by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 13, 2026 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Octopuses’ arms can move in amazingly complex ways — and may be a better model than human arms for robots. Virtual Octopus Arm Shows Complex Movements Can Be Governed by Surprisingly Simple Programming While controlling the simple joints of a robot in human shape is...
by Chris Csonka | Mar 5, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Ken Hackworth, Senior Allocations Manager, PSC. 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, many of whom still work at the center. PSC40:...
by Emily Voelker | Feb 26, 2026 | Neocortex, Neocortex events, Training
Neocortex Seminar Series Spring 2026 The Neocortex Seminar Series highlights real user projects, stories, and research running on Neocortex. The goals of the series are to: Showcase successful Neocortex use cases and workflows Foster community engagement among current...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 19, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
An early simulation with PSC’s second supercomputer, the Cray Y-MP, showed that carbon fiber was a plausible replacement for increasingly rare Norway spruce in crafting string instruments. CMU Project in 1988 Used PSC’s Cray Y-MP to Show Violin Top Plates of Carbon...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 12, 2026 | Research, Science Highlights
A 3D rendering of the delicate components of a quantum computer. Artificial Intelligence Improves Monte Carlo Simulations of Quantum Dots, Improving Accuracy of Storing and Reading Information Quantum computers promise a giant leap forward in computing power — maybe....
by Emily Voelker | Feb 3, 2026 | Neocortex, Neocortex events, Training
Neocortex Winter 2026 Webinar March 4, 2026, 1:00PM EST Presented by Paola Buitrago, PSC’s Director of Artificial Intelligence & Big Data, and Sylvia Howland, Cerebras Machine Learning Solutions Engineer This webinar served as a follow up to the CS-3...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 15, 2026 | Anniversary, Science Highlights
“Pop art”: The Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corporation used the Cray X-MP supercomputer to design the beverage can we know today. Credit: Emily Voelker/PSC 1987 Alcoa Work with PSC Supercomputer Helped Set Stage for Industrial Supercomputing Design Revolution...
by Chris Csonka | Jan 14, 2026 | Anniversary, Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Ralph Roskies, PSC founder and co-director. Photo credit: Tom Altany/University of Pittsburgh PSC’s Chris Csonka sat down with PSC co-founder Ralph Roskies to talk about his early days at PSC, its founding, and how he collaborated with Mike Levine and Jim Kasdorf...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 14, 2026 | Anton, Science Highlights
DNA strand wrapped around a series of protein-based nucleosomes (left) and an isolated nucleosome (right). DNA is orange, protein blue. Adobe stock. Simulations on Anton at PSC Suggest Cancer Mutations in Nucleosomes May Affect DNA Accessibility In our cells, over six...
by Chris Csonka | Dec 19, 2025 | Anniversary, Features
With the cold and snowy weather of December, we know that the winter holidays are nearly upon us, and the new year will soon follow. Now’s the perfect time to reflect on all the PSC stories and events of 2025. Significant Science Stories Hidden Order in “Intrinsically...
