by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 3, 2018 | Press release
MEG-derived results from a CamCAN volunteer are superimposed on MRI images. The images from left to right move upward through the brain. Activity in the right inferior parietal cortex (yellow markers) is higher (red) than that in the adjacent white matter rim (blue),...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 18, 2017 | Features
CMU Group Describes “Superhuman” Poker AI in Science Libratus Used PSC’s Bridges to Formulate Its Strategy in Contest with Best Human Players Dec. 18, 2017 In a paper published online yesterday by the journal Science, Tuomas Sandholm, CMU professor...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 8, 2017 | Press release
Finding the Balance Pitt Researchers Use Bridges to Optimize Doctor Visits for Kidney Patients The biggest causes of death in developed countries—heart disease, cancer, chronic organ failure—are complex conditions that may be best treated by long-term management...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 6, 2017 | Collaborations, Features
CMU, PSC and Pitt to Build Brain Data Repository $5M Grant from the National Institutes of Health Will Help Promote Open Data in Neuroscience Dec. 7, 2017 Researchers with Carnegie Mellon’s Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center (MBIC), the Pittsburgh Supercomputing...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 10, 2017 | Features
PSC-Led Flu Vaccine Research Wins International Supercomputing Award Nov. 14, 2017 Research on the best strategies for offering flu vaccinations to the public at PSC, the University of Pittsburgh and Soongsil University in the Republic of Korea has won a 2017...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 10, 2017 | Features
PSC Wins a Record Five HPCwire Readers’, Editors’ Choice Awards Annual Awards Recognize Leaders in the Global high performance-Computing Community Nov. 13, 2017 PSC has been recognized with a best-year-ever five HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards at the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 20, 2017 | Science Highlights
PSC Interns Advance AI, Cybersecurity, System Administration Bridges-Powered Research Wins PEARC17 Award Early Successes on Anton 2 WVU awarded $1 million grant from NSF for new HPC cluster at PSCHPC cluster at PSC PSC Interns Advance AI,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 20, 2017 | Science Highlights
The Future is STEM High School Students Use Bridges as Intro to Supercomputing The future of employment is increasinglySTEM-related. To prepare its students for higher-paying, computationally savvy jobs in science and industry, the North Carolina School...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 19, 2017 | Science Highlights
Inner Space Anton Simulations Uncover Importance of Empty Space for Protein Function Experiments can detect chemical changes on a scale as short as about a thousandth of a second. Most supercomputers can only simulate complex biomolecules for as long as a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 19, 2017 | Science Highlights
PSC, XSEDE Support Gene Assembly of Key Aquaculture Species Commercial abalone “aquaculture”—farming the shellfish in enclosures—has exploded over the past decade, becoming a $100-million global industry. Understanding the DNA of the abalone is key to improving and...
