Recent News Releases

• Graphics Processing Units Top the List of PEARC22 Papers Presented by SDSC’s Igor Sfiligoi

  

  SDSC's Igor Sfiligoi presented several papers on GPU Accounting, GPUs and Kubernetes, fusion computing and GPU benchmarking at PEARC22.

  Published August 11, 2022

• SDSC’s Lead for Bioinformatics and Biomedical Applications Receives Award from NIH/NICHD

  

  SDSC's Peter Rose was presented with a team award from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development for his work in the COVID-19 Common Data Elements Working Groups.

  Published August 9, 2022

• San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Robert Sinkovits Will Lead PEARC23

  

  Robert Sinkovits, who serves as SDSC's director of Education and Training, has been selected as the Chairperson for the 2023 Association for Computing Machinery Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing.

  Published August 4, 2022

• Expanse Supercomputer Used to Advance Science for Wound Healing

  

  Tissue remodeling research can provide insight on better design strategies for wound healing, as well as improved designs for organ-on-a-chip tools that are used for drug discovery.

  Published August 3, 2022

• Molecular Dynamics and SDSC’s Comet Sniff Out Insights on Odor Neutralizers

  

  Odor-producing industries such as agriculture, composting, sewage management, food processing and landfills present a nuisance and potential health concerns to nearby communities. Researchers used a supercomputer to examine how odor neutralizers work to counteract odors.

  Published August 1, 2022

• Study Explores Use of Blockchain to Protect Indigenous Genomic Data

  

  Genomic data from Indigenous communities plays an important role in understanding an array of diseases; however, this data has often been used without informed consent. A team of researchers proposed a framework to ensure that Indigenous Data Sovereignty is maintained during health data collection, storage and sharing.

  Published July 27, 2022

• Scientists Use SDSC’s Expanse to Better Understand California Current Ecosystem

  

  Currents can carry coastal fish populations miles away from their “home base” as a result of powerful eddies and filaments that transport water from near shore into the open ocean.

  Published July 22, 2022

• Researchers Make a Case for National Strategy around Integrated, Accessible Data

  

  Around the world there are robust responses to the need for unified open research commons that is user-friendly and broadly accessible. While other nations are gearing up for future competitiveness in this way, the U.S. is lagging behind.

  Published July 15, 2022

• CDO Magazine Lists SDSC Lead Scientist as Academic Data Leader for 2022

  

  James Short, lead scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, was recently listed as one of the international academic data leaders in 2022 by Chief Data Officer Magazine.

  Published July 8, 2022

• Affiliate of West Big Data Innovation Hub at SDSC Launches Hawai’i Climate Portal

  

  The Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal provides streamlined access to high-quality reliable data and information that can be utilized by a range of stakeholders and be incorporated into near-real-time planning activities and management decisions.

  Published July 5, 2022