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The mission of the Texas Learning & Computation Center (TLC2) is to foster and support interdisciplinary research, education, and training in computational sciences and engineering through centers, laboratories, and individual faculty initiatives. TLC2 has state-of-the-art computation, visualization, and educational facilities for environmental studies, biological, biomedical, and energy research, undergraduate and graduate education, and teacher training. In addition to high-performance computing support, the TLC2 staff provides support in grants management, communications and media services, event and outreach coordination, and applications solutions and web development.
We hope you will join TLC2 on your favorite social media pages. You can follow TLC2 on Twitter or become a fan of TLC2 on Facebook.
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TLC2 to exhibit at SC09
The Texas Learning & Computation Center will present booth talks and information about UH research at the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon, November 14-20. As a founding member of Gulf Coast Academic Supercomputing (GCAS), TLC2 is collaborating with Texas A&M University's Supercomputing Facility to showcase our state's top-level research. SC09 attendees can find TLC2 in Booth 1801 in the Oregon Convention Center. Keep up with GCAS and TLC2 on the GCAS Supercomputing webpage, and watch for conference updates on the @TLCSquared Twitter feed.
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New research leads to non-invasive sleep studies
TLC2 affiliated faculty member Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis, Eckhard Pfeiffer professor of computer science and director of the Computational Physiology Lab, has been recognized by the National Science Foundation for his work with UTHSC sleep medicine researcher Dr. Jayasimha Murthy, which has led to the development of a less invasive and more comfortable method of diagnosing sleep apnea. Their work appears in the November issue of the journal Sleep and is the subject of an NSF press conference.
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Atmospheric research hits the roof
The Houston Network of Environmental Towers (H-NET), a TLC2-affiliated research center, is the focus of KUHF's UH Moment. Dr. Barry Lefer describes the atmospheric quality research being conducted high atop UH's Moody Towers. Listen in!
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UH researcher receives million-dollar Qatar grant; proposal rooted in TLC2-funded research project
The Qatar National Research Fund recently awarded University of Houston researchers two separate grants totaling $2.4 million to collaborate with researchers in that country to advance science research and education. One of those grants, to mechanical engineering professor David Zimmerman, has its roots in a 2005 TLC2 innovation funding grant. The full story...
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2010 Mars Rover Celebration in pre-flight mode
Plans for the 2010 Mars Rover Celebration, to be held on January 30, 2010, are well under way. After two information meetings with area science advisors and educators, TLC2 showcased the Celebration at the AIAA Space 2009 Expo Pasadena September 14-18, and hosted a teacher training workshop to acquaint area high school science and gifted/talented teachers with the Mars Rover curriculum on Saturday, September 26.
Catch up with photos and video from the 2009 Mars Rover Celebration and get news of the 2010 event when you become a fan of the Mars Rover Celebration on Facebook or follow Mars Rover on Twitter.
To register a team for the Mars Rover Celebration 2010 or to find more information on the curriculum and competition, visit the Mars Rover Celebration website.
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UH surpasses $100 million in research awards
The University of Houston has achieved a historic milestone after eclipsing $104 million in research awards this year. The total, which could go higher, is the
most in the university's history and furthers the momentum UH has established toward becoming an elite Tier-One public research university. For the complete story, visit UH Today.
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TLC2's Crowder named CLASS assistant dean
Dr. Jerome Crowder has been named the Assistant Dean for Technology and Communication for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. In this role he will work with faculty and staff to develop and enhance the use of technology in teaching and research throughout the college. He will also be responsible for communicating information about faculty, research, and department highlights with the University and beyond. While working for the dean’s office, he will continue to be a TLC2 affiliated faculty member, to teach courses in Anthropology, and to pursue his ongoing research projects.
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Regents authorize new Health and Biomedical Sciences Center
The University of Houston has taken another bold step towards Tier-One status with the UH System regents' approval of the construction of a 167,000-square-foot Health and Biomedical Sciences Center that will house laboratories, academic space, and surgical facilities for health-related research. For the complete story, visit UH Today.
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Take a look at what TLC2 has been up to!
TLC2 supports research with high speed computing resources, and supports faculty with event and communications resources. Our photo galleries are kept up to date by TLC2 videographer/photographer Adam Blount, who posts photo collections for all TLC2events and outreach. Take a look at some of our summer projects, and keep up with us this fall!
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Speedy research is in the (FPGA) cards
TLC2-affiliated faculty will have the opportunity to take their high performance computing research to a new level, thanks to the donation of eight field-programmable gate array (FPGA) cards by Petroleum GeoServices. Any faculty interested in using the cards for research should contact Erik Engquist at erike@tlc2.uh.edu.
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Research News
Dr. George Zouridakis, TLC22 affiliated faculty member and director of the Biomedical Imaging Lab, welcomed two Japanese researchers to his lab at the end of the spring semester for on-site work on their investigation into the development of a unique brain-mapping device that promises to deliver more comprehensive and accurate insights into the brain at a fraction of the cost of current technologies. The full story...
One of the first iPhone apps to come from an academic lab was produced by Computational Physiology Lab researcher Pradeep Buddharaju, who developed Walk n Play, a free fitness app. CPL director Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis notes that in addition to health benefits for the user, Walk n Play could provide research benefits as well. More...
TLC2 inaugurated its new 160-node cluster, Xanadu, with the help of Bright Computing and their cluster management services. More... |
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