An international team of astronomers, using a neural network trained on millions of synthetic black hole simulations and data from the Event Horizon Telescope, has uncovered new insights—including that the Milky Way’s central black hole is spinning near its maximum speed—thanks to advanced computational support from the University of Southern … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about use of Pegasus for mapping Volcano flows. When a volcano erupts, the danger doesn’t just come from the blast. Rivers of lava carve through the landscape, swallowing roads and homes, while pyroclastic flows—scorching avalanches of gas, ash, and rock—race down the … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about SCEC’s use of Pegasus. No one can precisely predict when an earthquake is to happen. Since the 1994 6.7-magnitude Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles County that caused 72 deaths, 9,000 injuries and $25 billion in damages, Southern California has been anxiously waiting … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about use of Pegasus for CryoEm electron microscopy The image we’ve all now come to recognize as the COVID virus (SARS-CoV-2) – the sphere with the crown-like spikes going off in every direction – that image allowed structural biologists to understand the … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about Pegasus team member, and USC Phd student George Papadimitriou winning PEARC 20 award. At the Practice & Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) conference, which took place from July 26-30, ISI graduate assistant George Papadimitriou won the Best Student Paper Award for … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about use of Pegasus for improving weather forecasting Climate change is making it harder for weather scientists to make predictions. DyNamo helps forecast severe weather events in real-time. The beginning of 2020 was the hottest January in recorded history, according to the … Read More
Savanna Mesch | January 15, 2020 Team recognized for “transformative contribution” to computing research with surprising discovery At the PEARC19 conference this past summer, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering won a transformative research award in addition to the best technical paper. The work focused on providing scientists extra assurances that their … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about use of Pegasus for processing and managing high-throughput RNA sequencing data. Ewa Deelman and Ann Chervenak will be part of a new $9 million research effort headquartered at the Keck School of Medicine at USC The two-year Grand Opportunity grant, funded through … Read More
ISI research news has published an article about use of Pegasus for guiding the NIH data acquisition system. ISI will be part of a new Center for Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders funded by a five-year $42.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health. The center … Read More