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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Making a difference: From interns to LLNL employees
For Lab employees Mariah Martinez and Paige Jones of LLNL Computing, their journeys to the Lab started with an internship. They have continued their work as full-time employees, paving the way for others to make a difference at the Lab.
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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.
Co-Design Collaborations Computational Math Discrete Mathematics Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Systems and Software Mathematical Optimization Open-Source Software PDE Methods Performance, Portability, and Productivity Proxy Apps Software Engineering
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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.
Climate Co-Design Computational Math Computational Science Discrete Mathematics Emerging Architectures Events Exascale HPC Systems and Software
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Lab scientists and engineers garner three awards for top inventions in R&D 100 competition
With this year’s results, the Lab has now collected a total of 179 R&D 100 awards since 1978. The awards will be showcased at the 61st R&D 100 black-tie awards gala on Nov. 16 in San Diego.
AI/ML Awards Biology/Biomedicine Computational Science Data Compression Data Science Exascale HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Power Management
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LLNL scientists among finalists for new Gordon Bell climate modeling award
A team from LLNL and seven other DOE labs is a finalist for the new ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling for running an unprecedented high-resolution global atmosphere model on the world’s first exascale supercomputer.
Awards Climate Computational Science Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Systems and Software
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Video: Utilizing HPC to model, simulate, & mitigate wildfire risk
LLNL's Ian Lee joins a Dots and Bridges panel to discuss HPC as a critical resource for data assimilation and numerical weather prediction research.
Climate Computational Science Cyber Security HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Multimedia Open-Source Software Storage, File Systems, and I/O
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Video: Ready for your LLNL internship?
Every year, LLNL welcomes hundreds of interns for an experiential, hands-on approach to learning. Working with some of the brightest minds in their fields, our interns have the opportunity to explore new projects, build their skills, connect with mentors, and integrate into Lab culture.
Source: R&D World
R&D 100 winners for 2023 are announced
LLNL's zfp and Variorum software projects are winners. LLNL is a co-developing organization on the winning CANDLE project.
Awards Data Compression Data Science HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Power Management
Source: National Ignition Facility
LLNL Corones Award winners celebrated
LLNL physicist Tammy Ma and computational scientist Jeff Hittinger were recently celebrated for winning the Krell Institute’s James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building, and Communication.
Source: Argonne National Lab
Making machine learning safer for biomedicine
Led by Argonne National Lab and including an LLNL collaborator, a research team aims to provide the security necessary to study life-threatening medical issues without violating patient privacy.
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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.
Co-Design Collaborations Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous
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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.
Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Open-Source Software Resource and Workflow Management
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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.
Co-Design Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Performance, Portability, and Productivity Resource and Workflow Management
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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.
Co-Design Collaborations Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous
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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.
Co-Design Collaborations Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Open-Source Software Storage, File Systems, and I/O
Source: Science & Technology Review
LivIT meets the demand
Led by the guiding principles of simplicity, agility, and capability, Livermore Information Technology (LivIT) overcame technical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Access Management Business Applications and Support Cloud Services Collaboration and Productivity Tools Computer and Mobile Device Support Cyber Security Information Technology Network Engineering
Source: Science & Technology Review
Expediting research with Spack
A Laboratory-developed software package management tool, enhanced by contributions from more than 1,000 users, supports the high performance computing community.
Exascale HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Software Build and Installation
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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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Team reaches milestone in power grid optimization on world’s first exascale supercomputer
As part of the Exascale Computing Project’s ExaSGD project, a team including LLNL researchers ran HiOp, an open source optimization solver, on 9,000 nodes of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Frontier exascale supercomputer.
Computational Science Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security Exascale Open-Source Software
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Data Science Challenge tackles ML-assisted heart modeling
The event brought together 35 University of California students—ranging from undergraduates to graduate-level students from a diversity of majors—to work in groups to solve four key tasks, using actual electrocardiogram data to predict heart health.
AI/ML Biology/Biomedicine Computational Science Data Science Students
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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.
AI/ML Computational Science Data Science Materials Science ML Theory Scientific ML Scientific Visualization
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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.
Data Science Open-Source Software Scientific Visualization Software Engineering
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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.
Collaborations Computational Math Data Science Lasers and Optics Scientific ML Scientific Visualization Transport
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AWS tutorials are returning in August
Learn how to use LLNL software in the cloud. Throughout August, join our tutorials on how to install and use several projects on AWS EC2 instances. No previous experience necessary.
Education Events HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Outreach Scientific Cloud Computing Software Engineering Software Libraries
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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.
Careers Events Open-Source Software Software Applications Software Engineering