June 1, 2009

Vice President for Research Julia Fulghum has appointed Professor Susan R. Atlas to serve as the Director of the new Center for Advanced Research Computing, formerly the Center for High Performance Computing. The new CARC will focus on a broader range of research computing and faculty support with the goal of increasing and improving research activity on campus.

Atlas is a member of the UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy, with a secondary appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She currently serves as director of the UNM Cancer Center Shared Resource for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Atlas replaces Professor Thomas P. Caudell, who will be spearheading new initiatives and collaborations with the UNM ARTSLab.