LLNL Computing’s ground-breaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.
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El Capitan testbed systems rank among top 200 of world’s most powerful computers
As the U.S. welcomed the world’s first “true” exascale supercomputer, three predecessor machines for LLNL's future exascale system El Capitan managed to rank highly on the latest Top500 List of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
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LLNL and Amazon Web Services to cooperate on standardized software stack for HPC
LLNL and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to define the role of leadership-class HPC in a future where cloud HPC is ubiquitous.
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IPDPS 2022 event calendar
LLNL participates in the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) on May 30 through June 3.
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CASC team wins best paper at visualization symposium
Winning the best paper award at PacificVis 2022, a research team has developed a resolution-precision-adaptive representation technique that reduces mesh sizes, thereby reducing the memory and storage footprints of large scientific datasets.
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ISC22 event calendar
LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC22) on May 29 through June 2.
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HPCIC webinar series to highlight industry engagement and research
LLNL and the United Kingdom’s Hartree Centre are launching a new webinar series intended to spur collaboration with industry through discussions on computational science, HPC, and data science.
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LLNL honored as a top STEM workplace by AISES ‘Winds Of Change’ Magazine
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Winds of Change magazine has named LLNL as one of the Top 50 STEM Workplaces in 2022. This marks the second consecutive year that LLNL has been honored as an organization setting the standard for indigenous STEM professionals.
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NNSA and Cornelis Networks to collaborate on next-gen high performance networking
Technologies developed through the Next-Generation High Performance Computing Network project are expected to support mission-critical applications for HPC, AI and ML, and high performance data analytics. Applications could include stockpile stewardship, fusion research, advanced manufacturing, climate research and other open science on future ASC HPC systems.
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Join ECP birds-of-a-feather days on May 10-12
The Exascale Computing Project (ECP) 2022 Community Birds-of-a-Feather Days will take place May 10–12 via Zoom. The event provides an opportunity for the HPC community to engage with ECP teams to discuss our latest development efforts.
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Source: Science & Technology Review
Shining a light on technical excellence
LLNL's DMTS awards program offers advancement for scientific leaders who choose the research track over the management ladder. Read more about computational mathematician Rob Falgout.
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Livermore WiDS provides forum for women in data science
LLNL celebrated the 2022 Global Women in Data Science conference on March 7 with its 5th annual regional event, featuring workshops, mentoring sessions and a discussion with LLNL Director Kim Budil.
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Winter hackathon meets WiDS datathon
Sponsored by the DSI, LLNL’s winter hackathon took place on February 16–17. In addition to traditional hacking, the hackathon included a special datathon competition in anticipation of the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on March 7.
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The Flux supercomputing workload manager
The Livermore Computing–developed Flux project addresses challenges posed by complex scientific research supercomputing workflows.
HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Resource and Workflow Management
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WiDS Livermore returns on March 7
Registration is open until February 27 for LLNL's fifth annual WiDS event in conjunction with the worldwide Women in Data Science conference.
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Rob Falgout wins SIAM Supercomputing Career Prize
The prize recognizes "broad and distinguished contributions to the field of algorithms research and development for parallel scientific and engineering computing."
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Peter Lindstrom: Then and now, 2011 Early Career Award winner
The Department of Energy's Office of Science interviewed LLNL computer scientist Peter Lindstrom about his work since receiving the 2011 Early Career Award.
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LLNL scientists honored as Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership fellows
The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program has selected LLNL computer scientist Kathryn Mohror and materials scientist T. Yong Han as 2022 fellows.
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Breaking down the barriers in all solid-state batteries
A new multiscale model incorporates both microstructural and atomistic simulations to understand barriers to ion transport in solid-state battery materials.
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LLNL makes Glassdoor’s 2022 ‘Best Places to Work’ list
For the fourth consecutive year, LLNL has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2022.
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Multiscale model of protein behavior linked to cancer-causing mutations
LLNL researchers and collaborators have developed a highly detailed, ML–backed multiscale model revealing the importance of lipids to RAS, a family of proteins whose mutations are linked to many cancers.
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 11 | December 2021
Highlights include power grid challenges, performance analysis, complex boundary conditions, and a novel multiscale modeling approach.
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LLNL establishes AI Innovation Incubator to advance AI for applied science
LLNL has established the AI Innovation Incubator (AI3), a collaborative hub aimed at uniting experts from LLNL, industry, and academia to advance AI for scientific and commercial applications.
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Kathleen Shoga leads the way for SC21 Student Cluster Competition
With a history of student participation and committee service, LLNL computer scientist Kathleen Shoga chaired this year’s competition.
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HPC4Mfg project targets more energy-efficient steelmaking
An LLNL-led collaboration targeted using machine learning to reduce defects and carbon emissions in steelmaking receives funding through the HPC4Mfg Program.
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First-ever hybrid Supercomputing conference sports strong Lab flavor
For the first time ever, SC21 went hybrid, with dozens of both in-person and virtual workshops, technical paper presentations, panels, tutorials and “birds of a feather” sessions.
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