LLNL Computing’s ground-breaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.

four columns of iterative optimization of a structure


Source: Brown University

Faster topology optimization: An emerging industrial design technique gets a speed boost

Researchers at Brown University, LLNL, and Simula Research Laboratory have developed a new algorithm to help optimizers arrive at solutions in fewer iterations, saving valuable computing time.

Collaborations | Computational Math | Computational Science | Materials Science | Mathematical Optimization

EXUDE Elite Laser


Source: Science & Technology Review

S&TR cover story: Another innovation celebration

A unique laser optic design and two novel open-source software projects bring the Laboratory’s R&D 100 awards total to 182.

Awards | Data Movement and Memory | Emerging Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Lasers and Optics | Near Memory Computing | Open-Source Software | Storage, File Systems, and I/O

stock image of three data inputs depicted as groups of strands in blue, pink, and yellow, which start out separately but expand and converge into multicolored ones and zeros


Source: LLNL Computing

ICML25 acceptances

LLNL researchers have posters and workshop papers accepted to the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning on July 13–19.

AI/ML | Computational Math | Data Science | Events | ML Theory | Scientific ML | UQ and Statistics

supercomputer photo overlaid with a cancer molecule


Source: LLNL News

Cancer drug candidate developed using supercomputing & AI blocks tumor growth without toxic side effect

A new cancer drug candidate developed by LLNL, BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research has demonstrated the ability to block tumor growth without triggering a common and debilitating side effect.

AI/ML | Biology/Biomedicine | Collaborations | Computational Science | Data Science | Scientific ML

3D rectangle divided into an irregular mesh colored blue, red, and green


Source: LLNL Computing

Robust evaluation of PDE solutions on high-order meshes

A new mathematical technique improves the computational efficiency of evaluating the solution in large-scale, high-order meshes on advanced HPC systems.

Computational Math | Discrete Mathematics | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous | PDE Methods | Programming Languages and Models

Kathleen presenting at a podium in front of a big screen, which shows a slide titled “User Feedback Requesting More Build Parallelism”


Source: LLNL Computing

Global community convenes for Spack’s first user meeting

Nicknamed SUM25, Spack’s first user meeting showcased new development and a thriving community.

Events | HPC Systems and Software | Open-Source Software | Outreach | Software Build and Installation

El Capitan supercomputer


Source: LLNL News

El Capitan reigns supreme across three major supercomputing benchmarks

LLNL's flagship exascale machine maintained its status as the fastest supercomputer on the planet—claiming the No. 1 spot on not just one, but three of the most prestigious HPC rankings.

HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software

Olivia Igbokwe-Curry, Patricia Falcone and Sara Sidner pose for a photo following Falcone’s receipt of the inaugural AI Honors in Public Science Award


Source: LLNL News

LLNL Deputy Director Pat Falcone receives inaugural AI Honors in Public Science Award

Organizers praised Falcone's “extraordinary leadership in driving research directions to advance science and technology at one of America's most vital research institutions.”

AI/ML | Awards | Careers | Data Science

hand holding an APU processor from El Capitan


Source: Science & Technology Review

S&TR highlight: AI leadership for national security

As the application of AI across industries accelerates the pace of development, so too must national security remain at the cutting edge, a task requiring extensive collaboration to deploy the nation’s most critical resources.

AI/ML | Data Science | Scientific ML

stock photo of people studying and learning at a laptop


Source: High Performance Computing Innovation Center

Register for HPC tutorials this summer

Learn how to use a modern, open-source HPC software stack! From mid-July to mid-September, join our tutorials on how to install and use several projects on AWS EC2 instances (provided). All experience levels are welcome.

Education | Events | HPC Systems and Software | Open-Source Software | Outreach | Scientific Cloud Computing | Software Engineering | Software Libraries

external view of the NIF building


Source: LLNL News

LLNL, Amazon partner on groundbreaking AI integration at the National Ignition Facility

LLNL and Amazon Web Services are partnering to leverage the power of AI to enhance operations at the National Ignition Facility.

AI/ML | Computational Science | Data Management | Data Science | Lasers and Optics | Natural Language Processing

Stanford University professor and AI visionary Fei-Fei Li speaking at a podium


Source: LLNL News

Stanford professor discusses future of visually intelligent machines and human-AI collaboration

Stanford University professor and AI visionary Fei-Fei Li went beyond technical milestones from her two-decade career into her philosophy of intelligence, ranging from the evolution of vision in the Cambrian Age to modern-day “robot cousins” that can see and assist humans in everyday menial tasks.

