Latest News from PSC
The McWilliams Center for Cosmology at Carnegie Mellon University Now Accepting Proposal Submissions
The McWilliams Center for Cosmology Seed Grant program supports faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and research staff who want to explore a new area of research and/or jumpstart their research activity.
Bridges-2 Begins Production Operations
Advanced research computing platform enters first allocation period; deadline for proposals is April 15
Shawn Brown Appointed Pitt Vice Chancellor for Research Computing
PSC Director Shawn Brown has been appointed vice chancellor for research computing at the University of Pittsburgh, while remaining director of PSC.
Virtual Brain Injury Study Identifies Key Factors in Potential Nerve-Fiber Damage
RMU-Led Report Uses Supercomputing Simulation for a Finer-Scale Look at Stresses Leading to TBI
Neocortex, a Groundbreaking AI Supercomputer, Begins Early User Access at PSC
Access and AI research begins on the new PSC Neocortex system, an advanced AI computing system for science and engineering that leverages Cerebras Systems’ revolutionary Wafer Scale Engine
MuST Program Speeds Predictions of Material Properties
Open-Source Tool for Engineering New Substances Developed by PSC Scientist and Colleagues
Pgh Data Jam Wins Pitt Community Engagement Award from the Senior Vice Chancellor
$2,000 Grant Will Help Fund Operations, Raise Program’s Visibility in Challenging COVID Year
Bridges HPC System Retires After Five Super Years
PSC’s Big Data and AI Supercomputer Replaced by New Bridges-2 Platform
From the vastness of neutron-star collisions to the raw power of incoming tsunamis to the tiny, life-and-death details of how COVID-19 progresses, the Bridges platform at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has seen it all. Now Bridges has taken its final bow, ceding the title of PSC’s flagship high performance computing (HPC) system to the larger, more advanced Bridges-2.
$1.5 M in State Funding for PSC and Collaborators
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has funded PSC and collaborators with $1.5 million in two separate awards.
Tsunami Simulations on Bridges Featured in Big Compute Podcast
Simulations on Bridges shed light on 100 year old mystery.