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Ten Years of Leadership

Highlights of PSC's first ten years.

2001

Oct 9 PSC to Partner in Quantum Molecular Dynamics and Tele-Immersion
Oct 1 Terascale Computing System Installed at PSC
Sept 28 PSC Engineer to Lead National Network Project
Sept 26 DOE Funds Research to Boost Network Performance
Aug 28 New PACI Website Launched
Aug 14 Terascale Processors Arrive at PSC
April 13 PSC Directors Talk About Terascale System
April 10 Initial Terascale System Enters Production Mode at PSC
March 19 Web100 Takes First Step Towards Improving Network Performance
March 12 Shadow Service and Faster Lanes Unjam Traffic at the Pittsburgh GigaPoP
Feb 27 PSC Provides New Ways to See the Visible Human
Feb 8 Super Bowl Replay Technology Draws on CMU and PSC Expertise
Jan 29 Phase One of the PSC Terascale System is Operational
Jan 16 PSC Receives $2.5 Million for Energy Research

2000

Dec 15 PSC Collaborator Receives Early Career Award
Nov 1 NSF Awards $2.9 Million for Web100 Project
Oct 3 NIH Awards $8.6 Million to PSC
August 3 NSF Awards $45 Million to PSC for "Terascale" Computing
June 15 Cisco Funds Network Research at PSC
April 28 Regional Network Inaugurated at PSC
April 26 PSC Contracts to Develop Infrastructure for Telemedicine
Jan 5 Southwest PA Connects to Advanced Internet2 Network

1999

Dec 14 PSC Regional Partner Becomes National Laboratory
Dec 2 PSC to Exhibit at 4th Annual Intergovernmental Technology Conference
Nov 30 Planetary Terascale Project Wins SC99 High-Performance Computing Award
Aug 31 PA & WV Form High-Tech Regional Partnership
July 2 Getting a Thumb-Lock on AIDS
May 4 Protein Research at PSC is Finalist for Science Award
Mar. 10 New Research Network Collaborates with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Feb. 22 Gray Matters
Feb. 2 DOE Renews Collaboration with Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Jan. 29 DOE Extends Contract with PSC

1998

Dec. 2 Pittsburgh Scientist Helps Crack Teraflop Barrier
Nov. 20 Pittsburgh Team Wins HPC Challenge Award
Nov. 12 Pittsburgh and Stuttgart Demonstrate Latency-Free Metacomputing
Nov. 10 T3E Hardware Upgrade
Oct. 27 Pittsburgh Hosts Internet Meeting
Oct. 21 John Pople Wins Nobel Prize
Oct. 20 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Wins Grant for Biomed Collaboratories
Oct. 12 Turbulence Simulations Progress at PSC
Sept. 11 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Wins Grant to Conduct Genome Workshops
Aug. 17 Understanding Metals Under Extreme Conditions
July 23 PSC Instructors Assist the Pennyslvania Governor's School for the Sciences
July 15 NSF Grants Provide Networking Support
July 13 Measuring Internet Traffic
July 1 On the Horizon: Accurate Storm Forecasts
June 23 PBS Program to Showcase PSC Research
June 6 Rethinking Network Infrastructure
May 26 Pittsburgh Hosts Meeting on New Internet Technologies
May 19 PSC and "The Eye of Long Island"
May 14 PSC Does Storms
May 12 PA Users Now Eligible for PSC Grants
Apr. 27 State Renews Supercomputing Center Funding
Mar. 23 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Joins Energy Research Effort
Mar. 5 Pittsburgh Wins Grant for National Network Engineering Center
Feb. 25 Pittsburgh Center Will Assist Doe With Large-Scale Simulations
Feb. 6 Linked T3Es Simulate 1.75 Billion Particles of Granular Gas

1997

Oct. 3 Watching the Brain in Action
June 23 Pittsburgh and Stuttgart Inaugurate High-Speed Transatlantic Metacomputing
June 18 PSC Wins Computerworld Smithsonian Award
June 5 Storm Forecasting Wins Discover Award
May 9 PSC Secures $2 Million Grant from Pennsylvania
Apr. 21 Discover Honors Storm Forecasting Research
Apr. 7 World's Most Powerful CRAY at Pittsburgh

1996

Nov. 27 Pittsburgh, Oak Ridge, Sandia Team Wins Concurrency Gold
Nov. 20 Brain Mapping in Real Time
Nov. 11 Upgraded CRAY Running at PSC
Nov. 6 Computers at Work in Pittsburgh
Oct. 30 PSC's Jensen Elected CUG President
Aug. 15 PSC Accepts First Production Model of Powerful New System
June 28 PSC Puts Live "Jazz at Hill House" on Information Highway
May 9 Four of Five Smithsonian Finalists Use PSC
Apr. 17 First Cray T3E Customer System is Shipped to PSC
Feb. 22 Jensen Joins PSC as Associate Director
Jan. 31 Scientist Honored for Turbulence Research at PSC

1995

Nov. 1 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to Get Advanced New Machine
Sept. 14 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Receives Grant for Biomedical Research

1994

Dec. 21 Pittsburgh Center's Director Named APS Fellow
Nov. 21 Scientist Honored for Heart Research at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Sept. 22 Kinky DNA Research at PSC Honored by Discover magazine
July 1 Jupiter-Comet Collision Will End In a Bang
June 9 Breakthrough Award Honors Heart Modeling by NYU Scientists at PSC
May 6 PSC Hosts International Workshop on Chromosome 16
March 18 Supercomputing Aids Search for Pulsars

1993

Dec. 23 Pittsburgh Center's Director Named APS Fellow
Dec. 21 PSC Volume Renderer Wins Most Heterogeneous Award
Nov. 3 Minnesota High School Students Using Pittsburgh Supercomputer
Sept. 2 Pittsburgh Center Unveils New Cray Research Supercomputer
Sept. 1 Artificial Intelligence Researcher Wins International Award Using Pittsburgh Supercomputer
July 21 Pittsburgh Supercomputer Predicts Oklahoma Storms
June 11 PSC Wins Computerworld Smithsonian Award for Science


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