Tag Archives: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Science Wednesday: Sometimes, You Need Gin to Spell Synergy

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Ken Chiacchia

I’m just gonna fess up and admit that the story I’ve been telling the PSC VECNet Cyber-Infrastructure crew is probably a myth. Director John Huston and Humphrey Bogart probably didn’t stave off malaria while filming “The African Queen” on location … Continue reading →

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Science Wednesday Thursday: Saving Sergeant Chiacchia

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Ken Chiacchia

“The July 12, 1973 fire at the St. Louis National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) destroyed approximately 80% of Army personnel records from 1 Nov 1912 to 1 Jan 1960; and, 75% of the Air Force records from 25 Sep 1947 … Continue reading →

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Science Wednesday: The Inescapable Logic of Graphs

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Ken Chiacchia

Yahoo News recently had an amazing graph analytics page (see our page on Sherlock, and this iSGTW article, for more on PSC’s recent activities in the field) concentrating on the voting records of U.S. senators. Specifically, how often they voted … Continue reading →

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Fresh Fish meets Sherlock at SC12

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Ken Chiacchia

Where do you think I met Steve Brandt, of Louisiana State University’s Center for Computation & Technology? We’ll get back to that; in the meantime, I guess I should say who I am. I’m Ken Chiacchia, and in January I’ll … Continue reading →

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