by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 14, 2016 | 2016Press
$5-million Collaborative Grant Establishes NSF-funded Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Jan. 15, 2016 The security of the more than $7 billion in research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be significantly bolstered, thanks to a $5-million grant...
by Deb Nigra | Jan 13, 2016 | Resources for Educators
Project GCode Project GCode, a Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center STEM program, introduces girls in grades 6 through 12 to basic programming concepts to build awareness of 21st century careers in technology and cyberscience. With particular emphasis on girls in...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 4, 2016 | Science Highlights
BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE Bridges Will Bring high performance Computing and Data Analysis to New Fields In 2016, PSC’s newest supercomputer, Bridges, will go online. The $9.65-million, NSF-funded Bridges represents the culmination of lessons learned from PSC’s Blacklight...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 4, 2016 | Science Highlights
News in Brief DXC EXPANDS SCOPE PSC’s Data Exacell (DXC) pilot project has increased the community of researchers who can use the system and the scope of projects it can serve by adding new hardware and software resources. The DXC team added data storage to the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 16, 2015 | Science Highlights
SECURING THE CHAIN WITH TRINITY Shrimp Transcriptome Offers Secure Future Food Source, Better Understanding of Ocean Food Chain WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Litopenaeus vannamei, the whiteleg shrimp, is the number one human food source from the sea. Over a million tons...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 17, 2015 | 2015Press
PSC Recognized for Sixth Year in a Row in HPCwire Editor’s Choice, Reader’s Choice Awards Nov. 17, 2015 The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and its collaborators have once again been recognized for excellence in developing and applying HPC technologies to problems of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 11, 2015 | 2015Press
Improved Network Diagnosis and Repair Goal of NSF Grant Nov. 12, 2015 A proposed automated system will allow users to provide network administrators with information about faulty connections, greatly speeding network diagnosis and repair. This system, to be called...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 3, 2015 | 2015Press
Genome analysis center wins National Science Foundation funding renewal US scientists to have better access to computational tools, resources to analyze big data Nov. 10, 2015 The National Center for Genome Analysis Support (NCGAS) at Indiana University has received...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 2, 2015 | 2015Press
PSC to Play role in Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 Today, the National Science Foundation announced the funding of four regional Big Data Innovation Hubs. Researchers from PSC and Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 29, 2015 | Science Highlights
A Shift in Perspective Anton Simulations Upend Picture of How Proteins Work The Anton simulations suggest that PKA has nine distinct communities (A through H). The size of the circles shows how big each community is physically, the width of the lines connecting...
