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 Chris Rapier | May 24, 2021 | HPN-SSH
All patch sets from 4.4p1 to 8.1p1 are now available on SourceForge at https://sourceforge.net/projects/hpnssh/. The entire codebase (merged with OpenSSH) is also available as a git repo from https://github.com/rapier1/openssh-portable. The SourceForge location now...
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...
