PSC Will Build New Hybrid Quantum-Classical Supercomputer

by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 27, 2026 | Collaborations, News, Press release, Resources, Systems, TangleLab

A Novera™ QPU and associated cables and hardware installed in a dilution refrigerator. Copyright Rigetti Computing. $5-Million NSF Grant will Enable Center, with Partners HPE and Rigetti Computing, to Construct TangleLab System A hybrid quantum-classical computer will...

Genesis Mission Research Addresses Challenge of National Mineral Independence

by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 22, 2026 | AI, Collaborations, News, Press release, Research, Staff

PSC’s Paola Buitrago Co-PI on CMU-Led GEM-AI Project to Harness AI to Find Critical Minerals By Aaron Aupperlee, CMU School of Computer Science, and Ken Chiacchia, PSC A new artificial intelligence framework will better identify critical minerals in the ground,...

Keystone AI + Quantum Factory to Drive Innovation, Jobs, and Statewide Growth

by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 22, 2026 | AI, Collaborations, Keystone AI, News, Press release

PSC Joins with Pennsylvania’s Seven R1 Universities & Commonwealth Leaders to Launch Initiative In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, Pennsylvania’s seven research-intensive universities have joined forces with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, the...

PSC at PEARC

by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 2, 2025 | Collaborations, Neocortex, News, Press release, Staff

PSC Staff Conduct Series of Talks, Workshops, and Discussions at National Academic HPC Conference Another year, another productive PEARC! PSC staff participated in PEARC25, the national academic high performance computing conference, both by presenting the center’s...

First Formal Paper Describes Progress of Brain Image Library

by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 25, 2024 | BIL, Collaborations, Data Handling and Analytics, News, Press release, PSC Staff Publications, Research, Uncategorized

Data visualized using the Napari-bil-data-viewer. Credit: Neuron Tracing: Luo, Qingming. (2022). fMOST_cells_182681. Brain Image Library. https://doi.org/10.35077/web | fMOST Imaging: Dataset Citation: Luo, Qingming. (2024). fMOST_182681. Brain Image Library....

Parkinson’s Research, Evolution of Vocalization, AI Training Tool, and National AI Collaboration Underlie Four HPCwire Awards to PSC

by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 19, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Collaborations, HPCWire Awards, NAIRR, Neocortex, News, Press release

High Performance Computing Achievements Recognized by Peers, Editors of Leading Trade Press Magazine at SC24 Conference in Atlanta A promising new avenue for treating Parkinson’s disease, an amazing genetic commonality among very different species that learn how to...