AI/ML | Data Science

microphone, podcast logo, and photo of two people with a quantum computer


Source: LLNL News

Big Ideas Lab podcast enters the quantum realm

In the current episode of the Big Ideas Lab, dive into the strange new frontier where physics meets information, and reality gets rewritten—qubit by qubit.

Emerging Architectures | Multimedia | Quantum Computing

collage of code on a screen, a vial of blood, and a soldier


Source: LLNL News

LLNL researchers use AI to look for potential ALS treatments

A team of researchers from LLNL, Stanford University, and UCLA are using AI and machine learning to find potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases in the form of drugs prescribed for other conditions.

AI/ML | Biology/Biomedicine | Data Science

DOE secretary and LLNL officials in the machine room


Source: LLNL News

DOE Secretary Wright gets up-close look at innovation in action during LLNL visit

Wright’s day-long visit—his first to LLNL since being appointed Energy secretary—included behind-the-scenes tours of some of LLNL’s most advanced facilities and machines, from the National Ignition Facility to El Capitan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.

Events | HPC Systems and Software

four people in NIF hard hats


Source: LLNL News

U.S. Energy Secretary Wright visits LLNL

Wright’s daylong visit included briefings and discussions with LLNL experts in key mission areas including stockpile modernization, fusion energy, AI, cybersecurity and supercomputing.

AI/ML | Cyber Security | Data Science | Events | HPC Systems and Software

microphone, podcast logo, and GPU rendering


Source: LLNL News

Big Ideas Lab podcast examines how AI Is reshaping science at LLNL

On the latest episode of The Big Ideas Lab podcast, listeners will get an inside look at this transformation, as LLNL physicists Brian Spears and Kelli Humbird explain how AI is no longer just about chatbots and automating simple tasks.

AI/ML | Data Science | Multimedia

Proteus code snippets showing how the user annotates host functions and device kernel functions


Source: LLNL Computing

Proteus arrives just in time for faster HPC code compilation

A new just-in-time compilation approach leverages LLVM intermediate representation to optimize GPU kernels with portability to any GPU architecture.

Compiler Technology | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous | Open-Source Software | Performance, Portability, and Productivity | Programming Languages and Models

large group of students and mentors in auditorium seats


Source: LLNL News

‘STEM Day at the Lab’ enters its 10th year of bringing science to LLNL communities

LLNL STEM Day ignites curiosity and shapes futures, delivering high-quality science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to more than 1,935 students—and the impact keeps growing.

Community | Outreach | Students

Adobe Stock image of a generic GPU viewed close up on a circuit board


Source: LLNL Computing

Distinguished paper offers unique solution for GPU offloading

Research recognized at the HiPC IEEE conference proposes using an optimized version of OpenMP for vendor-agnostic GPU performance, portability, and scalability.

Compiler Technology | Data Movement and Memory | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous | Middleware | Performance, Portability, and Productivity | Programming Languages and Models | Software Engineering

group of students and mentors outside the Discovery Center


Source: LLNL News

Dream Day inspires Livermore students to explore STEM careers

More than 50 students from five Livermore middle schools visited LLNL on April 18 for Dream Day, an event filled with hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities.

Community | Outreach | Students

To-scale snapshots from molecular dynamics simulations illustrating hot-spot formation during pore collapse. The images show pores with diameters of 60, 100, 200 and 300 nanometers, illustrating that pores larger than 20 nanometers generate hot spots with scale-invariant (independent of size) temperature distributions.


Source: LLNL News

Simulating hot-spot formation in insensitive high explosives

Using the Sierra supercomputer, an LLNL team has made significant progress in understanding how microscopic hot spots form in insensitive high explosives based on TATB.

Computational Science | Materials Science | Transport

Adobe Stock illustration of a brain shape made up of teal and pink filaments on an abstract background


Source: LLNL Computing

ICLR25 acceptances

LLNL researchers have posters and workshop papers accepted to the 13th International Conference on Learning Representations on April 24–28.

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

General flowchart of the pipeline for building the Centrifuge reference database based on the BLAST nt database


Source: LLNL News

New nucleotide database could improve microbe identification for science and medicine

LLNL researchers have created new, optimized indices of the nt database that simplify how scientists classify microorganisms found in various samples, significantly improving the ability to identify and understand the myriad microorganisms that inhabit our world.

Bioinformatics | Data Management | Data Science | Databases/IT Infrastructure | Information Technology