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XSEDE13 Conference to Devote Full Day to Biosciences

A panel of distinguished experts will discuss the role of computation and data analytics in supporting discovery throughout the biological sciences when XSEDE13 – the annual conference focusing on computer science, education, outreach, software, and technology – is held July 22-25 in San Diego.

May 09, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC Assists in Generating Clean Tech Breakthrough

Using the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, chemists at the University of South Florida (USF) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have discovered a more efficient, less expensive, and reusable material for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and separation than is currently used to prevent the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

May 07, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC Hosts First Annual Industry Partners Research Review

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego will host its first annual research review for current and prospective industrial partners and affiliates as part of a broader strategy to foster increased collaborations that may benefit from the center’s extensive research capabilities.

April 16, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC’s Gordon Supercomputer Assists in Crunching Large Hadron Collider Data

Gordon, the unique supercomputer launched last year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, recently completed its most data-intensive task so far: rapidly processing raw data from almost one billion particle collisions as part of a project to help define the future research agenda for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

April 04, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

UC San Diego Team Achieves Petaflop-Level Earthquake Simulations on GPU-Powered Supercomputers

A team of researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a highly scalable computer code that promises to dramatically cut both research times and energy costs in simulating seismic hazards throughout California and elsewhere.

April 02, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

Viewing Research Bandwidth Through A New Prism

After developing one of the most advanced research communications infrastructures on any university campus over the past decade, the University of California, San Diego is taking another leap forward in the name of enabling data-intensive science.

March 20, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC Coordinates Effort to Establish the BigData Top100 List

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced plans for a community-based effort to create the BigData Top100 List, the first global ranking of its kind for systems designed for big data applications.

February 28, 2013General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC Announces 2013 Internship Opportunities for High School Students

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has announced this year’s volunteer internship program for high school students, who will be paired with SDSC researchers during the summer to help them gain experience in particular areas of computational research.

February 22, 2013Health, Science and Engineering, SDSC

UC San Diego Awarded NIH Grant to Expand Diabetes and Obesity Research Hub

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have been awarded a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to expand and enhance a cyberinfrastructure designed to provide scientists with easily accessible, Web-based resources to help fight diabetes and metabolic diseases.

February 13, 2013Health, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC’s Chaitan Baru Named Associate Director, Data Initiatives

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has named SDSC Distinguished Scientist Chaitanya Baru the Center’s Associate Director, Data Initiatives.

February 11, 2013Awards, Science and Engineering, SDSC

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