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Joined October 2009
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Jun 11
Do not adjust your screenšŸ“ŗ That's not a glitch, it's a mesmerizing moirĆ© pattern. Scientists from @FloridaState are using moirĆ© superlattices to understand how materials act at the smallest scales, paving the way for new materials for electronic devices. psc.edu/weird-rules-for-moir…
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Jun 5
This Sunday, June 7 is the final day for our call for proposals for the Neocortex HPE Superdome Flex! Share your proposal for a collaborative scientific project here: psc.edu/resources/neocortex/…

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May 28
In 1995, weather predictions could only warn of dangerous storms about 30 minutes in advance. That year, a team from @UofOklahoma used PSC’s Cray T3D supercomputing system to expand warning times from 30 minutes to 6 hours. psc.edu/warning-time-for-vio… #PSC40 #PoweringDiscovery
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May 20
"Whether it’s the nature of this field or being a woman in technology, you have to advocate for yourself." Chris Csonka sat down with Robin Scibek as we continue celebrating #PSC40 by celebrating the people who make up PSC. #PoweringDiscovery psc.edu/robin-scibek-coder-f…
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May 7
In airport traffic, small errors can cause catastrophe. A group from @AirLabCMU used Bridges-2 to create World2Rules, an AI that draws from airport data and historical crash reports to help foresee collision risks on the runway. Read more āœˆļø psc.edu/averting-airport-col…

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Apr 22
šŸ«€ Heart models have come a long way since the 90's—in large part thanks to Charles, David, and Mario. #PSC40 #PoweringDiscovery @nyuniversity psc.edu/first-computer-heart…
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Apr 10
Coming up on April 15, the Neocortex Seminar Series continues with Jessica Ezemba, Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering @CarnegieMellon Join us for "Physics-Aware AI at Scale: Neural Compression and Vision Transformers for Simulation Data." psc.edu/resources/neocortex/…
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Apr 10
A mass casualty incident is a first responder's nightmare. A team from @CMU_Robotics used Bridges-2 to determine how an AI could locate and guide medics to patients. Read more: psc.edu/triage-robots-may-he…
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Apr 3
By 1991, the HPC community had been talking about a high-performance parallel interface for years—and then PSC's network engineers made it work, paving the way for modern supercomputing systems. Read on āž”ļøpsc.edu/first-link-between-s… #PSC40 #PoweringDiscovery
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Mar 27
There were very few women technology managers in 1986. Beverly Clayton holds the distinction of being the first woman to direct a supercomputing center, having led PSC for its first 20 years.🌹 Read on: psc.edu/a-rose-among-the-tho… #PSC40 #PoweringDiscovery
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Mar 26
Coming up on Monday! Join us on March 30th for a Bridges-2 webinar with PSC Senior Computational Scientist, Niraj Nepal: "Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) Utilizing CUDA-Q on Bridges-2." Learn more āž”ļø psc.edu/events/bridges-2-web…
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Mar 24
Next on 3/25, join our ByteBoost collaborators at 2:00 for a webinar highlighting the Cosmos and Voyager supercomputers at @SDSC_UCSD. Learn more about ByteBoost and register for Wednesday's talk, here: psc.edu/resources/training/b…
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Mar 24
Tomorrow, March 25, you can catch two webinars from PSC! First, join us at 11:00 EST for the Precision Convergence Webinar Series, as we hear from Dr. Song Gao with "GeoAI: From Spatial Questions to Intelligence." Learn more and register: psc.edu/events/precision-con…
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Mar 10
Our Bridges-2 Webinar Series continues in 2026! Join us on March 30th for "Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) Utilizing CUDA-Q on Bridges-2" with PSC's Dr. Niraj Nepal. Learn more āž”ļø psc.edu/events/bridges-2-web…
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Mar 9
ā€œThey weren’t just answering calls, they were supporting researchers, sometimes Nobel Prize winners. I’d tell them to Google the names they saw. They’d realize they were helping top scientists move their work forward.ā€ Read onāž”ļø psc.edu/ken-hackworth-studen… #PSC40 #PoweringDiscovery
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Feb 27
Coming soon: our Neocortex User Webinar Series, where experienced Neocortex users will showcase their science. We're kicking us off on 3/5 with "Sampling- and Estimation-based Strategies for Data Collection in Wafer-Scale Evolution Simulations" @UMich āž”ļø psc.edu/neocortex-user-webin…
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Feb 19
These days, carbon-fiber string instruments are common, even in orchestras. When the Norway spruce began to decline in the 80s, this engineered alternative took shape on the Cray Y-MP. Read more šŸŽ»psc.edu/violin-sims/ #PSC40 #PoweringDiscovery
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Feb 18
On March 4, dive deeper into CS-3, Cerebras’ third-generation wafer-scale AI accelerator, at the Neocortex Winter 2026 Webinar. Register here: psc.edu/neocortex-winter-202…
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Feb 13
"Artificial Intelligence Improves Monte Carlo Simulations of Quantum Dots, Improving Accuracy of Storing and Reading Information" ...And if that's all Greek to you, never fear! Let Ken explain: psc.edu/toward-a-quantum-com…
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Feb 6
Join the Ecosystem for Research Networking for their Quantum Webinar Series on February 20. "Building Quantum from the Ground Up: How Regional Universities Can Lead the Quantum Workforce" will be a free, virtual webinar. Learn more and register: ern.ci/event/quantum-webinar…
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