LLNL Computing’s groundbreaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.
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Scenes from our 20th hackathon
Bolstered by ergonomic stretching and exercise breaks, Computation’s 20th hackathon saw high turnout collaboration, experimentation, and fun.
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Video: DOE fueled AI is transforming the world as we know it
According to DOE secretary Rick Perry, "Accelerating artificial intelligence and machine learning is crucial to strengthening our country’s economic and national security."
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LLNL’s Virtual Beam Line ++ now available to users
LLNL physicists designing new laser systems and modeling laser performance now have a powerful new tool in their hands with the Virtual Beam Line++ (VBL++) code.
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Multi-lab workshops explore advances in HPC performance portability and productivity
The 2019 Department of Energy (DOE) Performance, Portability and Productivity meeting is slated for April 2–4, 2019, in Denver, CO, where attendees will have the opportunity to share ideas and updates on performance portability.
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Multi-institutional meeting centers on making the ‘impossible’ possible in cancer research
Computer scientists, biomedical engineers, cancer biologists, and bioinformaticians from 8 DOE labs, health agencies, and universities advance cancer research through computation.
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CASC research showcased at major data science venues
LLNL’s Center for Applied Scientific Computing looks back at 2018 papers, presentations, and other activities recognizing research and innovation in data science.
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Making connections, career development highlight Women in Data Science regional event
For the 2nd straight year, LLNL's HPC Innovation Center hosted to a Women in Data Science (WiDS) regional event, drawing dozens of attendees from LLNL, local universities, and other Bay Area labs.
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Video: Spack – a package manager for HPC
In this video from the 2019 Stanford HPC Conference, LLNL's Todd Gamblin presents "Spack – A Package Manager for HPC."
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The great migration: VisIt moves from Subversion to GitHub
Migrating 2 million lines of code is easier said than done. A Computation team discusses the logistics, challenges, and benefits of VisIt’s complicated migration.
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HPC4Mfg Program names awardees for latest round of DOE funding
The HPC for Manufacturing Program (HPC4Mfg) announced the recipients of $1.2 million in federal funding for projects aimed at solving key manufacturing challenges through supercomputing.
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Video: Sierra – science unleashed
In this video from the 2019 Stanford HPC Conference, LLNL's Rob Neely presents "Sierra – Science Unleashed." Sierra is NNSA’s first large-scale production heterogeneous system.
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People to watch 2019: Lori Diachin, ECP deputy director
Profile of LLNL's Lori Diachin, who has over 25 years experience in applied mathematics research including mesh quality improvement, mesh component software, numerical methods, and parallel computing.
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Defense recognizes Lab as patriotic employer
An effort to support a deployed Computation employee and change a longstanding policy on differential pay for active duty soldiers has garnered awards from the Secretary of Defense.
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ESGF conference caps a productive year
Held in Washington, DC, the Earth System Grid Federation’s 8th annual face-to-face conference was a lively, fruitful affair.
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Going deep: Lab employees introduced to machine learning, neural networks
LLNL employees attended a five-part “Deep Learning 101” course, which introduced the basics of neural networks and machine learning to anyone with a basic knowledge of programming in Python.
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SIAM CSE19 event calendar
LLNL heads to the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE19) in Spokane, Washington, on February 25 to March 1, 2019.
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Livermore leaps into quantum computing
Not only is LLNL home to some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, we've also built test beds for quantum computing.
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LLNL and three employees win 'Best in Class' national tech transfer award
The “best in class” award was for the Accelerating Therapeutics for Opportunities in Medicine (ATOM) consortium, which aims to use HPC to accelerate drug development.
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Tom Epperly: a software architect starts early
In this career profile, CASC architect Tom Epperly describes NIF's Virtual Beam Line code and his penchant for solving software programming problems.
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LLNL team explores electric grid modernization via HPC
LLNL has successfully deployed power distribution grid simulation software on an HPC system, taking a key step toward creating a commercial tool that utilities could use to modernize the grid.
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 7 | December 2018
Highlights include debris an shrapnel modeling at NIF, scalable algorithms for complex engineering systems, magnetic fusion simulation, and data placement optimization on GPUs.
Computational Math Computational Science Data Movement and Memory Discrete Mathematics HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Hydrodynamics Lasers and Optics Materials Science Mathematical Optimization Solvers
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Inspiring science careers through STEM stories
NIF Computing's Arsenia Rendon joined other LLNL scientists in hosting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Day for more than 180 middle school students.
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Bytes from the big three: hackathon veterans Laguna, Lee, and Nissen
These hackathon veterans were there at the beginning and haven’t missed one since.
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 6 | August 2018
Highlights include CASC director Jeff Hittinger's vision for the center as well as recent work with PruneJuice DataRaceBench, Caliper, and SUNDIALS.
Computational Math Data Science Debugging and Correctness HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software ODE Methods Open-Source Software Programming Languages and Models Resource and Workflow Management Solvers
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 5 | April 2018
Highlights include the latest work with RAJA, the Exascale Computing Project, algebraic multigrid preconditioners, and OpenMP.
Compiler Technology Computational Math Computational Science HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Hydrodynamics PDE Methods Performance, Portability, and Productivity Power Management Programming Languages and Models