by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 14, 2022 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Bridges Simulations Improve Quantum Approach to Computing Work establishes benchmark for beating classical computers, optimizes quantum performance Quantum computers promise vastly expanded computing power. But they’ve yet to prove beyond a doubt that they’re...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 6, 2022 | Press release
CMU, Pitt form search committee for replacement as Shawn Brown leaves for HPE Shawn Brown has stepped down from his position as director of PSC. He is leaving to take on a strategic corporate opportunity at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE). Carnegie Mellon...
by PSC | Jun 29, 2022 | Collaborations, Features
We didn’t have to search hard to find qualified students for PSC’s Summer Internship Program. Over 100 students applied for the five available positions. Let’s meet them and find out what projects they’re working on this summer. Michael Ross, a senior...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 14, 2022 | Bridges, Science Highlights
study tracks artificial-light impact on migratory birds Analysis of 42 species in Western hemisphere suggests most effective steps for reducing city lights’ harm Human-made lights at night bring us benefits, but also carry downsides to human health and...
by Deb Nigra | Jun 1, 2022 | Neocortex events
Webinar: Neocortex Summer 2022 Call for Proposals and System Overview Presented on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 3:00 – 4:00 pm (ET), by Paola A. Buitrago: Principal Investigator & Neocortex Project Director, and AI and Big Data Director at the Pittsburgh...
by Deb Nigra | May 26, 2022 | What's new on Bridges-2
During the June 8-9 downtime, we will correct settings on Bridges-2 so that no variables defined in a login session will be inherited by SLURM jobs. This includes both batch and interactive jobs. Currently, environment variables defined in the login shell, including...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 11, 2022 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
AI Predicts Synthesizability of Crystals via Abstract Images Images derived from crystal structures help neural network running on Bridges-2 to predict ability to create a given crystal in the real world To create new electronic and other tools, materials...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 3, 2022 | Press release
The MuST program, the recipient of $150,000 in NSF improvement funding, radically reduces the complexity of simulating complex materials $7-million NSF Characteristic Science Applications program to further develop 21 scientific software projects Further development...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 22, 2022 | Collaborations, Press release
Five-year RAMPS grant will democratize entry to NSF high performance computers; PSC also partner in CONECT, a $20-million grant to operate system The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $7.5 million over five years to the Resource Allocations...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 13, 2022 | Neocortex, Press release
CS-2 System New Cerebras Systems technology will double capacity, allow larger deep-learning models and data The Neocortex high performance artificial intelligence (AI) computer at PSC has been upgraded with two new Cerebras CS-2 systems, powered by the...
