by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 1, 2019 | AI, Bridges, Science Highlights
Peace of Mind through AI “Deep learning” Artificial Intelligence on PSC Supercomputers Promises Fewer False Alarms and Early Prediction of Breast Cancer Development Screening mammography is an important tool against breast cancer. But it has its limitations. A...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 19, 2019 | Collaborations, Press release
Fresh Five-Year Funding Ensures Continued Cybersecurity Support of NSF Research by PSC and Collaborators The National Science Foundation has awarded Trusted CI, the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a $12.5 million renewal grant to extend the center through...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 16, 2019 | Press release
July 16, 2019 Artificial intelligence (AI) research took a big step forward when a CMU AI program overcame the world’s best professional players in a series of six-player poker games. Developed at the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, the Pluribus program...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 3, 2019 | Press release
$10-Million System Will Expand National Capacity for Coupled HPC, AI and Data and Serve Nontraditional and Traditional high performance-Computing Communities July 9, 2019 A $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a new supercomputer at...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 2, 2019 | Press release
Machine Learning Enables Scientists to Spot “Comma-Shaped Clouds” July 2, 2019 Meteorologists can get time-critical help in spotting dangerous cloud formations using artificial intelligence (AI), according to scientists at Penn State and AccuWeather Inc....
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 1, 2019 | Press release
July 1, 2019 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 Intelligence and Data Reuse (AIDR) Conference. The...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 2, 2019 | Press release
April 2, 2019 West Virginia University (WVU), in partnership with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), has announced the creation of one of the state’s most powerful computer clusters to help power research and innovation statewide. The Thorny Flat high...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the Spring 2019 issue of PSC Science Highlights! Over the last six months we have been busy upgrading PSC’s capabilities in Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI). Arguably our most significant event was delivery of the first instance of the NVIDIA DGX-2...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 27, 2019 | Science Highlights
PSC Helps Scientists Understand Monkey Protein that Confers Immunity to HIV A monkey “host restriction” protein works by destabilizing HIV as it enters the cell, according to scientists at the University of Delaware and the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). This...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 27, 2019 | Science Highlights
PSC Helps University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Team Design Material to Capture and Turn CO2 into Useful Products A new material may be able to capture carbon dioxide and turn it into a commercially useful substance, according to a team at the University of Pittsburgh....