Recent News Releases

• Researchers Awarded $3M NSF Grant for Next-Generation Forest Mapping and Monitoring

  

  New OpenForest4D project will leverage AI and multi-source remote sensing data to facilitate transformative research in forest sciences and ecology

  Published January 14, 2025

• Expanse Supercomputer to Expand Training for Chemistry Faculty, Students Nationwide

  

  ChemCompute, a free web-based platform powered by supercomputers including SDSC's Expanse, has enabled over 110,000 students to perform complex chemistry calculations.

  Published December 20, 2024

• Supercomputer Sims Illustrate Impact of Ocean Waves on Offshore Wind Turbine Efficiency

  

  New insights could help optimize power generation in ocean-based wind farms by revealing how different types of waves alter wind flows around offshore wind turbines.

  Published December 17, 2024

• Scientists Combine Immersive Technology and Collaboration to Address Climate Challenges

  

  New initiative called “EcoViz” enables clear and compelling visualizations of environmental data from fire to floods.

  Published December 12, 2024

• San Diego Supercomputer Center Receives Honors in 2024 BigDATAwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

  

  The National Data Platform received the coveted award given to leaders in global data science, AI and advanced analytics.

  Published December 10, 2024

• San Diego Supercomputer Center Receives NSF Grant to Enable AI Research on NVIDIA DGX Cloud Resources

  

  Grant benefits NAIRR Pilot researchers by enabling SDSC to create custom research environments using cloud platforms that drive innovation at an unprecedented rate.

  Published December 5, 2024

• San Diego Supercomputer Center Receives Honors in 2024 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

  

  SDSC wins two HPCwire Awards at the 2024 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC24), in Atlanta, Georgia. The highly coveted HPC community recognition includes Readers' Choice and Editors' Choice awards.

  Published November 19, 2024

• Congressional App Challenge Inspires San Diego’s Next Generation of Innovators

  

  The hands-on event served as an opportunity for middle and high school students to not only improve their technical skills but also explore the limitless possibilities of coding, computer design and STEM in general.

  Published November 15, 2024

• UC San Diego’s Data Planet Initiative Marks Next Phase of Growth and Leadership

  

  The Data Planet Initiative provides PhD students with opportunities to work on real-world, data-centric projects. Under Associate Professor Jingbo Shang's leadership, the initiative is expanding in 2025 with more fellows and new research projects.

  Published October 31, 2024

• UC San Diego Mountaintop Cameras Provide Insight to Scarcely Understood Wildfire Phenomenon

  

  HPWREN's sturdy fire-resistant cameras atop Santiago Peak captured images during the Airport Fire that helped researchers identify vorticity-driven lateral spread or VLS where a wildfire can spread in two directions.

  Published October 29, 2024