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...
by Ken Chiacchia | Dec 16, 2015 | Science Highlights
SECURING THE CHAIN WITH TRINITY Shrimp Transcriptome Offers Secure Future Food Source, Better Understanding of Ocean Food Chain WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Litopenaeus vannamei, the whiteleg shrimp, is the number one human food source from the sea. Over a million tons...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 17, 2015 | 2015Press
PSC Recognized for Sixth Year in a Row in HPCwire Editor’s Choice, Reader’s Choice Awards Nov. 17, 2015 The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and its collaborators have once again been recognized for excellence in developing and applying HPC technologies to problems of...
