LLNL Computing’s ground-breaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.
Source: Better Scientific Software
Working remotely: the Spack team
Elaine Raybourn interviews LLNL's Todd Gamblin about the Spack project's experience working remotely.
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Source: LLNL News
Lab devises plan to reduce defects in 3D metal printing
Combining computer simulations with ultra-high-speed X-ray imaging, LLNL researchers have discovered a way to reduce defects in parts built through a laser-based metal 3D-printing process.
Source: insideHPC
Video: Incorporation of machine learning into scientific simulations at LLNL
In this video from the Stanford HPC Conference, Katie Lewis presents "The Incorporation of Machine Learning into Scientific Simulations at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory."
Source: Data Science Institute
Building knowledge and insights using machine learning of scientific articles
An LLNL team developed ML tools that extract and structure information from the text and figures of nanomaterials articles using NLP, image analysis, computer vision, and visualization techniques.
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Source: LLNL News
LLNL’s new ML platform generates novel COVID-19 antibody sequences for experimental testing
LLNL researchers have identified an initial set of therapeutic antibody sequences, designed in a few weeks using machine learning and supercomputing, aimed at binding and neutralizing SARS-CoV-2.
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Source: Exascale Computing Project
Podcast: Flexible package manager automates the deployment of software on supercomputers
The Exascale Computing Project's Let's Talk Exascale podcast has a new episode featuring LLNL's Todd Gamblin, who talks about the package manager Spack. Episode 67 runs 5:54 and includes a transcript.
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Source: LLNL News
Upgrades for LLNL supercomputer from AMD, Penguin Computing aid COVID-19 research
AMD will supply upgraded GPUs for the Corona supercomputing cluster, which will be used by scientists working on discovering potential antibodies and antiviral compounds for SARS-CoV-2.
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Source: Mission.org
Podcast: Using data to build a secure future
On the Hidden in Plain Sight podcast, LLNL director Bill Goldstein explains how the Lab crunches data to shape the future.
Source: LLNL News
LLNL summer student program update
This summer, LLNL will offer a remote program allowing students to carry out research projects by telecommuting, if their original project can be modified for online work.
Source: Data Science Institute
Local Women in Data Science conference showcases Lab research
Held in early March, the WiDS Livermore event featured four technical talks from LLNL data scientists.
Source: Data Science Institute
Lab promotes diversity, tech at Women in Data Science regional event
The early-March event was the third annual WiDS Livermore event, featuring speakers, a career panel, mentoring, and a livestream.
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Source: LLNL News
LLNL creates web resources to aid in fight against COVID-19
LLNL has infrastructure, unique research capabilities, and a dedicated team of scientists and engineers supporting the fight against COVID-19.
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Source: LLNL News
Lab antibody, antiviral research aids COVID-19 response
LLNL scientists are contributing to the global fight against COVID-19 by combining AI/ML, bioinformatics, and supercomputing to help discover candidates for new antibodies and pharmaceutical drugs.
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Source: LLNL News
New partnership to unleash U.S. supercomputing resources in the fight against COVID-19
The White House announced the COVID-19 HPC Consortium to provide access to the world’s most powerful HPC resources that can advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus.
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Source: HPCwire
LLNL highlights Magma’s role in NNSA’s computing arsenal
This week, LLNL highlighted one of the latest additions to its computing arsenal: Magma. Magma is a Penguin Computing “Relion” system comprised of 752 nodes with Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 processors.
Source: LLNL News
LLNL and HPE to partner with AMD on El Capitan, projected as world’s fastest supercomputer
With its advanced CPUs/GPUs developed by AMD, El Capitan’s peak performance is expected to exceed 2 exaflops, which would make it the fastest supercomputer in the world when it is deployed in 2023.
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Source: LLNL News
Lab team sizzles at DOE Grid Optimization Competition
LLNL bested more than two dozen teams to place first overall in Challenge 1 of the DOE Grid Optimization Competition, aimed at developing a more reliable, resilient, and secure U.S. electrical grid.
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Source: UC Merced
‘Yes, You Can’: UC Merced students learning, growing at Livermore Lab
The university and LLNL lay the groundwork for a direct pipeline between the two, opening a door to research collaborations as well as job and internship opportunities for students and alumni.
Source: Advanced Simulation and Computing
ASC Sequoia: the pioneering advanced technology system that broke new ground for UQ and science at scale
On January 31, 2020, the Sequoia supercomputer and its file system were decommissioned after nearly 8 years of remarkable service and achievements.
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Source: LLNL Computing
16 bits from the winter hackathon
New year, new hackathon! The January 30–31 event was Computing’s 23rd hackathon and the 1st scheduled in the winter season.
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Can machine learning improve computer models enough to ignite ICF?
Laser-fusion researchers have turned to machine-learning techniques to seek the combinations of laser pulse characteristics and target design needed to optimize target implosions for ICF.
Source: LLNL Computing
Upgraded data archives position Lab for exascale era
LLNL is now home to the world’s largest Spectra TFinity system, following a complete replacement of the tape library hardware that supports Livermore’s data archives.
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Source: LLNL Computing
HPC-driven collaboration accelerates drug discovery
A multi-institutional consortium aims to speed up the drug discovery pipeline by building predictive, data-driven pharmaceutical models.
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Source: LLNL News
Sierra team among Lab teams recognized by Secretary of Energy Awards
The Summit Sierra team, consisting of 45 staff at LLNL and ORNL, received a DOE Secretary’s Achievement Award for delivering, respectively, Sierra and Summit supercomputers.
Source: Exascale Computing Project
Podcast: Optimizing math libraries to prepare applications for exascale computing
The extreme-scale scientific software development kit (xSDK) is an ecosystem of independently developed math libraries and scientific domain components.
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