Work with TACC users to integrate HPC technologies into their research and development activities and to measure the impact of TACC's HPC systems on their research capabilities.Perform application performance analysis and industry standard benchmarking on HPC platforms.Evaluate new HPC architectures, systems, and software tools to determine best practices and identify future acquisition targets.Assist TACC users with the porting, analysis, and improvement of their research software on TACC's HPC systems.Initiate and conduct research into new high performance and parallel computing applications, techniques, tools, and algorithms.Publicize the results of these activities through presentations at conferences/workshops and through publications in proceedings and professional journals.Pursue and obtain external funding to enhance TACC's HPC activities, expertise, and resources by submitting proposals to funding agencies, industrial partners, and vendors directly or in partnership with researchers and faculty at UT Austin or other institutions.