All Campus Champions Community Call Presentation

Neocortex: An Innovative Resource for Accelerating AI and HPC Development for Rapidly Evolving Research

 

Access and AI research begins on the new PSC Neocortex system, an advanced AI computing system for science and engineering that leverages Cerebras Systems’ revolutionary Wafer Scale Engine

 

Presented on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 3:00 – 4:00 pm (ET), by Paola Buitrago, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), and Mei-Yu Wang (PSC).

This presentation gives an overview of Neocortex, a deployed NSF-funded AI supercomputer at PSC. Neocortex targets the acceleration of AI-powered scientific discovery by vastly shortening the time required for deep learning training and fostering greater integration of deep learning with scientific workflows. Our team recently demonstrated its capability to achieve ground-breaking results for high-performance computing applications such as computational fluid dynamics.

Neocortex democratizes access to game-changing computing power otherwise only available to tech giants for researchers. It inspires the research community to scale their AI-based research and integrate AI advances into their research workflows. Neocortex was deployed at the PSC in early 2021 and currently supports research in drug discovery, genomics, molecular dynamics, climate research, computational fluid dynamics, and many more.

The Neocortex Call for Proposals (CFP) provides opportunities to access the remarkable integrated technologies of the Cerebras CS-2 and the HPE Superdome Flex Servers available in PSC’s Neocortex system. The Spring 2023 CFP open period is from March 15 to April 12, 2023. The User access is expected to begin in mid-May 2023. For more information about Neocortex Spring 2023 CFP, please visit the CFP web page.

For more information about Neocortex, explore the Neocortex project page. For questions about this webinar, please email neocortex@psc.edu.

Contact us

Email us at neocortex@psc.edu

ByteBoost Workshop: Accelerating HPC Skills and Advancing Computational Research

Student Projects Tackle Challenges in Drug Discovery, Congressional Policy, Coordinating Heavy Air Traffic, and More

Dana O’Connor – MSC Senior Rookie Awardee

Dana O’Connor, Machine Learning Research Scientist, talks about her recent Senior Rookie award and her work at PSC.

PSC’s Bridges-2 Joins Neocortex Among Elite Artificial Intelligence Computers Allocated through National NAIRR Pilot Project

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Bridges-2 supercomputer is now available to scientists through the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Project.

PSC’s Neocortex Among Elite Artificial Intelligence Computers Selected for National AI Research Resource Pilot Project

Initial Goal of NAIRR Pilot Project, Also Supported by Allocations Software Developed by PSC and ACCESS Partners, Will Be to Explore Trustworthy AI

PSC Recognized for Advances in Clean Energy Technology, Application of New Technology to Industrial Problem

14th Year Center Has Received HPCwire Awards, Presented Annually to Leaders in the Global High Performance Computing Community

Training

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 2005597. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.