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SDSC Hosts First Annual Industry Partners Research Review

April 16, 2013

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.

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

April 4, 2013

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).

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

April 2, 2013

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.

SDSC Coordinates Effort to Establish the BigData Top100 List

February 28, 2013

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.

SDSC Announces 2013 Internship Opportunities for High School Students

February 22, 2013

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.

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

February 13, 2013

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.

SDSC’s Chaitan Baru Named Associate Director, Data Initiatives

February 11, 2013

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.

SDSC Mourns the Loss of Dr. Robert P. Harkness

February 1, 2013

Dr. Robert P. Harkness, a computational astrophysicist with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, died on Sunday, January 27, after a brief bout with cancer. He was 56.

SDSC’s CAIDA Internet Research Group Awarded Cybersecurity Contract

December 5, 2012

The Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a contract for cybersecurity research and development by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T).

NSF Renews Funding for National OpenTopography Project

December 4, 2012

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed funding for OpenTopography, an Internet-based project that provides open and free access to high-resolution topographic data collected by technologies such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging).
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