by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 9, 2020 | Neocortex, Press release
A $5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award will allow the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) to deploy a unique high performance artificial intelligence (AI) system. Neocortex will introduce fundamentally new hardware to greatly speed AI research. PSC, a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 2, 2020 | Neocortex, Press release
The National Science Foundation Awards $5 million to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to Build Neocortex, an AI Supercomputer that Will Introduce Revolutionary Technologies June 9, 2020 A $5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award will allow the Pittsburgh...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 31, 2020 | Press release
Saying Goodbye to Our Friend We at PSC are deeply saddened by the passing of Rich Brueckner, leader of insideHPC. For many years, Rich drew on his industry-wide insights to communicate the impact of our field, its companies, and its contributors. Rich’s...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 20, 2020 | Press release
Bridges-Powered Experimental Test for Coronavirus Reveals Viral Changes, Host Responses A new experimental test to identify the SARS-CoV-2 virus from genetic material is being developed by an international team led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. Their new...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 28, 2020 | Press release
COVID-19 Pandemic, Isolation an Opportunity for Pittsburgh-Area High Schoolers to Learn Data Science It begins with a data-driven discussion of the national plan to reopen safely. Brian Macdonald, director of data science at a leading healthcare data analysis company,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 27, 2020 | Press release
Anton 2 Molecular Simulation Supercomputer at PSC Available for Urgent COVID-19 Research A specialized Anton 2 supercomputer, developed by D. E. Shaw Research and hosted at PSC, is now available for urgent research with the potential to impact the national COVID-19...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 10, 2020 | Press release
University of Virginia Simulating COVID-19 Interventions on Bridges Researchers at the Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, are working closely with PSC to perform highly detailed epidemiological studies of COVID-19 in support of U.S. federal agencies’...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 1, 2020 | Press release
PSC Provides Researchers Access to China’s National Genomics Data Center COVID-19 Database Working with collaborators at Weill Cornell Medicine, PSC is currently hosting the COVID-19 database for the National Genomics Data Center of the Chinese People’s Republic. By...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 19, 2020 | Science Highlights
Nonidentical Twins Anton 2 Simulations Show Curious Difference in Action of Paired Neurotransmitters The NMDA receptor protein underlies memory formation. It’s also an important target of drugs for conditions as different as depression, Alzheimer’s disease and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 19, 2020 | Science Highlights
Picking Up the Beat Anton 2 Helps Identify Unexpected Pathway for Irregular-Heartbeat Drugs Irregular heartbeat—arrhythmia—causes a lot of sickness and death in the U.S. Some medications can treat arrhythmia, but they carry potentially serious side effects....
