Science Highlights

Research conducted and supported by PSC computational resources, educational programs, and staff expertise

Cosmic Tug of War

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...

Breaking out of the Digital Document Graveyard

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...

From the Directors

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...