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”...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 26, 2017 | News
Nick Nystrom Appointed Interim Director of PSC July 27, 2017 Nick Nystrom, senior director of research at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), has been appointed interim director of the center. Nystrom succeeds Michael Levine and Ralph Roskies, who have been...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 17, 2017 | Science Highlights
The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread Zebrafish Study Reveals First Fine Structure of a Complete Vertebrate Brain. Despite decades of stunning advances in imaging the brain and measuring its activity, we still don’t understand how even a simple vertebrate brain...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 20, 2017 | Science Highlights
Identifying Cancer DNA Changes with XSEDE/PSC Resources The scientific field of bioinformatics has for the past five years relied on increasingly larger data sets for new and innovative research. With few in the field trained in computer science, many groups, like the...
by Deb Nigra | Jun 9, 2017 | PSC Symposium
PSC Symposium: Cell Modeling with MCell June 30, 2017 – 10am300 S Craig St, Pittsburgh PA Many challenges present themselves when creating realistic cellular models, from the detailed spatial representation of membranes and organelles to convoluted...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 8, 2017 | Press release
Bridging Students to STEM Skills “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin The future of employment is increasingly STEM-related. To prepare its students for higher-paying, computationally savvy jobs in...
by Liz Pantalone | May 15, 2017 | Staff
Elizabeth Pantalone Web Platform Developer, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center e-mail: ecp@psc.edu ORCid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6980-8372 phone: 412-268-XXXXX mail: PSC300 South Craig St.Pittsburgh, PA...
by Deb Nigra | May 15, 2017 | Staff
Juan Puerto Senior Web Platform Developer, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center e-mail: jpuerto@psc.edu phone: (412) 268-4960 mail: PSC300 South Craig St.Pittsburgh, PA 15213
