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At a Glance

Discovery science and technical innovation

Computing at LLNL advances scientific discovery through foundational and innovative research; mission-driven data science; complex modeling, simulation, and analysis on powerful supercomputers; and creative technologies and software solutions. Everything at Livermore is Team Science. Thus, Computing is at the heart of many of LLNL’s most compelling national security and scientific efforts:

  • Operating one of the world’s largest HPC data centers
  • Designing AI and machine learning algorithms for science-based pattern discovery
  • Driving advances in simulation, scalable visualization, and data management
  • Providing essential IT expertise across LLNL
  • New simulation technologies and algorithms, such as in design optimization and decision support
  • Computing beyond exascale: heterogeneous, neural, cloud/converged, and quantum
  • Running one of the world’s largest control systems at NIF

Focus Areas

Computational Math

Powering scientific codes with advanced algebraic methods, algorithms, solvers, and discretizations

Computational Science

Supporting the Lab’s mission-driven programs with scientific modeling and simulation

Cyber Security

Meeting the nation’s top priorities to enhance security in a highly interconnected world

Data Science

Advancing AI, data analytics, machine learning, predictive modeling, statistics, UQ, and more

Emerging Architectures

Innovating in new directions for next-generation hardware designs and platform integrations

HPC Systems & Software

Providing environments, tools, and expertise for vital national security research and development

Information Technology

Meeting the Lab’s computer technology needs every day with enterprise applications and services

Software Engineering

Applying best practices to maximize the efficiency of software development and deployment

News

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Big Ideas Lab podcast highlights HPC4EI

The Big Ideas Lab dives into the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation program, a collaboration between national labs and private industry that tackles complex industrial challenges with computational science.

Computational Science | Critical Infrastructure | HPC Systems and Software | Materials and Manufacturing | Multimedia

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Source: LLNL Computing

ICLR26 acceptances

LLNL researchers have several posters and papers accepted to the 13th International Conference on Learning Representations on April 23–27.

AI/ML | Data Science | Deep Learning | Events | ML Theory | Natural Language Processing | Scientific ML

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LLNL-led study uses machine learning, veterans’ health records to identify ALS drug-repurposing candidate

By combining causal-inference methods with machine learning, researchers evaluated 162 medications to identify drugs prescribed for other conditions that were associated with meaningful differences in survival.

AI/ML | Biology/Biomedicine | Data Science

Highlights

Featured Employee
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DMTS class of 2026

Six LLNL Computing researchers have been named Distinguished Members of Technical Staff in recognition of their extraordinary scientific and technical contributions.

Featured Project
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Contact Mechanics Modeling and Simulation

Newly developed scalable numerical algorithms using AMG techniques help address the limitations in contact mechanics analyses and engineering design.

Featured Job
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Boost Your Career

Computing internships give you the chance to work on real problems that matter. We're accepting applications until January 30, 2026.

Careers

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We offer a promising future of discovery science and technical innovation

From software developers and applied math researchers to hardware architects and networking experts, computing at LLNL requires a top-flight workforce with a broad skill set. Check out our internship pages or visit LLNL's careers site to see how you can be a part of the future.