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Introducing the PATh Facility: A Unique Distributed High Throughput Computing Resource
Researchers can now request credits on the PATh Facility, the PATh project’s new resource intended for distributed high throughput computing workflows supporting NSF science.
The role of HTC in advancing population genetics research
Postdoctoral researcher Parul Johri uses OSG services, the HTCondor Software Suite, and the population genetics simulation program SLiM to investigate historical patterns of genetic variation.
A Long-Awaited Reunion: HTCondor Week 2022 in Photos
HTCondor Week 2022 featured over 40 exciting talks, tutorials, and research spotlights focused on the HTCondor Software Suite (HTCSS). Sixty-three attendees reunited in Madison, Wisconsin for the long-awaited in-person meeting, and 111 followed the action virtually on Zoom.
High-throughput computing as an enabler of black hole science
The stunning new image of a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way was created by eight telescopes, 300 international astronomers and more than 5 million computational tasks. This Morgridge Institute article describes how the Wisconsin-based Open Science Pool helped make sense of it all.
NIAID/ACE - OSG collaboration leads to a successful virtual training session
The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the African Centers for Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Science (ACE) partnered with the OSG Consortium to host a virtual high throughput computing training session for graduate students from Makerere University and the University Of Sciences, Techniques, and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB).
Machine Learning and Image Analyses for Livestock Data
In this presentation from HTCondor Week 2021, Joao Dorea from the Digital Livestock Lab explains how high-throughput computing is used in the field of animal and dairy sciences.
Harnessing HTC-enabled precision mental health to capture the complexity of smoking cessation
Collaborating with CHTC research computing facilitation staff, UW-Madison researcher Gaylen Fronk is using HTC to improve cigarette cessation treatments by accounting for the complex differences among patients.
Protecting ecosystems with HTC
Researchers at the USGS are using HTC to pinpoint potential invasive species for the United States.
Centuries of newspapers are now easily searchable thanks to HTCSS
BAnQ's digital collections team recently used HTCSS to tackle their largest computational endeavor yet –– completing text recognition on all newspapers in their digital archives.
Resilience: How COVID-19 challenged the scientific world
In the face of the pandemic, scientists needed to adapt. This article by the Morgridge Institute for Research provides a thoughtful look into how individuals and organizations, including the CHTC, have pivoted in these challenging times.
Using HTC for a simulation study on cross-validation for model evaluation in psychological science
During the OSG School Showcase, Hannah Moshontz, a postdoctoral fellow at UW-Madison’s Department of Psychology, described her experience of using high throughput computing (HTC) for the very first time, when taking on an entirely new project within the field of psychology.
Antimatter: Using HTC to study very rare processes
Anirvan Shukla, a User School participant in 2016, spoke at this year's Showcase about how high throughput computing has transformed his research of antimatter in the last five years.