OpenTopography Receives $4 Million to Support AI-Ready Access to Topographic Data for Research and Education
The NSF award will support cyberinfrastructure development to help advance understanding of a changing earth.
SDSC Undergraduate Intern Enhances Earthquake Sim Code at Scale
UC San Diego Computer Science Student Akash Palla optimized a real-world earthquake wave propagation code to run more effectively on high...
Expanse Supercomputer Sims Advance Promising Alternative to Chemotherapy
To avoid harming healthy cells during cancer treatments, scientists are researching noninvasive alternatives like photodynamic therapy, which...
Research Team Optimizes Code to Push Nuclear Fusion to the Next Level
Using open-source simulation tools and supercomputers, researchers have discovered new clues to improving superhot plasma confinement within...
Expanse Supercomputer Helps Scientists Develop Promising Model for Studying Flexible Protein Structures
Researchers created diffusion models – a machine learning method that can be trained to generate complex objects, such as three-dimensional...
Education
Community College Students Use Expanse to Gain Experience in Computational Chemistry
Before transferring to a four-year university, students gain real-world experiences in computational chemistry using SDSC's Expanse...
NSF Awards $5.3M Supplement to SDSC to Increase Expanse's AI Capabilities
The expansion will enable researchers to train complex models that can be applied to a wide range of real-life applications such as weather...
Education
UC Regents Approve New School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego
The new school combines the strengths of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, a national leader in high-performance and data-intensive computing,...
SDSC Mentor Assistance Program Inspires High School Students in STEM
Students were paired with expert mentors throughout the UC San Diego campus from a variety of disciplines to conduct in-depth research projects...
Education
San Diego Supercomputer Center Names Pi Person of the Year
Mahidhar Tatineni has been named the SDSC 2024 Pi Person of the Year. This award, first bestowed to an SDSC researcher in 2013, recognizes an...
Technology
SDSC Offers ‘Real World’ Internships to Prepare Students for Big Tech Careers
SDSC's Research Data Services Division onboards undergraduate students for positions in their agile application development program. Students...
UC San Diego Research Team Explores Genetic Frontiers Utilizing SDSC’s Expanse
Novel statistical models help researchers decipher genetic and genomic data in order to better understand the implications for proper disease...
Education
Highlights from the Second Annual Single Board Cluster Competition at SDSC
The challenge? To create a cluster out of single-socket computers that can execute a variety of benchmarks and scientific applications while...
International Collaboration Aims to Advance Groundwater Resilience in Transboundary Regions
Groundwater is a critical source of drinking water for nearly half of the world’s population. An SDSC-led research team is using data science...
Unlocking Sustainable Battery Solutions Using San Diego Supercomputer Center Resources
As an alternative to lithium, scientists have turned their attention to earth-abundant and cost-effective multivalent metals, but a major challenge...
HubICL Launches Professional Development Zone for Intercultural Learning Resources
The Intercultural Learning Hub has recently showcased a series of self-learning modules related to intercultural and global learning, diversity,...
Using Software to Share Accurate Models of Galactic, Extra-Galactic Emissions with the Scientific Community
SDSC's Andrea Zonca leads the development of Python Sky Model for the Advanced Simons Observatory, which investigates the origins of the...
San Diego Supercomputer Center Names Ashley Atkins as New Chief of Staff
As a member of the Director’s Office at SDSC, Atkins provides support for and offers guidance on developing the strategic direction of the...
National AI Researchers Have the Chance to Access San Diego Supercomputer Center Resources through NSF NAIRR Pilot
The first projects that will be supported through the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot have been announced, marking a...
Expanse Supercomputer Enables Discovery of Biomarkers that Can Indicate Preeclampsia Complications
Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal mortality world-wide. Researchers use Expanse to explore the heightened prevalence of this condition in...
Cutting-Edge Platform Enables Complex Simulations, Data Analysis with a Few Clicks
Powered by new FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable)-minded simulation tools, nanoHUB eases science workflows and results...
Catch a Glimpse of the April 8 Solar Eclipse a Little Early via Supercomputer Sims
These continuously updated computer models predict the conditions of the solar corona, and can help scientists better understand the interconnected...
San Diego Supercomputer Center and San Diego State Receive CENIC Award for Supporting Equitable CI
The TIDE Project, which is interconnected and accessed via the CENIC network, provides greater access to high-performance computing resources for...
Expanse Simulations Illustrate Combo-Antibiotic Plans for TB Treatments
Researchers configure appropriate treatments using computational modeling for tuberculosis patients, which is a cheaper and faster alternative to...
Using AI and Data Science to ReNOURISH Food Deserts
Millions of Americans live in food deserts where ultraprocessed foods are abundant and fresh food is scarce, giving rise to large health...
San Diego Supercomputer Center Hosts New SDSU Portal for Minority Healthcare
The Health Science Research Portal provides users with an array of population-based minority research data that can be utilized for biomedical,...
San Diego Supercomputer Center Interns Create App for UC San Diego’s Stuart Collection
High school students interning at the San Diego Supercomputer Center recently developed an app for the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego.
SDSC’s Ilkay Altıntaş Receives CENIC’s Christine Haska Distinguished Service Award
Altıntaş’s role at SDSC and UC San Diego has paved the way for numerous groundbreaking achievements. Her instrumental work has not...
High School Students Showcase Data Science Project at 2024 San Diego Bird Festival
SDSC interns presented their research poster as part of a data science challenge called DataJam West, which is aimed at engaging high school...
San Diego Supercomputer Center Launches Women in High Performance Computing Group
SDSC announced a new initiative as an official affiliate with the Women in High Performance Computing, a national organization aimed at supporting...
Broadening Access to Bridge the Gap between Data Innovation and Computing Infrastructure
SDSC and the University of Utah have announced a national-scale pilot project aimed at a service ecosystem to make access to and use of scientific...
Supercomputing Simulations in Multiyear Study of Corn to Address Food Insecurity Reveal Surprising Molecular Results
The study of genomic features in maize resulted in the unexpected discovery of tiny ribonucleic acid from unknown origins.
Using PlantingScience Gateway to Empower Next-Gen Researchers
SDSC's Hubzero partnered with the innovative PlantingScience program to help facilitate mentoring relationships with real plant scientists and...
San Diego Supercomputer Center Among Group Awarded $25 Million NSF Grant for High Energy Physics Research
The highly demanding computing and data requirements expected by the next phase of the Large Hadron Collider include storing, transferring and...
Registration Now Open for 5NRP and FABRIC KNIT 8 Workshops
Registration Now Open for 5NRP and FABRIC KNIT 8 Workshops
Education
UC San Diego Students Win MLPerf Contest at 2023 Supercomputing Conference
The competition provides undergraduates with the opportunity to learn about, and work with, advanced HPC hardware and software.
NAIRR Pilot Takes Flight with First Call for AI-Related Research Proposals
Members of the U.S. research community have the opportunity to request access to advanced computing resources for projects focused on forwarding...
Researchers Use Expanse for Project Supportive of Efforts toward Clean Energy
Calculations show how carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion can be converted to higher-carbon chain fuels – supporting the nation's...
UC San Diego’s Bioengineering Team Uses TSCC at SDSC for Bioinformatics Tool
Researchers have developed a novel bioinformatics tool that can classify and visualize large-scale mutational events to decipher genomic anomalies...
