Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) is a high performance computing and networking center founded in 1986.[1][2] PSC is a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh together with Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] The center's Scientific Directors are Dr. Ralph Roskies of the University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Michael Levine of Carnegie Mellon University.[3]

In addition to providing a family of Big Data-optimized supercomputers with unique shared memory architectures, PSC features the National Institutes of Health-sponsored National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing,[4] an Advanced Networking Group that conducts research on network performance and analysis,[5] and a STEM education and outreach program supporting K-20 education.[6] In 2012, PSC established a new Public Health Applications Group that will apply supercomputing resources to problems in preventing, monitoring and responding to epidemics and other public health needs.[7]

Mission

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center provides university, government, and industrial researchers with access to several of the most powerful systems for high-performance computing, communications and data-handling and analysis available nationwide for unclassified research.[8] As a resource provider in the XSEDE, the National Science Foundation's network of integrated advanced digital resources, PSC works with its XSEDE partners to harness the full range of information technologies to enable discovery in U.S. science and engineering.[9]

Partnerships

PSC is a leading partner in XSEDE.[9] PSC-scientific co-director Ralph Roskies is a co-principal investigator of XSEDE and co-leads its Extended Collaborative Support Services. Other PSC staff lead XSEDE efforts in Networking, Incident Response, Systems & Software Engineering, Outreach, Allocations Coordination, and Novel & Innovative Projects. This NSF-funded program provides U.S. academic researchers with support for and access to leadership-class computing infrastructure and research.[8][9]

The National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, develops new algorithms, performs original research, and conducts training workshops, in addition to fostering collaborative projects and providing access to supercomputing resources to the national biomedical research community.[10]

In partnership with the DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, West Virginia University, and Waynesburg College, PSC provides resources to the SuperComputing Science Consortium, a regional partnership to advance energy and environment technologies through the application of high performance computing and communications.[11]

Sponsors

Current high-performance computing capabilities

See also

References

  1. ↑ Worlton, John. “Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Celebrates Its 20th Birthday.” Carnegie Mellon University. 15 June 2006. 31 Mar. 2010. <http://www.cmu.edu/cmnews/extra/060615_psc.html>
  2. 1 2 The Pennsylvania Center for the Book - PGH Supercomputing Center. Pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  3. ↑ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Rolls Out Big Data-Driven Supercomputer. Datanami (2013-01-25). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  4. 1 2 Stimulus funds bring supercomputer to Pittsburgh area - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Post-gazette.com (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  5. ↑ http://www.pghtech.org/Docs/pdf/News-And-Publications/Sub-Clusters/Supercomputing.pdf
  6. ↑ PSC to Develop Pilot Program in Math and Science Teaching. HPCwire (2011-03-15). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  7. ↑ Shawn Brown to Direct New Public Health Group at PSC. Psc.edu (2013-02-05). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  8. 1 2 Mission/History. Psc.edu (2013-07-12). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  9. 1 2 3 UT Given $18 Million to Link Nation's Supercomputers. HPCwire (2011-07-26). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  10. ↑ CMU, PSC Awarded $9.3 Million for Bio Systems Modeling. HPCwire (2012-11-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  11. ↑ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center teams up with WVU and DOE. Old.post-gazette.com (1999-09-01). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  12. ↑ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Boots Up 'Blacklight'. HPCwire (2010-10-11). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  13. ↑ The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Presents Sherlock, a YarcData uRiKa System for Unlocking the Secrets of Big Data - Yahoo! Finance. Finance.yahoo.com (2012-11-07). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  14. ↑ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Deploys Disk-Based Data Repository. HPCwire (2012-08-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  15. ↑ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Receives $1.5M Network Infrastructure Award. HPCwire (2010-09-09). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.

External links

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