News Archive - San Diego Supercomputer Center

Avocado Genome is at the Center of New Study

Researchers turned to a descendant variety of Hass—the world's most popular avocado—to explore the fruit’s evolutionary history through its genome.

U.S. Department of Energy Selects Team to Advance Fusion Research

A team will develop the Fusion Data Platform to provide reproducible artificial intelligence models for the scientific community to advance fusion research and support the deployment of the first generation of fusion energy power plants.

WIFIRE Lab Forms New Partnership with U.S. Department of Homeland Security

For the past 10 years, the WIFIRE team at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego has been focused on meeting the growing needs of hazard monitoring, mitigation and response. Most recently, the team has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to integrate edge computing...

Firing Up Fire Detection Efforts with Deep Learning Models

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center have developed new deep learning models to continue improving efforts for early wildfire detection. These efforts at SDSC are led by the WIFIRE Lab, which is an all-hazards knowledge cyberinfrastructure developed as a management layer for data...

New Resource Harmonizes 16S and Shotgun Sequencing Data for Microbiome Research

UC San Diego scientists debut Greengenes2, a massive reference database that could be used to reconcile years of microbiome studies.

Serious Business: Expanding the Talent Pool for a More Inclusive Economy

Students in the Business and Economics Mentoring Program have access to academic support, peer-to-peer mentoring, social activities, as well as networking and research opportunities.

The AI Revolution is Upon Us—And UC San Diego Researchers Are Using it to Inform Climate Action

Researchers across a range of fields are working together to develop and implement AI-assisted tools and machine learning methods that will enable scientific discoveries at an unprecedented pace. And when it comes to global challenges like climate change, time is of the essence.

New AI Platform Addresses Challenge of Food Deserts in Low-Income Communities

An innovative food and nutrition project is uniquely combining artificial intelligence and social enterprise business models to help address the challenge of food deserts in the U.S.

San Diego Supercomputer Center and SingAREN Commit to Improving Data Access for Researchers in Asia

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, and the Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAREN) in Singapore, are giving the research community in Asia a big boost with a technology tool to advance scientific discovery in the region.

San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego Join Federal Effort to Train Next-Gen Physics Workforce

San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego is part of a new $3.2 million consortium funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science to train the next generation of computational high-energy physicists.