Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Parkinson鈥檚 Research, Evolution of Vocalization, AI Training Tool, and National AI Collaboration Underlie Four HPCwire Awards to PSC

Parkinson鈥檚 research, a genetic commonality among very different species that learn how to vocalize, an AI-based water treatment training simulator, and a national AI collaboration underlie four annual HPCwire Awards won by PSC this year.
14-Nov-2024 3:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Enhancing Hurricane Forecasts: A Game-Changer in Lessening Catastrophic Impacts

A team from the University of Houston found that, when they reduced estimates of atmospheric friction of storms, their predictions on PSC鈥檚 Bridges-2 improved markedly over standard storm predictions. This advancement promises better planning to...
26-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

$4.9-Million NSF Award Funds Major Enhancement to Bridges-2 System

$4.9 million from the NSF has funded an upgrade to PSC鈥檚 flagship Bridges-2 supercomputer. The grant has allowed the center to add late-model powerful NVIDIA H100 GPUs to the system, further enhancing its ability to support research in and...
13-Aug-2024 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

$3.15 million from NIH to Fund Operation of Third-Generation Anton Supercomputer at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

A third-generation Anton supercomputer, developed by D. E. Shaw Research, will soon arrive at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. A $3.15-million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health will fund the system's operations, making it...
5-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Bridges-2 Helps Retrain AIs to Avoid Creating Offensive Pictures for Specific Cultures

A Carnegie Mellon University-led team has used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center鈥檚 Bridges-2 system and input from different cultures to develop an effective fine-tuning approach for retraining a popular image generator so that it can generate...
3-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Similar Genetic Elements Underlie Vocal Learning in Bats, Whales, and Seals

In a paper in the prestigious journal Science to appear on Feb. 29, 2024, a multi-institutional team led by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and University of California at Berkeley found parts of the genome, both within genes and outside of...
25-Feb-2024 8:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

PSC鈥檚 Neocortex Among Elite Artificial Intelligence Computers Selected for National AI Research Resource Pilot Project

PSC鈥檚 Neocortex AI system is among six national AI supercomputers participating in a pilot program to support novel and transformative AI research and education at a national scale.
24-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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