HOLYOKE -- The increasing dependence on fast, reliable internet service and the future of such broadband infrastructure in the Pioneer Valley will be topics of a workshop here Wednesday April 13, 2016. The Holyoke Innovation District will present "A Broadband Workshop: Maximizing Utilization of the Pioneer Valley's Broadband Infrastructure" from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. […]
HOLYOKE — It’s been a tough slough for this city on the Connecticut River ever since the last of the mills left in the 1990s. But when five universities and two high-tech companies opened a supercomputing center less than four years ago, there were hopes that others would also see Holyoke’s potential. Some have. Read […]
Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center recognized as a piece of the Holyoke development jigsaw. Read this story via businesswest.com
Mixing nanoparticles to build organic solar cells and other ion-transporting materials. Story by Helen Hill for MGHPCC UMass Amherst chemist Dr. Dhandapani Venkataraman and his group are developing a new concept that assembles nanoparticle Lego-like building blocks (<100 nm in size) into new and innovative materials like solar cells, batteries, paints, sensors, and smart and […]
There's a reason why the MGHPCC is where it is and it has a lot to do with one particular piece of infrastructure: The Hoyoke Hydroelectric Dam. Holyoke will celebrate the foresight that led to its construction, the associated system of canals and their ongoing benefits to the city of Holyoke on "Infrastructure Day" May […]
Located in the grounds of the MGHPCC, “Mass Net Zero Data Center” will facilitate research into minimizing environmental impact of high energy-using computer centers.
UMass Amherst researcher Prashant Shenoy has long utilized MGHPCC to help local utilities develop algorithms geared to providing power more efficiently to customers. As part of the recently announced statewide Energy Extension Initiative to be housed at UMass Amherst, Shenoy and his colleagues propose to design an automated system to collect and centrally store all […]
Massachusetts plans to revise how it captures and shares public health data, with a focus on using the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, a $165 million high-performance computing facility in Holyoke. Read this story in Boston Business Journal.
Reflecting on progress towards the MGHPCC's mission. Read this story from UMass On the Move.
Local elementary & middle school students solved problems, designied projects & expressed themselves creatively all the while exploring computer programming during a week of fun coding activities.
Cloud computing is everywhere. Smart phones, social media, on-line stores and other digital devices all know something about us...
Chien Wang is a senior research scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT associated with MIT’s Center for Global Change Science and the Joint Program in the Science and Policy of Global Change. Wang and his group develop and use complex computer models housed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance […]
The MGHPCC is now accepting applications for its 2016 spring semester internship program. Interested students should email resumes to by February 15th, 2016. Continue reading →
Holyoke Codes offers week of kid-friendly computer science events at the MGHPCC. Read this story at MassLive.com
November 1, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) hosted a party to showcase projects from "Family Creative learning", a workshop series developed at MIT, for children and parents to learn together — as designers and inventors — through the use of creative technologies.
Observing Saturn as an Extrasolar Planet, One Ray of Light at a Time Story by Paul A. Dalba, for MGHPCC What would Saturn, the beautiful ringed planet, look like to an alien species on a distant planet? This question is of particular interest to astronomers who study planets that exist far beyond our solar system […]
Across Harvard, programs and researchers are mining vast quantities of computerized information, sometimes revolutionizing their fields in the process. A recent article in the Harvard Gazette spotlights the power and potential of Harvard researchers work using its MGHPCC based Odyssey cluster. Read this story in the Harvard Gazette
MIT-MGHPCC user Adam Willard models electron excitation in organic photovoltaic material could change the future of solar energy. Read this story at MIT News
BusinessWest.com spotlights calls out MGHPCC's role in the restoration of Holyoke's economy through the arts, technology, and green business. Read this story at business west.com
