by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014, Science Highlights, Spring 2014
PSC Cybersecurity Group Uses Technology, User Savvy,to Guard Supercomputing Resources Nationwide Luckily, the woman was smart. When a waiter brought her a phone, saying her credit card company was calling her, she smelled a rat. The caller, claiming to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014, Science Highlights, Spring 2014
Large Dark Matter Halos Favor Growth of Larger Early Galaxies Nov. 20, 2015 WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Few scientific questions are as fundamental, or fascinating, as the origin of the Universe. And we can see the early Universe. The farthest galaxies from us are so far away...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014, Science Highlights, Spring 2014
Blacklight Used to Extract Meaning from Cursive Script, Allowing Scanned Documents to be Searched Step 1: Correct rotations and reduce smudges and bleeds to produce a spreadsheet-like document with identifiable cells. Step 2: Create a statistical picture...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014, Science Highlights, Science Highlights Overview pages, Spring 2014
Welcome once again to Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s biannual report, featuring the pathbreaking projects being pursued by our users, our staff and our students. We’re very pleased in this issue to cover a broad spectrum of work, including research, technical...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 7, 2014 | 2014Press
PSC Developing Networking Tool to Speed Big Data Transfers DANCES will create virtual “HOV lane” for larger scientific users in Internet2 Tuesday, April 8, 2014 A new, $1 million National Science Foundation grant will enable engineers at Pittsburgh...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jan 15, 2014 | 2014Press
PSC Projects Make Top Supercomputing Discovery List Two public health projects at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center have made HPCwire’s list of “The Top Supercomputing-Led Discoveries of 2013.” The HERMES project is analyzing vaccine supply chains in lower-income...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 25, 2013 | 2013Press
Region’s First 100-Gigabit-per-Second Network Opens in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Brings New Technology to Regional Users Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has upgraded the Three Rivers Optical Exchange (3ROX) Internet2...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 14, 2013 | HPCWire Awards, Media Advisory
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Receives HPCwire Awards for Work on SGI Supercomputer Awards Recognize Outstanding Achievements in Science and Technology by “Blacklight” Supercomputer Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and its SGI...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 14, 2013 | 2013Press
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Receives Four HPCwire Awards Awards Recognize Outstanding Achievements in Science and Technology Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has received top national honors in four categories of the 2013 HPCwire...
by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 1, 2013 | Media Advisory
Concentration XSEDE ECSS Staff at PSC Enable Non-Human Primate Genome Reference Transcriptome Resource to Support Study of Genes in Our Closest Relatives November 2013 In the card game “Concentration,” you place the 52 cards in a deck face down on a table. You turn...
