$6 million NSF grant to fund study of freshwater resources

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is leading a $6 million program to investigate the effect of climate change on freshwater resources in Alaska and Hawaii. The National Science Foundation grant will create the Pacific Area Climate Monitoring and Analysis Network, or PACMAN. More. . .

Supercomputers tackle challenges of life in the Far North

With an ability to solve 30 trillion arithmetic calculations a second, the newest supercomputer at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center is helping researchers develop advanced tools for arctic-specific, high-resolution weather forecasting to include models of smoke dispersion from wildfires. More. . .

Virtual ribbon cutting officially dedicates Pingo

The evolution of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center's high performance computing machines, from a 4-CPU Cray YMP named Denali, to a 3,456-processor Cray XT5 named Pingo, was marked in a ceremony held at the University of Alaska Museum of the North March 5. More. . .

"Partners in Discovery" computational science video debuted

Through collaboration and computation, the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center offers scientists the tools they need to open vast new territories of discovery. More. . .

ARSC associate director's China trip explores collaborations

Virginia Bedford, associate director of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, along with ARSC-affiliated faculty Tarek El-Ghazawi of The George Washington University, have just returned from visiting universities and agencies in Beijing and Nanjing. More. . .

Ice sheets and rising sea level

A critical factor in understanding how ice shed from Greenland and Antarctica contributes to rising sea levels is figuring out how to accurately simulate the movement of ice in an ice sheet. More. . .

Forbes elected to Cray Users Group board

Liam Forbes, a high-performance computing analyst with the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and a former top-place finisher as a UAF student in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling, is now a member of the board for the association of users and organizations around the world that own Cray Inc. computer systems. More ...

Arctic-accurate weather modeling focus of two-day meeting

More than 40 scientists will meet in Fairbanks May 12-13 to discuss how to improve current weather forecast models and develop new, more accurate modeling methods in one of the nation's most extreme environments. More ...

ARSC's new "Pingo" supercomputer

Pingo is the name of the new Cray XT5 supercomputer arriving at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this fall. More ...

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