San Diego Supercomputer Center

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From the earliest Cray systems to today’s high performance AI-integrated computing environments, SDSC enables discovery by architecting and operating innovative supercomputers; delivering research computing services and support; and providing infrastructure services including cloud, network, storage and data center colocation facilities.
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National Research Platform

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From AI-enabled data science through end-to-end cyberinfrastructure solutions, SDSC’s experts provide academic researchers and industry partners with the consulting and training to take their projects to the next level.
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SDSC translates research into impacts across three scopes – the nation, the state and the UC system – by meeting the needs of domestic stakeholders, protecting the California way of life amid climate change, and providing computation and data resources to faculty and researchers to advance scientific discovery.
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Science Technology

MIT Scientists Use SDSC Supercomputer to Reveal Hidden Physics Inside Metals

Published February 12, 2026

Education Science Technology

SDSC Opens Summer Research Program for Local High School Students

Published February 09, 2026

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February 18-20 2026

NRP Training

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February 25 2026

Topographic change with OpenTopography

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February 26 2026

COMPLECS: Linux Tools for Text Processing

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Kimberly Claffy, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist

Expertise

Internet measurement infrastructure, data collection, and privacy-respecting data sharing
Measuring and mapping attributes of the Internet related to infrastructure security and stability
Future Internet architecture research
Ethics of information technology research

Wayne Pfeiffer, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scientist

Expertise

Supercomputer performance analysis
Novel computer architectures
Bioinformatics

Ilkay Altintas, Ph.D.

Chief Data Science Officer

Expertise

Scientific workflows
Big Data applications
Distributed computing
Reproducible science
Kepler Scientific Workflow System

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