PSC Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary June 8, 2016 On June 9, 2016, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) celebrates its 30th anniversary. The beginning of PSC’s fourth decade will see the center with two new supercomputers—the National...

Early Success on Bridges

Opening Bridges Early Success on PSC’s Game-Changing Computational System May 31, 2016 Scientists have reported progress in fields such as genomics, public health, chemistry, machine learning and more in the first two months of use for PSC’s new supercomputer,...

Early Effects Glucocorticoids

Early Effects Pitt Group Uses PSC, XSEDE Resources to Learn Effects of Glucocorticoids on Embryonic Nerve Cells April 7, 2016 Why It’s Important   Glucocorticoids have been a healing tool for treating allergies, asthma, autoimmune diseases and even some...

PSC Helps Reconstruct Visual Connections in Brain

Stitching Thought Together PSC Powers Harvard’s, Allen Institute’s 3D-Reconstruction of Excitatory Visual Neuron Wiring March 28, 2016 Why It’s Important: One of the mysteries of brain function is how we make sense of the jumble of images that confront our eyes....