by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 8, 2017 | Features
Users Can Run Trinity RNA-Seq Assembly Jobs on XSEDE from Galaxy Main Researchers preparing de novo transcriptome assemblies via the popular Galaxy platform for data-intensive analysis now have transparent access to a premier HPC resource ideal for rapid assembly of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 30, 2017 | Features
PSC System Powers Libratus, and More Jan. 31, 2017 Watch the press conference at the Rivers Casino. In the “Brains vs. AI” competition at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, a CMU School of Computer Science artificial intelligence program—“AI”—called Libratus beat four...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 8, 2017 | Features
Upgrade of PSC’s Big Data System Now in Production Jan. 9, 2017 The Phase 2 Upgrade of the Bridges supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has been approved by the National Science Foundation (NSF), which funded the project. The approval makes new...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 8, 2016 | Science Highlights
More Power to Us Greenfield, Bridges Models Pinpoint Inefficiencies in Electric Power Storage Why It’s Important: If everyone used electricity at a constant rate, generating power would be simple. Generators that supply a fixed level of energy would be fairly cheap to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 30, 2016 | AI, Features
Upping The Ante: Top Poker Pros Face Off With Artificial Intelligence 20-Day Contest at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh Begins Jan. 11 Jan. 4, 2017 Four of the world’s best professional poker players will match wits with an artificial intelligence developed by Carnegie...
