Science Highlights
Research conducted and supported by PSC computational resources, educational programs, and staff expertise
CMU Robotics Institute AIs Learn New Tasks with Unprecedented Flexibility
A Bridges-2-developed AirDet approach removes requirement for extensive retraining in applying AIs to new jobs
BirdFlow AI “Connects the Dots” in Massive, Volunteer Database to Track Migratory Birds
Bridges-2 central in removing biases from global eBird database so AI could predict how birds travel
Bridges-2 Simulations Reveal Promising Properties of Polymer Brushes
Proof-of-concept work suggests applications in industrial processes, environmental monitoring, and medicine
Cultural “Landscapes” Uses Metaphor of Valleys, Mountains, and Plains to Understand the Evolution of World Religions
Work on Bridges-2 shows the approach can help explain persistence of some cultural practices as well as how culture changes over time
PSC-Intern’s Work Reveals How Clam Evolution Avoids Poisoning by Toxic Gas in UPR Study
Scientists leverage past MARC program to maintain competitive bioinformatics program at minority-serving institution
Neocortex Speeds Fluid Simulation by Several Hundred Times
Real-time simulations offer better, faster predictions in dozens of real-world problems
Anton 2 Simulations Reveal Unexpected Role for Brain Neurotransmitter
Ability of D-serine to switch from boosting excitatory signals to blocking them suggests route for preventing long-term injury or stroke damage
Bridges-2 Simulations Help Explain Lack of Ultraviolet “Flash” in Neutron-Star Merger
Scientists had not predicted absence of electromagnetic signal in 2019 detection
“Transparent” AI Improves Outcome Prediction in Medicare Patients
Bridges-2-powered AI matches life-critical performance of other AI and non-AI alternatives — unlike them, its “thinking” is understandable to humans
Anton 2, Bridges-2 Simulations Explain Life-Critical Protein in the Brain
Complementary strengths of researchers, computers help identify structure and motions of protein and its electrical conductance through the nerve-cell membrane