by PSC | May 19, 2021 | Press release
The McWilliams Center for Cosmology Seed Grant program supports faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and research staff who want to explore a new area of research and/or jumpstart their research activity. The program is designed to encourage genuine collaborations between...
by Chris Rapier | May 10, 2021 | HPN-SSH
We are proud to announce that the HPN-SSH development team has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award#: 2004012) to continue development on HPN-SSH. This grant will be used to develop and incorporate new features and optimizations. This grant...
by PSC | May 10, 2021 | Science Highlights
May 2021 BRIDGES HELPS REVEAL EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM SPACEFLIGHT ON HUMAN BODY Comparison of DNA of Spacefaring and Earth-Bound Astronauts Raises Intriguing Questions by Ken Chiacchia Mars may well be a near-future goal for astronauts. But our understanding of the...
by Megan Carroll | May 6, 2021 | Features
Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science (MCS), one of PSC’s home institutions, announced in March the launch of a new degree program that serves as an exciting opportunity for students, faculty, and staff alike. The Master of Science in Data Analytics...
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 Megan Carroll | Apr 16, 2021 | Features
For PSC’s most recent system install, the team took a collaborative & strategic approach, enabled – not hindered – by COVID-19. Senior Network Engineer Rich Angeletti still refers to himself as a “new” staff member after 6 years at PSC. After all, he’s...
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...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 30, 2021 | Press release
Above: The scientists’ simulation of damage-causing strain to brain tissues for sudden movements in the coronal direction (swaying the head from shoulder to shoulder). When using a measure that captured strain in any direction (MPS, in figure a), the estimated damage...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 29, 2021 | Neocortex, Press release
Cerebras’s Wafer Scale Engine, with a baseball for size comparison. Access and AI research begins on the new PSC Neocortex system, an advanced AI computing system for science and engineering that leverages Cerebras Systems’ revolutionary Wafer Scale Engine The...
