News Archive - San Diego Supercomputer Center

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.

DARPA Forward National Convention Launched Sixth New Initiative at UC San Diego

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency hosted the grand finale of its first-ever national conference series at UC San Diego in December. UC San Diego was the last stop and the largest conference attracting 900 attendees in-person and virtually.

Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) Announces Data Planet Fellows

HDSI is launching the HDSI Data Planet Fellows program from Winter 2023. These fellows are UC San Diego PhD students who are deeply engaged in cutting-edge data-intensive research in their fields and who are contributing to creating/using valuable datasets and data-related artifacts in their labs.

UC San Diego Ranked 8th Globally for Most Influential Researchers

The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies and celebrates exceptional researchers who are having a significant impact on the research community as evidenced by the rate at which their work is being cited by their peers. UC San Diego ranks 8th in the world for 2022.

Eight UC San Diego Researchers Among ‘1,000 Best Female Scientists in the World’

Eight researchers from UC San Diego are listed in the first-ever ranking of the “1,000 Best Female Scientists in the World” by research.com, an analytics platform that advocates for improved research quality and also ranks universities, scholarly journals and academic conferences.