by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 1986-2016 Thirty years have gone by since June 1986 when PSC opened its doors. From megaflops and megabytes to petaflops and petabytes, one generation after another, it’s been an evolution of more memory and faster processing...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 7, 2016 | Press release
Early Effects Pitt Group Uses PSC, XSEDE Resources to Learn Effects of Glucocorticoids on Embryonic Nerve Cells April 7, 2016 Why It’s Important Glucocorticoids have been a healing tool for treating allergies, asthma, autoimmune diseases and even some...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016Press
Kindling the Kindlers Carnegie Science Award Recognizes PSC STEM Education Programs March 30, 2016 PSC has received the 2016 Carnegie Science Center Award for Leadership in STEM Education. The award recognized three PSC staff members: Pallavi Ishwad, Hugh Nicholas and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016Press
Stitching Thought Together PSC Powers Harvard’s, Allen Institute’s 3D-Reconstruction of Excitatory Visual Neuron Wiring March 28, 2016 Why It’s Important: One of the mysteries of brain function is how we make sense of the jumble of images that confront our eyes....
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016Press
YWCA Recognizes PSC’s Cheryl Begandy for Leadership in Sci-Tech March 15, 2016 Cheryl Begandy, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s director of education, outreach and training, has received the 2016 YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Women Leadership Award for...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 3, 2016 | 2016Press, Anton 2
Anton 2 Supercomputer at PSC Will Increase Speed and Size of Molecular Simulations Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 A $1.8-million National Institutes of Health grant to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) will make a next-generation Anton 2 supercomputer developed by...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 14, 2016 | 2016Press
$5-million Collaborative Grant Establishes NSF-funded Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Jan. 15, 2016 The security of the more than $7 billion in research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be significantly bolstered, thanks to a $5-million grant...
by Deb Nigra | Jan 13, 2016 | Resources for Educators
Project GCode Project GCode, a Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center STEM program, introduces girls in grades 6 through 12 to basic programming concepts to build awareness of 21st century careers in technology and cyberscience. With particular emphasis on girls in...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 4, 2016 | Science Highlights
BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE Bridges Will Bring high performance Computing and Data Analysis to New Fields In 2016, PSC’s newest supercomputer, Bridges, will go online. The $9.65-million, NSF-funded Bridges represents the culmination of lessons learned from PSC’s Blacklight...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 4, 2016 | Science Highlights
News in Brief DXC EXPANDS SCOPE PSC’s Data Exacell (DXC) pilot project has increased the community of researchers who can use the system and the scope of projects it can serve by adding new hardware and software resources. The DXC team added data storage to the...
