A Rose Among the Thorns: Beverly Clayton’s PSC Legacy
Recognized as one of 35 HPC Legends in 2025 by HPC Wire magazine, Beverly Clayton served as Executive Director of PSC from 1986 to 2006 and has the distinction of being the first woman to direct an HPC center.
Octopus Simulation Surprise Sheds Light on Soft Robot Tech
Virtual Octopus Arm Shows Complex Movements Can Be Governed by Surprisingly Simple Programming
Ken Hackworth: Student Intern to Senior Manager
Ken Hackworth talks about his storied career at PSC, starting as a student, ultimately hiring, working with, and helping shape the careers of dozens of PSC interns and students, many of whom still work at the center.
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our flagship supercomputer
Our featured projects
PSC maintains advanced infrastructure to support
computation-heavy research in areas such as: data analytics, machine learning, bimolecular simulation, AI and deep learning, and provides access to the national cyberinfrastructure community of resources.
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A Rose Among the Thorns: Beverly Clayton’s PSC Legacy
Recognized as one of 35 HPC Legends in 2025 by HPC Wire magazine, Beverly Clayton served as Executive Director of PSC from 1986 to 2006 and has the distinction of being the first woman to direct an HPC center.
Octopus Simulation Surprise Sheds Light on Soft Robot Tech
Virtual Octopus Arm Shows Complex Movements Can Be Governed by Surprisingly Simple Programming
Ken Hackworth: Student Intern to Senior Manager
Ken Hackworth talks about his storied career at PSC, starting as a student, ultimately hiring, working with, and helping shape the careers of dozens of PSC interns and students, many of whom still work at the center.
Accelerate your research on
Bridges-2, our newest supercomputer
Our Featured Projects
PSC maintains advanced infrastructure to support computation-heavy research in areas in: data analytics, machine learning, bimolecular simulation, AI and deep learning, and provides access to the national cyberinfrastructure community of resources.
Want to help further our research?
Support the next big discovery or inspire the next class of great thinkers with a gift to our center.










