PSC.edu Provides computer systems to organizations in Pittsburgh.
Title
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Description
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh together with Westinghouse Electric Company. Established in 1986, PSC is supported by several federal agencies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and private industry, and is a leading partner in the TeraGrid, the National Science Foundation’s cyberinfrastructure program.
Mission
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center provides university, government, and industrial researchers with access to several of the most powerful systems for high-performance computing, communications and data-handling available to scientists and engineers nationwide for unclassified research. PSC advances the state-of-the-art in high-performance computing, communications and informatics and offers a flexible environment for solving the largest and most challenging problems in computational science. As a leading partner in the TeraGrid, the National Science Foundation’s program to provide a coordinated national cyberinfrastructure for education and research, PSC works with other TeraGrid partners to harness the full range of information technologies to enable discovery in U.S. science and engineering.
Partnerships
PSC is a leading edge site in the National Science Foundation's Shared Cyberinfrastructure program, providing U.S. academic researchers with support for and access to leadership-class computing infrastructure and research.
Languages
English
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External Links
- Alexa: Psc.edu
