by Megan Carroll | Oct 6, 2021 | News, Press release
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), founded in 1986, is celebrating its 35-year anniversary with proclamations from government officials. Proclamations have been signed by US Congressman Mike Doyle, Governor Tom Wolf, PA State Senators Pat Stefano and John...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 4, 2021 | News, Press release, Staff
PSC’s Shawn Brown Speaks at U.N. Panel on Leveraging Data, AI for Alleviating Hunger Computer technology has a pivotal role to play in reducing world hunger and food disparity, said Shawn Brown, director of PSC, at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. But only...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 3, 2021 | AI, AI&BD, Bridges-2, Collaborations, Data Handling and Analytics, News, Press release, Research, Science, Staff
Examples of collected images of stamps in the MiikeMineStamps dataset. Bridges and Bridges-2 Power Study of Business Documents that Promises Better Automated Study of Datasets with Numerous Rare Items, a Key Limitation in Artificial Intelligence Why It’s Important...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 26, 2021 | News, Press release, Science Highlights
Proof of concept for rational design of “biohybrid walkers” reduces lab testing, expense Biohybrid robots—made by adding living tissues such as muscle cells to an artificial skeleton—have a lot of potential for doing complex jobs at tiny scales. But...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jul 13, 2021 | News, Press release, Science Highlights, Spring-Summer 2021
Hurricane Simulations by Bridges, Bridges-2 Inform State Decision-Making Work Supports Louisiana’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan by Ken Chiacchia Destruction of coastal habitat doesn’t just affect wildlife—it endangers human lives and impacts employment and the...
by Megan Carroll | Jul 12, 2021 | News, Press release
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has granted PSC $500,000 in its annual budget, signed by Governor Tom Wolf in late June. PSC received an appropriation of $500,000 in the 2021-22 PA budget recently signed by Governor Wolf. This inclusion within the Department of...
