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Discuss “Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center houses its own powerhouse”

Superman. Super dooper. Supercomputer?

Supercomputers are one of our modern marvels: They’re faster, bigger and more powerful than your standard Dell. Weather mapping, earthquake prediction, and atom bomb construction all rely upon behemoths like these to crunch their numbers.

And we happen to have one. Most students on campus aren’t aware, but the Mellon Institute (MI) houses the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC).

A joint effort between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, some of the projects the PSC has worked on deal with severe storm forecasting, protein and DNA structures, quantum chemistry, and advances in laser surgery. Elizabeth Albert, operations specialist, said, “Supercomputers do a lot and many...

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