by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 6, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 To unify its research efforts and strategic planning in computational biology and public health, PSC has launched a new Computational Biology Group. The senior director of the new group, Phil Blood, will oversee PSC’s Biomedical Applications and Public...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 5, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 Jason Sommerfield has been appointed director of PSC’s Facilities Technology Group, succeeding J. Ray Scott. In his new position, Sommerfield will be responsible for leading the deployment and operation of high-impact resources for computation and data...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 5, 2018 | Press release
World’s Tiniest Test Tubes in Alzheimer’s Protein Simulation Why It’s Important: The progressive memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease is devastating to the people it affects and to their loved ones. And it’s a problem that isn’t going to go away. According to the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 3, 2018 | Collaborations, Press release
PSC and XSEDE Do AI ECSS Experts Support Users in Deep Learning with Deep Expertise April 3, 2018 Artificial intelligence (AI) research is tackling increasingly complicated problems, creating a need to converge AI, high performance computing (HPC) and Big Data...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 3, 2018 | Press release
Finding Cause CMU Group Uses PSC’s Bridges to Nail Down Cause in Brain-Region Activity April 3, 2018 Why It’s Important: At first blush, fMRI seems magical. Doctors can put a person in an fMRI scanner and watch their brain work as they think, perform simple mental...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 6, 2018 | Press release
You Break it, You Understand It PSC, XSEDE Help Quantum Chemists Understand Break-up of Atmospheric Chemicals March 6, 2018 Why It’s Important: Hydrazine and samarium are two chemicals with little in common, other than that humans sometimes introduce them into the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 15, 2018 | Press release
Michael Levine and Ralph Roskies Day Proclaimed in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Parallel State Proclamations Also Recognize PSC Founders’ Legacy of Service and Discovery Feb. 16, 2018 By proclamation of the mayor and the county executive, today is Michael...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 3, 2018 | Press release
MEG-derived results from a CamCAN volunteer are superimposed on MRI images. The images from left to right move upward through the brain. Activity in the right inferior parietal cortex (yellow markers) is higher (red) than that in the adjacent white matter rim (blue),...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 18, 2017 | Features
CMU Group Describes “Superhuman” Poker AI in Science Libratus Used PSC’s Bridges to Formulate Its Strategy in Contest with Best Human Players Dec. 18, 2017 In a paper published online yesterday by the journal Science, Tuomas Sandholm, CMU professor...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 8, 2017 | Press release
Finding the Balance Pitt Researchers Use Bridges to Optimize Doctor Visits for Kidney Patients The biggest causes of death in developed countries—heart disease, cancer, chronic organ failure—are complex conditions that may be best treated by long-term management...
