Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is accepting applications to the free Early User Program (EUP) for Neocortex, the new NSF-funded AI supercomputer using groundbreaking hardware to accelerate research for science, discovery, and societal good. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 21. For additional information, visit: https://www.cmu.edu/psc/aibd/neocortex/early-user-program.html. 

Uma Chandran lives at the hub of bioinformatics at Pitt, helping connect a vast range of researchers with computational support and expertise, working closely with consultant Fangping Mu at the Center for Research Computing. Chandran, associate professor in biomedical informatics, coordinates resources that support dozens of genomic projects involving comparisons of normal and diseased cells in rare disorders, HIV, and several cancers -- lung, prostate, breast, and head and neck, among others.

Read more at: "Clues to disease in a sea of molecular data"

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous nanomaterials that can absorb and hold gases to filter toxic gases or store fuel for natural gas- or hydrogen gas-powered engines. But MOFs don't work well if they get too hot. CRC collaborator Christopher Wilmer, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, led a team from six universities in a simultaneous experiment of heat transfer in MOFs. The study found that MOFs trap more heat than expected - throwing up challenges for practical engineering applications. The study was recently published in Nature Communications.

Read the full story at: "Investigating a thermal challenge for MOFs"

At left: Simulation of a MOF based on computation carried out at CRC and Carnegie Mellon University. Courtesy Swanson School of Engineering.