by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 1, 2016 | Science Highlights
Island Time Extended Simulation on Anton Shows How Cell-Surface Molecules Cluster Why It’s Important: Virtually every process in human health and disease relies on signals getting across cell membranes—the flexible “bags” that enclose the contents...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 30, 2016 | 2016Press
Experts from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and their collaborators will present a number of topics at XSEDE16, the fifth annual conference of the NSF-funded Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE). XSEDE16 will take place at the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 21, 2016 | 2016Press
Drones Could Be Cheaper Alternative in Delivering Vaccines Unmanned aerial vehicles could also improve vaccination rates in low- and middle-income countries June 21, 2016 Unmanned drone delivery of vaccines may save money and improve vaccination rates in low- and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 16, 2016 | 2016Press
PSC Joins OpenHPC Framework June 16, 2016 In partnership with PSC and other organizations the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit advancing professional open source management for mass collaboration, today is announcing technical, leadership and member...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 7, 2016 | 2016Press
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary June 8, 2016 On June 9, 2016, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) celebrates its 30th anniversary. The beginning of PSC’s fourth decade will see the center with two new supercomputers—the National...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 19, 2016 | 2016Press
Opening Bridges Early Success on PSC’s Game-Changing Computational System May 31, 2016 Scientists have reported progress in fields such as genomics, public health, chemistry, machine learning and more in the first two months of use for PSC’s new supercomputer,...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 1986-2016 Thirty years have gone by since June 1986 when PSC opened its doors. From megaflops and megabytes to petaflops and petabytes, one generation after another, it’s been an evolution of more memory and faster processing...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 7, 2016 | Press release
Early Effects Pitt Group Uses PSC, XSEDE Resources to Learn Effects of Glucocorticoids on Embryonic Nerve Cells April 7, 2016 Why It’s Important Glucocorticoids have been a healing tool for treating allergies, asthma, autoimmune diseases and even some...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016Press
Kindling the Kindlers Carnegie Science Award Recognizes PSC STEM Education Programs March 30, 2016 PSC has received the 2016 Carnegie Science Center Award for Leadership in STEM Education. The award recognized three PSC staff members: Pallavi Ishwad, Hugh Nicholas and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016Press
Stitching Thought Together PSC Powers Harvard’s, Allen Institute’s 3D-Reconstruction of Excitatory Visual Neuron Wiring March 28, 2016 Why It’s Important: One of the mysteries of brain function is how we make sense of the jumble of images that confront our eyes....