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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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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 and Manufacturing 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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Investigation of disaggregated memory systems wins poster award
Splitting memory resources in HPC between local nodes and a larger shared remote pool can help better support computational applications.
Awards Data Movement and Memory HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous
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Best paper winner finds the sources of calculation inconsistencies
Updating a compiler can affect how code runs, leading to inconsistencies in outputs and creating problems for scientists. A new tool automatically finds the sources of these inconsistencies.
Awards Compiler Technology HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software
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ISC23 event calendar
LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC23) on May 21–25.
Co-Design Compiler Technology Data Movement and Memory Emerging Architectures Events Exascale HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Power Management Programming Languages and Models Software Build and Installation
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A look back: women in early computing at LLNL
LLNL’s archives recount the contributions of women who developed code during the Lab's early decades.
Careers Community HPC Systems and Software Programming Languages and Models
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A look back: Robert Hughes and the development of FORTRAN
LLNL’s archives provide a glimpse into the career and contributions of a computing pioneer.
Careers Community Compiler Technology Computational Math HPC Systems and Software Programming Languages and Models
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Best paper winner improves scientific workflow performance
Combining specialized software tools with heterogeneous HPC hardware requires an intelligent workflow performance optimization strategy.
Biology/Biomedicine Collaborations Computational Science HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Resource and Workflow Management Scientific Cloud Computing
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 12 | November 2022
Highlights include MFEM community workshops, compiler co-design, HPC standards committees, and AI/ML for national security.
AI/ML Biology/Biomedicine Co-Design Collaborations Compiler Technology Computational Math Computational Science Computer Vision Data Science Deep Learning Discrete Mathematics Exascale HPC Systems and Software Natural Language Processing Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Programming Languages and Models
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SC22 event calendar
LLNL is participating in the 34th annual Supercomputing Conference (SC22), which will be held both virtually and in Dallas on November 13–18, 2022.
Data Compression Data Movement and Memory Data Science Debugging and Correctness Emerging Architectures Events Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Outreach Performance, Portability, and Productivity Programming Languages and Models Quantum Computing Resource and Workflow Management Software Build and Installation
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Developer Day returns for the sixth year
Computing’s annual Developer Day held a hybrid event on July 21 with lightning talks, a town hall discussion, and guest speakers.
Careers Cyber Research Cyber Security Emerging Architectures Events Quantum Computing Software Engineering Software Quality Assurance
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IPDPS 2022 event calendar
LLNL participates in the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) on May 30 through June 3.
AI/ML Computational Math Data Science Events HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Programming Languages and Models Resource and Workflow Management Storage, File Systems, and I/O
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CASC team wins best paper at visualization symposium
Winning the best paper award at PacificVis 2022, a research team has developed a resolution-precision-adaptive representation technique that reduces mesh sizes, thereby reducing the memory and storage footprints of large scientific datasets.
AI/ML Awards Computational Math Data Compression Data Movement and Memory Data Science Discrete Mathematics HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software
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ISC22 event calendar
LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC22) on May 29 through June 2.
Compiler Technology Debugging and Correctness Emerging Architectures Events HPC Systems and Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Programming Languages and Models Resource and Workflow Management Software Build and Installation
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 11 | December 2021
Highlights include power grid challenges, performance analysis, complex boundary conditions, and a novel multiscale modeling approach.
AI/ML Biology/Biomedicine Computational Math Computational Science Critical Infrastructure Data Science HPC Systems and Software Mathematical Optimization Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Transport UQ and Statistics
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Kathleen Shoga leads the way for SC21 Student Cluster Competition
With a history of student participation and committee service, LLNL computer scientist Kathleen Shoga chaired this year’s competition.
Cluster Management Events HPC Systems and Software Outreach Students
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SC21 event calendar
LLNL is participating in the 33rd annual Supercomputing Conference (SC21), which will be held both virtually and in St. Louis on November 14–19, 2021.
Data Science Deep Learning Emerging Architectures Events HPC Systems and Software
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Summer hackathon tradition continues virtually
Each new season brings another hackathon, and Computing’s 2021 summer event took place on August 12–13.
Hackathons HPC Systems and Software Programming Languages and Models Software Applications Software Engineering Students Web Technologies
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ISC21 event calendar
LLNL participates in the digital ISC High Performance Conference (ISC21) on June 24 through July 2.
Events HPC Systems and Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Software Build and Installation
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 10 | April 2021
Highlights include scalable deep learning, high-order finite elements, data race detection, and reduced order models.
AI/ML Biology/Biomedicine Computational Math Computational Science Data Science Data-Driven Decisions Debugging and Correctness Deep Learning Discrete Mathematics HPC Systems and Software Hydrodynamics Mathematical Optimization Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Power Management Programming Languages and Models Solvers Transport
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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 Exascale 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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CASC Newsletter | Vol 9 | June 2020
Highlights include response to the COVID-19 pandemic, high-order matrix-free algorithms, and managing memory spaces.
AI/ML Biology/Biomedicine Computational Math Computational Science Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security Data Movement and Memory Data Science Deep Learning Discrete Mathematics Emerging Architectures Events HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Resource and Workflow Management
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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