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SDSC’s Mission & Vision

The mission of the San Diego Supercomputer Center is to advance the frontiers of science, technology, education and society through innovations in data and computing. Its vision is to be a global leader in delivering integrated data and computing solutions that enable translational research, diverse partnerships and talent development.

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• The San Diego Supercomputer Center has been serving the national scientific community since 1985 when it was established as one of the first supercomputer centers in the U.S. created to meet the growing demand for academic computational resources.
• SDSC is one of the two foundational pillars of UC San Diego’s School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences.
• SDSC operates within three geographic scopes: National, State of California and University of California campus system.
• SDSC engages millions of researchers, educators and students every year through five key areas of expertise:
  
  
  1. Computing Systems and Infrastructure
  2. Turning Bytes into Knowledge
  3. Accelerating Science through Training, Application and User Support
  4. Translating Research into Impacts
  5. Virtual Environments for Science 

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