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...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 19, 2017 | Science Highlights
Synergistic Voyage ECSS Collaboration Speeds, Expands Microrobotic Simulations Since the science fiction novel Fantastic Voyage—and before—people have been fascinated with the idea of shrinking our tools so that we could carry out miniature tasks with...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 17, 2017 | Science Highlights
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Dollars? CMU B School Researchers Use Bridges to Unpack How Photos Help Sell Property It’s not hard to believe that when you advertise a property, a good picture will help you sell or rent it. What isn’t so clear is what factors make for...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 17, 2017 | Science Highlights
FROM THE DIRECTOR Welcome to the second issue of PSC Science Highlights. I’m honored to follow in the footsteps of Michael Levine and Ralph Roskies, whose vision created PSC and then sustained it for more than three decades. Through their leadership and with the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 12, 2017 | Research
The Brain Archive motivation Advancements in the field of microscopy and imaging have pushed the boundaries of what was once thought possible in many fields of research. The amount of data generated by these advancements has increased to a point where conventional...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 10, 2017 | Features
PSC to Host WVU Cluster Oct. 10, 2017 A three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling nearly $1 million will let West Virginia University (WVU) develop its next-generation high performance computing cluster to advance research in an array of fields, from drug...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 9, 2017 | Features
Congratulations to IEEE President-Elect José Moura IEEE members elected Jose M. F. Moura as 2018 IEEE President-Elect https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/index.html
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 1, 2017 | Press release
Summer’s Up PSC Interns Advance AI, Cybersecurity, Computer Administration Sept. 1, 2017 On two dates in July and August 2017, PSC’s summer interns—a central part of the center’s educational mission—reported the results of their projects to the PSC staff. The...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 21, 2017 | Science Highlights
Choice Works PSC Models Show Value of Vaccine Choice in Fighting Flu Less than half of children and adults under age 65 get vaccinated for influenza. Researchers at PSC, the University of Pittsburgh and Soongsil University in the Republic of Korea used PSC...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 17, 2017 | Press release
Brain Function—What’s Next? A Conversation with David Hildebrand, Harvard University Aug. 17, 2017 The May 10, 2017, issue of the prestigious journal Nature featured an article by researchers at Harvard University and PSC that charted out the first “nano-scale”...
