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...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 11, 2015 | 2015Press
Improved Network Diagnosis and Repair Goal of NSF Grant Nov. 12, 2015 A proposed automated system will allow users to provide network administrators with information about faulty connections, greatly speeding network diagnosis and repair. This system, to be called...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 3, 2015 | 2015Press
Genome analysis center wins National Science Foundation funding renewal US scientists to have better access to computational tools, resources to analyze big data Nov. 10, 2015 The National Center for Genome Analysis Support (NCGAS) at Indiana University has received...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 2, 2015 | 2015Press
PSC to Play role in Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 Today, the National Science Foundation announced the funding of four regional Big Data Innovation Hubs. Researchers from PSC and Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Oct 29, 2015 | Science Highlights
A Shift in Perspective Anton Simulations Upend Picture of How Proteins Work The Anton simulations suggest that PKA has nine distinct communities (A through H). The size of the circles shows how big each community is physically, the width of the lines connecting...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 4, 2015 | Fall 2015
PSC’s Impact on Pennsylvania PSC provides a significant economic benefit to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addition to supporting research, education and business activities throughout the Commonwealth, PSC consistently returns many times the state’s...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 4, 2015 | Science Highlights
Understanding CHOICE WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Understanding how human beings make decisions is critical in fields like cybersecurity, public health, elections and governance, and economics. How often do people make rational choices, weighing all the options? How often...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 4, 2015 | AI, Blacklight, Science Highlights
LIFE is NOT Chess COUNTED AS A LOSS OR A “STATISTICAL TIE,” POKER MATCHUP POINTS TO BETTER DECISION MAKING Life is not a chess game. The world is not a chessboard, with every piece visible. Life is more like a hand of poker, according to Tuomas Sandholm of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 18, 2015 | 2015Press
Blacklight’s Final Bow August 15, 2015 It’s rare for a HPC center to celebrate the decommissioning of a machine. However, Blacklight was so accomplished, we thought it deserved a special salute. Here’s what others had to say about this remarkable machine....
