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SDSC’s Trestles Supercomputer Speeds Clean Energy Research

April 23, 2012

A team of Harvard University researchers has been allocated time on the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) to perform computational calculations with the goal of creating the next generation of organic solar cells as an inexpensive and efficient source of energy.

SDSC Announces ‘Center of Excellence’ for Predictive Analytics

April 17, 2012

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego is launching a new “center of excellence” aimed at leveraging SDSC’s data-intensive expertise and resources to help create the next generation of data researchers by leading a collaborative, nationwide education and training effort among academia, industry, and government.

Chronopolis Earns High Marks as “Trustworthy Digital Repository” in CRL TRAC Audit

April 9, 2012

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has certified Chronopolis, a large-scale data preservation network, as a “trustworthy digital repository” that meets accepted best practices in the management of digital repositories.

SDSC Graduate Student Awarded NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship

March 27, 2012

A graduate student working in the Walker Molecular Dynamics laboratory at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego is a recipient of the 2012-2013 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program award for his innovative molecular dynamics research using GPU (graphics processing unit) computing.

SDSC’s “Big Data” Expertise Aiding Genomics Research

March 20, 2012

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has in the last three years undergone a major reboot, remaking itself into a center of expertise on all aspects of “big data” research including genomics, one of the fastest growing areas of scientific study.

Internet Censorship Revealed Through the Haze of Malware Pollution

March 7, 2012

On a January evening in 2011, Egypt – with a population of 80 million, including 23 million Internet users – vanished from cyberspace after its government ordered an Internet blackout amidst anti-government protests that led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The following month, the Libyan government, also under siege, imposed an Internet “curfew” before completely cutting off access for almost four days.

SDSC Announces 2012 Internship Opportunities for High School Students

March 6, 2012

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, is holding a volunteer internship program for high school students this summer to assist them in gaining experience in a particular area of computational research.

SDSC’s ‘Gordon’ Supercomputer: Ready for Researchers

March 5, 2012

Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, begins helping researchers delve into these and other data-intensive projects.

SDSC, UC Santa Cruz to Host Summer School on Astroinformatics

March 1, 2012

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, in conjunction with the University of California’s High-Performance AstroComputing Center (UC-HiPACC), will host a two-week long summer school designed to help the next generation of astronomers manage the ever-increasing amount of data generated by new instruments, digital sky surveys, and simulations.

SDSC’s East Building Receives LEED Gold Certification

January 23, 2012

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certification for its SDSC East building expansion.
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