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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LLNL set to deploy world’s fastest supercomputer this year
The system will enable researchers from the National Nuclear Security Administration weapons design laboratories to create models and run simulations, previously considered challenging, time-intensive or impossible, for the maintenance and modernization of the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile.
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Video: Predicting climate change impacts on infrastructure
By taking weather variables such as wildfire, flooding, wind, and sunlight that directly impact the electrical grid into consideration, researchers can improve electrical grid model projections for a more stable future.
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Machine learning tool fills in the blanks for satellite light curves
MuyGPs helps complete and forecast the brightness data of objects viewed by Earth-based telescopes.
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New research in time integration methods recognized at IEEE conference
Can novel mathematical algorithms help scientific simulations leverage hardware designed for machine learning? A team from LLNL’s Center for Applied Scientific Computing aimed to find out.
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WiDS Livermore returns for two events
The Lab is hosting two related WiDS events: First is a datathon on February 28, then the annual regional conference on March 13. These hybrid events are free and open to everyone.
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LLNL makes Glassdoor’s 2024 ‘Best Places to Work’ list
The Lab has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024. This is the fifth award LLNL has earned in Glassdoor’s award program since its inception in 2009.
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Colorado College computer science students spend two immersive weeks at the Lab
Thirteen students traveled to Livermore in early December for a computer science course simulating pond ecology and evolution.
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Conference paper illuminates neural image compression
New research reveals subtleties in the performance of neural image compression methods, offering insights toward improving these models for real-world applications.
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Computational math community gathers for annual workshop
The MFEM virtual workshop highlighted the project’s development roadmap and users’ scientific applications. The event also included Q&A, student lightning talks, and a visualization contest.
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SC23 event calendar
LLNL is participating in the 35th annual Supercomputing Conference (SC23), which will be held both virtually and in Denver on November 12–17, 2023.
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LLNL continues to expand Girls Who Code outreach
Lawrence Livermore is celebrating nearly a decade of bringing the Girls Who Code program to local middle and high schools. Since standing up the effort in 2016, more than 900 students have participated in the clubs, and the offerings continue to expand.
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Robust verification of control system enables NIF software updates
NIF Computing deploys regular updates to its computer control systems to ensure NIF continues to achieve ignition.
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Meeting of the minds: advanced math for the exascale era
Hosted at LLNL, the Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations’ annual event featured breakout discussions, more than two dozen speakers, and an evening of bocce ball.
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ECP co-design center wraps up seven years of collaboration
The Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations has developed innovative mathematical algorithms for the DOE’s next generation of supercomputers.
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Road to El Capitan 5: A framework for complex workflows
Flux, next-generation resource and job management software, steps up to support emerging use cases.
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Road to El Capitan 4: Storage in the exascale era
Innovative hardware provides near-node local storage alongside large-capacity storage.
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Road to El Capitan 3: The right operating system
The Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) ensures other national labs’ supercomputing needs are met.
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Road to El Capitan 2: All the moving parts
Siting a supercomputer requires close coordination of hardware, software, applications, and Livermore Computing facilities.
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Road to El Capitan 1: It takes a village
Livermore Computing is making significant progress toward siting the NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer.
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Summer hackathon addresses Lab's many acronyms, plus other projects (SHALMA-POP)
This season’s hackathon featured Lab improvement projects, work tasks, and personal enrichment.
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Explainable artificial intelligence can enhance scientific workflows
Using explainable artificial intelligence techniques can help increase the reach of machine learning applications in materials science, making the process of designing new materials much more efficient.
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VisIt project team adds color usability improvements
The Lab’s workhorse visualization tool provides expanded color map features, including for visually impaired users.
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 13 | July 2023
This issue highlights some of CASC’s contributions to making controlled laboratory fusion possible at the National Ignition Facility.
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Developer Day returns, in person and squeakier than ever
2023’s Developer Day was a two-day event for the first time, balancing an all-virtual technical program with a fully in-person networking day.
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Improving models of clouds and atmospheric turbulence
With simple mathematical modifications to a common model of clouds and turbulence, LLNL scientists and their collaborators helped minimize nonphysical results.
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