San Diego Supercomputer Center

For decades, water’s behavior in extreme conditions has puzzled scientists. A study using U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations on Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, part of the UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS), has produced compelling evidence that at supercooled temperatures and high pressures, water can exist in two distinct liquid states, each with its own unique structure and density. A team led by Francesco Paesani, Kurt Shuler Faculty Scholar and professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego, conducted microsecond-long simulations on Expanse over several years to explore water’s behavior under extreme conditions. Learn more: https://ow.ly/eOYa50V8xJ6

Through thick or thin ice... Here we see rime ice engulfing the tower on Mt. Wilson. The rime ice that resulted from the 2023 February/March storm was an impressive sight!

Join us this Friday for office hours! This challenge brings together UC San Diego students to advance proactive solutions to end destructive wildfires. Selected teams will continue on to an internship at the San Diego Supercomputer Center where they will further their work. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/grjwPRtn

By using U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations on Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, part of the UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, the multi-institutional Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative (SDII) team created the models to better understand the behavior of concrete-filled deck floor diaphragms during a tremblor. The SDII project is led by Prof. Ben Schafer from Johns Hopkins University and Prof. Jerome Hajjar from Northeastern University. They established the project to investigate and improve the design of both bare and concrete-filled steel deck diaphragms. Hajjar, who is the Northeastern University Distinguished Professor, CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair in the Civil and Engineering Department, said that initial findings after Northridge revealed that elastic diaphragm force demands in some types of buildings could be much higher than U.S. building codes had previously suggested. He said that this decades-old revelation prompted continued extensive experimental testing and computational modeling to explore the strength and ductility of various floor systems under seismic stress, with the SDII project specifically focused on floor diaphragms in steel building structures. https://ow.ly/kI2e50V6plM

From next-gen forest mapping to nationally-attended workshops and trainings, SDSC is off to a good start in the new year. Check out the latest Innovators Newsletter: https://ow.ly/xeKk50V4EOW

With a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF) EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) grant award, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), part of the UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, will lead the effort to contribute a new component of the ecosystem of FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reproducible) data services and tools using a system called Research Activity Identifier (RAiD). https://ow.ly/1nsM50V5K7l UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences

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Professor Valerie Daggett in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington's School of Medicine and College of Engineering has been using U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) allocations on Expanse to teach a computational protein design course to both undergraduate and graduate students. “Without access to SDSC’s Expanse, we would not be able to expose these students to high performance computing,” Daggett said. “This past quarter we had more than 20 students in our class and we anticipate that many or more for each upcoming quarter.” Read the full story: https://ow.ly/GYQS50V3OSW

Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), part of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, will be leading the application of AI/machine learning to laser targeting systems and interpreting experiment diagnostics.

The San Diego Supercomputer Center, part of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego, in collaboration with the Qualcomm Institute, recently hosted the annual National Research Platform (NRP) workshop. This year’s 6NRP event focused on the current state of NRP, led by SDSC Director Frank Würthwein, and marked another impactful year of the platform helping researchers, domain scientists, network and system administrators, and industry leaders unlock access to distributed campus-owned compute cloud and allied resources. The NRP is a partnership of more than 50 institutions worldwide with an aim to broaden access to advanced computing resources and support innovative research in data science, AI and other fields. By providing a flexible, open and collaborative platform, the NRP bridges the gap between education and science. Externalizing this mission, the workshop included tutorials on access to the NRP, its future direction and its long-term viability and success. https://ow.ly/CT5950UYVFo