by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 9, 2021 | Press release
PSC’s founding scientific directors, Michael Levine (left) and Ralph Roskies, with the center’s Cray X-MP. Today the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) celebrated the 35th anniversary of its first supercomputer. The National Science Board approved...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 27, 2021 | Science Highlights
psc systems power dna-based identification of surface, airborne microbes worldwide Samples from 60 cities reveal previously unknown microbes, diversity of antibiotic-resistance genes by Ken Chiacchia Dangerous microbes can emerge with little warning. Using PSC’s...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 19, 2021 | AI, Science Highlights
A two-step method identifies known drugs likely to reduce chance of death from covid-19 Bridges helps identify meds for other conditions that associate with lower death rates in COVID-19 patients by Ken Chiacchia Both the ongoing treatment of COVID-19 and readiness...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 8, 2021 | Press release
Deadline for proposals for current allocation period is April 15 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved PSC’s new Bridges-2 system for production operations. PSC offers time on the NSF-funded, advanced research computing platform to researchers performing...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 31, 2021 | Press release
PSC Director Shawn Brown has been appointed vice chancellor for research computing at the University of Pittsburgh. Make no mistake: Brown remains director of PSC. He’s ours, we’re keeping him. Brown’s new appointment continues PSC’s strengthening relations with both...
