARC systems to develop radial density encoding, a new molecular representation for machine learning.
UNM awarded prestigious grant to lead national research on high-performance computing - A UNM-led team wins a DOE NNSA PSAAP IV cooperative agreement, establishing the COMPASS center at CARC.
Genome sequencing reveals a newly identified virus - CARC computing supported the sequencing and phylogenetic analysis behind the characterization of a previously unrecognized virus.
CARC prepares for deployment of new high-performance computing cluster - Easley — named for NASA pioneer Annie Easley — brings H100 GPUs, all-flash storage, and a 7–10× performance leap.

2024

CARC team gears up for SC24 Competition - Six UNM students take a Dell/Penguin/Intersect360-sponsored H100 cluster to the SC24 student competition in Atlanta.
Registration is open for the 2024 CARC 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!
New HPC course bridges the gap between students and local tech industry - CS491/591, led by Matthew Fricke and backed by a $1M Department of Education grant, gives students hands-on cluster experience.

2023

CARC team travels to Denver for supercomputing conference - 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.
Three undergraduate students help support CARC systems and users - The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) team welcomed three new undergraduate student employees in the summer and fall of 2023.
Research Data Services program enhances university research capabilities with technical workshops - 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.
CARC workshops being offered for the Fall 2023 semester - 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.
UNM students pushing boundaries in biodesign for a sustainable future - 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.
UNM engineering student uses research to make safer roads - 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.
Computer Science students take part in HPC competition - 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.
Registration is open for the 2023 CARC 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.
UNM receives $1.5 million to support computational workforce development - 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.
STEAM NM brings new exhibition to CARC Gallery - 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 implements new resource and allocation management system - 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.

2022

CARC team travels to Dallas for supercomputing conference - 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.
Students go on-site to learn about greenhouse gas emissions - By Mary Beth KingUNM Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network
CARC launches new condo cluster - The UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) announces the launch of a new condo cluster.
CARC adds two new 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.

2021

CARC welcomes new graduate research assistants Kevin Fotso Tagne and Aayush Gupta - This fall, the Center for Advanced Research Computing team will be joined by graduate research assistants Kevin Fotso Tagne and Aayush Gupta.
UNM researchers discover new COVID-19 variation in New Mexico population - 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.
Katherine Cosburn, Ethan Gyllenhaal, and Seth Bruzewski join the CARC team - The Center for Advanced Research Computing team will be joined by three new graduate research assistants in the Spring of 2021.
SMILab works with Naval ROTC to train cadets in cybersecurity - 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…
CARC announces new Associate Director Ylva Pihlström - The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) welcomes Professor Ylva Pihlström as its new associate director.

2020

CARC Administrative Assistant III 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.
SMILab research assistant receives 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…
UNM researchers use advanced computing to 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, UTC, and UAB receive $4 million DOE predictive science research center award - 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.

2019

CARC’s Vis Lab inspires students’ STEM interest - 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.
CARC team travels to Denver for SC19 - 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.
Troy Redfearn pursues better user experience with new 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.
Upgrades at CARC support UNM research - 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.
Research team developing software to distinguish life from non-life - It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it.
IEEE Cluster Conference comes to Albuquerque - The 2019 IEEE Cluster Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from September 23-27, 2019 at the Sheraton Uptown.
CARC welcomes new computational biology graduate 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.
AmeriCorps volunteers facilitate research in 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.

2018

CARC team attending premier supercomputing event - 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.
Social Media Workshop pod project looks toward futuristic farming - 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.
Swarmathon paves way to robot mission on Mars - A robot on Mars is part of a typical science fiction movie about space exploration.
Libraries and CARC join to preserve research data - The University of New Mexico Libraries and the Center for Advanced Research Computing jointly acquired an enterprise storage system and compute virtualization platform.
Hussein Al-Azzawi working to expand 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.
CARC recipient of grants for cyberinfrastructure optimization, protecting sensitive data, SMART Grid projects - 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.

2017

UNM research at SC17 - 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 group attends Denver supercomputing conference - F
Powerful CARC system gets a name - 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.
LANL donation adds to UNM supercomputing power - 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.
CARC helps UNM race car team’s need for speed - 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).

2016

STEAM project on CARC lights up the night on Route 66 - 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.