by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 17, 2020 | Science Highlights
Tsunami. Photo by George Despiris from Pexels. Big Waves Happen Here, Too Bridges Simulations Chart Out Worst-Case Tsunami Scenarios for U.S. East Coast Recent tsunamis have killed hundreds of thousands and done vast economic damage. But even areas not known for big...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 17, 2020 | Science Highlights
Chimpanzee maxilla (upper jaw bone). Looking a Hominid in the Mouth Chimpanzee “Oral Microbiome” Shows Surprising Frequency of Species Linked to Human Disease Oral health may have a surprising impact on overall health. But scientists still don’t fully understand which...
by Deb Nigra | Jan 16, 2020 | News
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by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 13, 2019 | Press release
16th Annual HPCwire Awards Given to Leaders in the Global HPC Community Nov. 18, 2019 For the 10th year, PSC has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards. HPCwire, the leading trade publication in the high performance computing...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
This issue of PSC Science Highlights features “Deep learning” Artificial Intelligence that promises fewer false alarms and early prediction of breast cancer development; atomistic models which explain and predict the transfer of heat between aluminum and black...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 17, 2019 | Press release
Oct. 17, 2019 Shawn Brown has been selected as the next director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Brown, whose work uses high performance computing,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 9, 2019 | Collaborations, Press release
HuBMAP Consortium Charts out Goals for Navigable 3D Map in Article in Nature Oct. 9, 2019 A national collaboration of scientists has taken the first steps to creating a 3D map of the human body, down to the level of single cells and smaller. In an article in the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
AIDR 2019 Conference Brings AI Researchers to Pittsburgh In May, 150 researchers, librarians, scientists, computer scientists and industry professionals from 10 countries and dozens of organizations convened at Carnegie Mellon University for the 2019 Artificial...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 1, 2019 | Science Highlights
Building Better Batteries CMU Scientists Use Bridges to Simulate Improved Battery Components The move toward cleaner, cheaper energy would be much easier if we had more powerful, safer battery technologies. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) scientists are using PSC’s...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 1, 2019 | Science Highlights
Going with the Flow Bridges Calculations Shed Light on Heat Transfer Between 2D Electronic Components Smaller electronic components offer us more power in our pockets. But thinner and thinner components pose engineering problems. Anisotropic materials—those with...
