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First USGS supercomputer decommissioning makes way for successors
In 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey welcomed its first general-use supercomputer available to all research staff.
One such machine in the newly created Science Analytics and Synthesis group demonstrated the need to invest in larger scale High Performance Computing systems for the acceleration and expansion of scientific discovery. On August 16, 2023, a ribbon cutting took place celebrating the installation of Yeti’s replacement and newest USGS supercomputer addition, this time at the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) in Sioux Falls, SD. From left: Cheryl Morris, Science Synthesis, Analysis and Research Program Coordinator; Kevin Gallagher, Associate Director for Core Science Systems; and Pete Doucette, Director of the EROS Center.Hovenweep is the third HPC system to be installed at EROS, where it will continue to advance scientific understanding and management of environmental events such as wildfire risk to homes, extreme weather events such as emergency flood mapping, and volcano, landslide, and tsunami hazards.
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