by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 1, 2017 | Press release
Summer’s Up PSC Interns Advance AI, Cybersecurity, Computer Administration Sept. 1, 2017 On two dates in July and August 2017, PSC’s summer interns—a central part of the center’s educational mission—reported the results of their projects to the PSC staff. The...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 17, 2017 | Press release
Brain Function—What’s Next? A Conversation with David Hildebrand, Harvard University Aug. 17, 2017 The May 10, 2017, issue of the prestigious journal Nature featured an article by researchers at Harvard University and PSC that charted out the first “nano-scale”...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 8, 2017 | Press release
Bridging Students to STEM Skills “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin The future of employment is increasingly STEM-related. To prepare its students for higher-paying, computationally savvy jobs in...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 2, 2017 | Press release
Blue Acres? PSC, XSEDE Support Gene Assembly of Key Aquaculture Species May 2, 2017 Why It’s Important: Commercial abalone “aquaculture”—farming the shellfish in enclosures—has exploded over the past decade, becoming a $100-million global industry. Red abalone, a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 7, 2016 | Press release
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...