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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Provides Direct Link from Galaxy to the XSEDE Backbone


May 29, 2012

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Massive amounts of data associated with the study of gene sequences in the DNA of organisms, created by Penn State's bioinformatics program, now have a direct, high-speed link to the world's most powerful data-processing resources network, the backbone of the National Science Foundation's Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment program.  The link was put into place by a high-performance Internet hub operated and managed by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 3ROX.Full Story

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