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LSU previously housed the Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning, called LSU CAPITAL. In [[2003]], LSU CAPITAL was integrated as a full research center on LSU’s campus and renamed the Center for Computation and Technology.

CCT’s first director was [[Ed Seidel]]. Seidel led the CCT from 2003–2008, then accepted a position as director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure. Louisiana State University is currently undertaking an international search to find a new CCT director.faculty Interim leadership aremembers [[Stephen David Beck]] as Interim Director and [[Jorge Pullin]] served as Interim Co-Directordirectors from 2008- 2010. In December 2010, Joel Tohline, the interim director of the original LSU CAPTIAL, was named CCT director.<ref>http://www.lsu.edu/ur/ocur/lsunews/MediaCenter/News/2010/12/item22765.html</ref>

Other faculty and executive staff members at the CCT include [[Gabrielle Allen]], computer scientist and co-creator of the [[Cactus Framework]]; [[Thomas Sterling (computing)|Thomas Sterling]], former [[NASA]] scientist and co-creator of the [[Beowulf (computing)|Beowulf class cluster]] that is a building block of the world’s [[supercomputer]]s; and [[Susanne Brenner]], recipient of the 2005 [[Humboldt Research Award]].

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The [[Red Stick International Animation Festival]], which was first launched by LCAT as a way of demonstrating the links between creativity and the CCT's high-performance computing, is an annual event in downtown Baton Rouge that brings together artists, animators, filmmakers, computer scientists and also [[animation]] enthusiasts to showcase the latest developments in Louisiana's digital arts and technology sectors. CCT was also home to [[Nemeaux]], one of the nation's only clusters dedicated to the arts. After five years of service, Nemeaux was turned off in October 2009.

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