San Diego Supercomputer Center

Find out about the San Diego Supercomputer Center, an organized researched unit of UCSD.

Mission

To advance the frontiers of science, technology, education, and society through innovations in data and computing.

Vision

SDSC is a global leader in delivering integrated data and computing solutions that enable translational research, multi-sector partnerships, and workforce development.

Summary

Located at UC San Diego, SDSC engages millions of researchers, educators, students, and multi-sector partners every year through its five key areas of expertise:

• Computing Systems and Infrastructure;
• Turning Bytes into Knowledge;
• Accelerating Science through Training, Application, and User Support;
• Translating Research into Impacts; and
• Virtual Environments for Science.

SDSC operates within three geographic scopes:

• National – responding to the needs of a range of domestic stakeholders and federal agencies;
• State – protecting the California way of life with approaches to managing wildfires, drought, extreme weather and earthquake disasters; and
• University of California (UC) – providing the UC system and UC San Diego faculty and staff with computational and data resources to accelerate discovery.