by Deb Nigra | Jul 9, 2015 | Data Handling and Analytics
SLASH2 SLASH2 is an open source, wide area network friendly distributed file system featuring multi residency, system-managed data distribution, data integrity verification, and much more. SLASH2 was created by PSC. When managing large data sets, several...
by Deb Nigra | Jun 10, 2015 | Resources for Educators
BEST Bioinformatics Education for STudents (BEST) exposes teachers to modern molecular biology concepts by incorporating computational biology and bioinformatics into their high school curriculum. BEST also prepares teachers to introduce their students to...
by Deb Nigra | May 28, 2015 | CAST
CAST: Resources & References Modeling Tools AgentSheets Inc: www.agentsheets.com NetLogo (Northwestern University): http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo Vensim: www.vensim.com A comparison of the modeling tools from PSC All Disciplines National Computational...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 7, 2015 | 2015Press
Study Suggests Vial Size Can Have Large Impact on Vaccine Supply Chain Thursday, May 7, 2015 Vaccine vial size – the total number of doses a single vaccine vial contains – can have a significant impact on vaccine distribution, costs and use, according to a new study...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 23, 2015 | 2015Press
PSC Helps Power Human-AI Poker Match-Up Friday, April 24, 2015 First, Deep Blue came for Kasparov, besting the world’s top-ranked chess player in 1997. Then Watson beat Jeopardy!’s best and brightest in 2011. Now Claudico, a program developed at Carnegie Mellon...
by Deb Nigra | Apr 21, 2015 | Events
Innovative Approaches to STEM Education Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Summer Institute July 6 – 17, 2015 The need for multidisciplinary skilled personnel is growing, with lucrative, secure careers in these areas on a steady rise. At the high school level students...
by Deb Nigra | Apr 10, 2015 | Data Exacell
The Data Exacell (DXC) was a research pilot project to create, deploy, and test software and hardware building blocks that enable data analytics in scientific research. The DXC coupled analytic resources with innovative storage configurations to allow communities...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 1, 2015 | Science Highlights
DATA EXACELL MARKS FIRST YEAR WITH USER-DRIVEN ADVANCES User input and experience have helped PSC’s Data Exacell (DXC) complete a successful first year of operation. Thanks to the ongoing dialog with users, the DXC team has advanced the system’s software and gained a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 1, 2015 | Science Highlights
ALL Flesh is Grass? Blacklight Helps Researchers Untangle Genome of Wheat Progenitor Wheat, a species of grass, provides more protein for human consumption—more flesh—than any other plant. Globally, we harvest 725 million metric tons of...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 1, 2015 | Science Highlights
Putting Tools in the Right Hands PSC Workshops Transform Public Health in East Africa In a series of workshops sponsored by the Mozambique Ministry of Health, PSC’s Public Health Applications Group and their colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School...
