LLNL Computing’s ground-breaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.

CASC and SIAMCSE logos side by side


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SIAM CSE21 event calendar

Our researchers will be well represented at the virtual SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE21) on March 1–5. SIAM is the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics with an international community of more than 14,500 individual members.

Algorithms at Scale | Computational Math | Computational Science | Data Science | Deep Learning | Discrete Mathematics | Fault Tolerance and Resilience | HPC Systems and Software | PDE Methods | Performance, Portability, and Productivity | Programming Languages and Models | UQ and Statistics

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Livermore’s El Capitan supercomputer to debut HPE ‘Rabbit’ near node local storage

A near node local storage innovation called Rabbit factored heavily into LLNL’s decision to select Cray’s proposal for its CORAL-2 machine, the lab’s first exascale-class supercomputer, El Capitan.

Emerging Architectures | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Near Memory Computing | Resource and Workflow Management | Software Engineering | Storage, File Systems, and I/O

abstract graphic of a brain and network overlaid with the CASC logo


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CASC research in ML robustness debuts at AAAI conference

Three papers address feature importance estimation under distribution shifts, attribute-guided adversarial training, and uncertainty matching in graph neural networks.

AI/ML | Computational Math | Data Science | Deep Learning | ML Theory | Scientific ML | UQ and Statistics

illustration showing the LbC method of simulator inputs into a prediction estimator


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Lab researchers explore ‘learn-by-calibration’ approach to deep learning

An LLNL team has developed a “Learn-by-Calibrating” method for creating powerful scientific emulators that could be used as proxies for far more computationally intensive simulators.

Computational Math | Data Science | Deep Learning | ML Theory | Scientific ML

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Lab makes Glassdoor’s 2021 list of ‘Best Places to Work’

For the third consecutive year, LLNL has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2021.

Awards | Careers

successive photos of a cheetah with a patch of the image generated by a machine learning algorithm


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LLNL computer scientist heads award-winning computer vision research

An LLNL-led team developed a new kind of prior—a characterization of the space of natural images—for compressive image recovery that is trained on patches of images instead of full-sized images.

Awards | Computer Vision | Data Science

simulation of air flow around a semi-truck


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CASC Newsletter | Vol 8 | August 2019

Highlights include perspectives on machine learning and artificial intelligence in science, data driven models, autonomous vehicle operations, and the OpenMP standard 5.0.

AI/ML | Computational Math | Computational Science | Data Science | Data-Driven Decisions | Debugging and Correctness | Deep Learning | HPC Systems and Software | Hydrodynamics | ML Theory | Programming Languages and Models | Scientific ML | Scientific Visualization

Todd Gamblin's image projected onto a screen as he presents awards


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CASC Newsletter | Vol 7 | December 2018

Highlights include debris and 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 | PDE Methods | Solvers

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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

rayleigh taylor simulation done on Sierra


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CASC Newsletter | Vol 4 | January 2018

Highlights include complex simulation codes, uncertainty quantification, discrete event simulation, and the Unify file system.

Compiler Technology | Computational Math | Computational Science | Discrete Mathematics | HPC Systems and Software | Resource and Workflow Management | Storage, File Systems, and I/O | UQ and Statistics

hydrodynamics simulation


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spherical ZFP images showing progression of in-line floating point compression


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CASC Newsletter | Vol 2 | July 2017

Highlights include the directorate's annual external review, machine learning for ALE simulations, CFD modeling for low-carbon solutions, seismic modeling, and an in-line floating point compression tool.

AI/ML | Computational Math | Computational Science | Data Compression | Data Science | Discrete Mathematics | Hydrodynamics | Open-Source Software | Seismology

Catalyst computer, human being figure and whiteboard sketch compilation


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CASC Newsletter | Vol 1 | April 2017

Highlights include the HYPRE library, recent data science efforts, the IDEALS project, and the latest on the Exascale Computing Project.

AI/ML | Algorithms at Scale | Biology/Biomedicine | Computational Math | Computational Science | Data Science | Data-Driven Decisions | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous | Open-Source Software | Solvers