by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 8, 2017 | Features
Upgrade of PSC’s Big Data System Now in Production Jan. 9, 2017 The Phase 2 Upgrade of the Bridges supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has been approved by the National Science Foundation (NSF), which funded the project. The approval makes new...
by Deb Nigra | Jan 5, 2017 | Publications
PSC Technical Reports Open Science Cyber Risk Profile (OSCRP) Peisert, Sean; Welch, Von; Adams, Andrew; Bevier, RuthAnne; Dopheide, Michael; LeDuc, Rich; Meunier, Pascal; Schwab, Steve; Stocks, Karen In a culmination of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 8, 2016 | Science Highlights
More Power to Us Greenfield, Bridges Models Pinpoint Inefficiencies in Electric Power Storage Why It’s Important: If everyone used electricity at a constant rate, generating power would be simple. Generators that supply a fixed level of energy would be fairly cheap to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 30, 2016 | AI, Features
Upping The Ante: Top Poker Pros Face Off With Artificial Intelligence 20-Day Contest at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh Begins Jan. 11 Jan. 4, 2017 Four of the world’s best professional poker players will match wits with an artificial intelligence developed by Carnegie...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 9, 2016 | Features
PSC Bridges and Brain Reconstruction Project Earn 2016 HPCwire Awards Annual Awards Bestowed on Leaders in the Global High-Performance Computing Community Nov. 14, 2016 The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has received two international...
by Deb Nigra | Oct 28, 2016 | Science Highlights
Welcome to the Fall 2015 edition of People. Science. Collaboration. This summer we marked a significant transition at PSC: We retired the Blacklight system, and in October will begin constructing the new, National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Bridges system...
by Deb Nigra | Oct 24, 2016 | Resources for Educators
Data Jam The goal of the Data Jam is to introduce Pittsburgh high school students to big data and data analytics, to better understand its impact on their lives as individuals and to raise awareness of new career options created by the advent of big data....
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 27, 2016 | Features
N.C. High School to Use Bridges for Computational Chemistry Projects Sept. 27, 2016 The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), a public high school for academically talented juniors and seniors from across the state, has received an allocation on...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 7, 2016 | Science Highlights
Gut Check Bridges Reveals Interaction between Diabetes and Digestive-Tract Microbes Sept. 7, 2016 Why It’s Important: Many people appreciate how serious diabetes is: it can cause blindness, nerve pain and lack of circulation in the limbs that leads to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 30, 2016 | 2016Press
Bridges Supercomputer Enters Production NSF Deems PSC’s HPC+Big Data Computational Resource Operational Allocations Available Aug. 31, 2016 The Bridges system at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) entered production operations last month, in support of...
