Big Ben Unveiled

PSC Press release: Pittsburgh Unveils Big Ben the Supercomputer at PSC, at Yahoo

Cutting the ribbon for Big Ben (l to r): David Kiefer, senior VP, Cray Inc.; Sean Logan, Pennsylvania senator, 45th District; Dan Onorato, chief executive, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Peter A. Freeman, NSF assistant director for Computer & Information Science & Engineering; Jared L. Cohen, president, Carnegie Mellon University; Mark A. Nordenberg, chancellor, University of Pittsburgh; Bob Regola, Pennsylvania senator, 39th District; Arden Bement, director, National Science Foundation; Steve Tritch, president & CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company; Ralph Roskies, co-scientific director, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center; Mike Levine, co-scientific director, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.

Big Ben in the press

• High-end computer debuts at Supercomputer center here, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• It began in New Castle for U.S. science guardian, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Pittsburgh's tech landscape bears economic opportunities, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Big Ben rules supercomputer playing field, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• New Supercomputer Debuts In Monroeville, WTAE
• This Big Ben is a little faster than Steelers QB, Washington Observer Reporter
• Pittsburgh Center Unveils a Bigger, Faster Supercomputer Called "Big Ben", National Science Foundation
• The biggest and baddest of the lot, The Royal Gazette

Transcripts of speakers' remarks

• Arden L. Bement, Jr, Director, National Science Foundation [Download PDF]
• Jared L. Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University [Read HTML]
• Mark A. Nordenberg, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh [Read HTML]
• Steve Tritch, president & CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company [Read HTML]

Contacts:

Michael Schneider
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
schneider@psc.edu
412.268.4960

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