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SDSC’s Triton Resource Helps “Track” How Kinesin Molecules Move

Researchers at UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in collaboration with several universities in the U.S., United Kingdom, and Poland, have developed a new picture of how kinesin molecules move along microtubules, or tiny biological train tracks – and how they sometimes come to a halt, causing diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

December 06, 2011Health, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC Researcher Amarnath Gupta Named an ACM Distinguished Scientist

Amarnath Gupta, a researcher with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been named a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.

December 01, 2011Awards, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC’s Trestles Debuts on ‘Graph500’ List

Trestles, a new supercomputer using flash-based memory and launched earlier this year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has made this year’s Graph500 list, a new ranking that measures how well supercomputers handle data-intensive challenges.

November 16, 2011General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC’s Gordon Ranks Among Top 50 Fastest Supercomputers in the World

Gordon, a unique data-intensive supercomputer using flash-based memory that will enter production in January at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, made its debut as the 48th fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the latest Top500 list.

November 14, 2011General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

Disconnect Between U.S. Wireless Demand and Infrastructure Capacity

A new report from the Global Information Industry Center at the University of California, San Diego examines the projected disconnect between U.S. wireless infrastructure capacity and consumer demand.

October 26, 2011General, International Affairs, SDSC

SDSC, Calit2 Awarded $1.4 Million NSF Grant for New Bioinformatics Tools

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a Kepler Scientific Workflow System module. Researchers will develop new tools to help manage ever-growing data sets used in next-generation DNA sequencing.

October 18, 2011General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

Timing is Right for SDSC Cloud

Timing is Right for SDSC Cloud - New Storage System Supports NSF Data Policy

October 05, 2011General, Science and Engineering, SDSC

SDSC, SDSU Share in $4.6 Million NSF Grant to Simulate Earthquake Faults

Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, and San Diego State University (SDSU) will be assisting researchers from six other universities and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop detailed, large-scale computer simulations of earthquake faults under a new $4.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant announced this week.

September 23, 2011SDSC

SDSC Announces Scalable, High-Performance Data Storage Cloud

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed for researchers, students, academics, and industry users who require stable, secure, and cost-effective storage and sharing of digital information, including extremely large data sets.

September 22, 2011SDSC

SDSC Researcher Co-Authors New Book on Managing Event Data

A new book that focuses on how to create an information framework for managing a wide range of socially generated digital information has been co-authored by researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, and UC Irvine.

September 13, 2011Science and Engineering, SDSC

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