Li-Jun Ma, a University of Massachusetts Amherst biochemist and genomics expert, and an MGHPCC seed fund awardee, has received a coveted five-year, $500,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease award to develop new treatment options for opportunistic fungal infections. Read more at phys.org

Added value of joint initiatives, such as the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) project, cited as sources of potential for Sates beyond simple cost savings. In the words of Azer Bestavros, director of the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering at Boston University, “Just as a shopping mall provides a shared […]

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) is the centerpiece of Harvard's commitment to Green IT. Read all about why in Harvard's Green IT Strategy White Paper

Florence Sullivan, an associate professor in the College of Education at UMass Amherst uses microgenetic analysis (an in-depth way of analyzing the behavior of a system as it evolves) to study student creativity in technologically complex learning environments. She is particularly interested in the development of creative ideas in small groups working with constructionist technologies. […]

Ahead of the Climate Conference in Paris later this year, roadtoparis.info is providing important background  on science, policy and economics. In this article, Niven Winchester, an MIT environmental economist, explains how his work depends on the MGHPCC computing facility as he goes about trying to calculate the many costs of carbon. Read this story at roadtoparis.info

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Political, educational, and business leaders say the northeast is ready to grow a new economy based on science, technology, engineering, and math. Read this story at iBerkshires.com

March 28, 2015, thirty-six girls, all from Holyoke, participated in Girls Connect LEGO Robotics Workshop at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. Girls Connect is an intense one-day all-girl introduction to FIRST LEGO League. Organized by the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE), the day-long workshop was co-sponsored by Girls Inc. of Holyoke, […]

Pilot program equipment being deployed at several institutions, including the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center.

"From paper to glass blowing to the region's most sophisticated computers," high school students get a taste of downtown business through visits to local Holyoke businesses including the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC.) Read this story at masslive.com

Marc Hamilton – Vice President, Solutions Architecture and Engineering, NVIDIA, reflects on cloud storage, comparing commercial options with the MGHPCC, where our university and research partners are banding together to create their own cloud-like storage which can be more highly tailored to their performance and other specific requirements. Read this story on Marc's Blog.  

Holyoke Codes represents a collaboration between MGHPCC,  Girls Inc. of Holyoke, Sweet and Fizzy, CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education), and NERDs (New England Regional developers) offering free, youth workshops in coding, robotics, and technology. Young coders had a blast in March.

Designing Secure Computer Systems Story by Helen Hill for MGHPCC In this video meet computer architect Srini Devedas (MIT) who is using MGHPCC to meld secure architecture with secure compiler and operating system software, to protect data from the ground up.

The Holyoke Creative Arts Center is working with the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to provide business training for artists Saturday and Sunday (March 14 and 15) at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. Read this story at masslive.com  

The MGHPCC hosted the 3rd Annual Holyoke Innovation District Meeting on March 4, 2015, where State Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash was guest speaker. Read this story at masslive.com Listen via WAMC Public Radio Watch via WGGB Ch 40 Springfield Download the HID Annual Report as a pdf

The opportunities available to America's small post-industrial cities will be the topic of a presentation Monday night (March 2) at Holyoke's Green High Performance Computing Center. Read this story at masslive.com

Supercomputing 2014 (SC14), the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis, took place in New Orleans, LA, November 16-21, 2014. From the Official Blog of SC14 an interview with Team Mass Green.

Unlocking Big Data Read this story about brain research using the Harvard cluster at the MGHPCC from FAS Research Computing Communications in the Harvard Gazette Learn about brain research using the Harvard's Odyssey cluster at the MGHPCC

An interview with Harvard's Assistant Dean for Research Computing James Cuff: Why researchers need more and more storage and how facilities like MGHPCC can come to the rescue. Read this story from Data Center Knowledge

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center cited as a factor in making the City of Holyoke fertile ground for startups. Read this story in Popular Mechanics

Along with local partners NERDs (New England Regional Developers), Girls Inc. of Holyoke and the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE), the MGHPCC participated in Computer Science Education Week, December 8 – 14, 2014.