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  UT's Kraken supercomputer named No. 6 in world

  The University of Tennessee's Kraken supercomputer is officially the world's most powerful academic supercomputer - and the sixth-fastest overall on the planet. details

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  UT Undergrads Do Their Homework on a Supercomputer

  UT Students CS140 - “Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis” class, taught by JICS faculty member David Banks, were provided with special accounts on the National Institute for Computational Sciences' Kraken, the world’s fastest academic supercomputer. details

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  Zacharia Named ORNL Deputy Director

  Thomas Zacharia, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s associate director for computing and computational sciences, has been named ORNL deputy laboratory director for science and technology and UT-Battelle senior vice president for S&T, responsible for coordinating ORNL’s major research and development programs. details

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  UT to build powerful computer with NSF grant

  The National Science Board on Wednesday paved the way for the University of Tennessee to receive a $65 million grant to build one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. details

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  ORNL computing guru assumes UT vice presidency

  Thomas Zacharia, the driving force behind Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s rise to international leadership in scientific computing, has been named vice president for science and technology at the University of Tennessee. details

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  National Science Board Approves Funds for Petascale Computing Systems

  The National Science Board (NSB) approved a resolution authorizing the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the acquisition and deployment of the world's most powerful "leadership-class" supercomputer. details

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