by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 11, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
By Kimberly Mann Bruch, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and Ken Chiacchia, PSC The wind blows as Hurricane Delta tears up the coastline of Grand Cayman, Adobe Stock #383372713 Simulations on Bridges-2 Reveal that Reducing Estimates of Atmospheric Friction Improves...
by Emily Voelker | Sep 5, 2024 | Features, Inside PSC, Staff
Here at PSC, we’re extremely proud to say that PEARC24 was chaired by PSC Director Barr von Oehsen and former PSC Director Shawn T. Brown. No one at PSC has worked with PEARC longer, however, than Ken Hackworth, Senior Manager of the Allocations group at PSC, and a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 28, 2024 | Bridges-2, Research, Science Highlights
A microscopic view of the large intestine, and the many different cells that comprise it. Source: AdobeStock_316295145 By Optimizing Cell Classification, the New Tool Running on Bridges-2 Promises Better Understanding of How Individual Cells Help Organs and Tissues...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 14, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Research, Science Highlights
A 3D model of a sitting area. Environmental spatial similarity could help an AI recognize the objects in a setting like this more easily. Adobe Stock: 371561612 Environmental Spatial Similarity Approach with Bridges-2 Improves Speed and Accuracy for More Flexible...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 13, 2024 | bridges, Bridges-2, NAIRR, News, Press release, Resources, Systems, User News
Additional GPU Capabilities Will Expand AI Research in Range of Scientific Fields A $4.9-million award from the National Science Foundation has funded an upgrade to PSC’s flagship Bridges-2 supercomputer. The grant allows the center to add late-model powerful NVIDIA...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 5, 2024 | Anton, Anton 3, COVID-19, News, Press release, Resources, Systems
Designed and Built by D. E. Shaw Research, System Will Simulate Biomolecules Roughly 100 Times Faster than General-Purpose Supercomputers A third-generation Anton supercomputer (Anton 3), developed by D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES), will soon arrive at the Pittsburgh...
by Chris Csonka | Aug 1, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Features, NAIRR, Neocortex, Staff
Dana O’Connor, Machine Learning Research Scientist at PSC Before her recent presentation at the PEARC conference, I sat down with Dana O’Connor, Machine Learning Research Scientist with PSC’s AI and Big Data group, to talk about her recent award and her work at...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 31, 2024 | Anton, Anton 2, Research, Science Highlights
Scientists used the second-generation DESRES Anton supercomputer hosted at PSC to show how a critical protein for furture gene therapy pauses before completing its cutting of a target DNA. Credit: Aakash Saha Understanding Unexpected Motion of Protein Will Be Crucial...
by Erica Anderson | Jul 22, 2024 | Employment
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, was established in 1986, and for over 30 years has provided university, government, and industrial researchers with access to several of...
by Chris Csonka | Jul 18, 2024 | ACCESS, Features, NAIRR, Staff
Stephen Deems, PI for the NSF-funded ACCESS Allocations at PSC I sat down recently with Stephen Deems, the PI for the NSF-funded ACCESS Allocations program, to chat about his recent Mellon College of Science Outstanding Achievement Award and his time at PSC. ACCESS...
