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Press

Trinity supercomputer

Hyperion Research Announces New Winners of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
An LLNL team used LANL's Trinity supercomputer for a machine-learned surrogate representation of their laser-driven fusion implosion model.
Source: HPCwire
Lassen supercomputer

LLNL’s Lassen Supercomputer Leaps to No. 10 on TOP500 List, Sierra Remains No. 2

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
LLNL’s Lassen joined Sierra in the top 10 of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, announced at the 2019 International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
Source: LLNL News Article
Sierra supercomputer

LLNL, Foundation Seek to Set up ALS Consortium

Friday, June 14, 2019
LLNL and the Livermore Lab Foundation may establish a consortium to leverage the Lab’s computing capabilities to identify causal factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Source: LLNL News Article
split screen with simulation on the left and high-resolution image of a mesh ball on the right

Preparing Scientific Applications for Exascale Computing

Thursday, June 13, 2019
Next-generation computing systems are projected to surpass the speed of today's supercomputers by 5–10 times. This article explains OpenMP-relevant initiatives under the Exascale Computing Project.
Source: Phys.org
DSSI logo alongside a photo of students outside the Sierra machine room

Two-Week Workshop Lets UC Merced Students Step into Shoes of Lab Computer Scientists

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
LLNL recently hosted its first-ever Data Science Challenge Workshop, a two-week crash course in what it’s like to work in data science, with students from UC Merced.
Source: LLNL News Article
Stephen and colleague alongside the SC19 logo

Stephen Herbein Keeps His SC Conference Connection Thriving

Thursday, June 6, 2019
LLNL computer scientist Stephen Herbein (pictured at right, above) was a student volunteer during his first SC conference. Now he's on the planning committee.
Source: Supercomputing Conference 2019
three men talking

NFL Comes to Lab to Hear Latest on TBI Research

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
NFL officials visited LLNL to hear how national labs are using HPC and AI to advance scientific understanding of traumatic brain injury.
Source: LLNL News Article
split screen of Sam and Joe Eklund

Speech Generation: Siblings Collaborate on Machine Learning Hackathon Project

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Brothers and Computation teammates Joe and Sam Eklund discuss their multi-hackathon project using Deep Voice 3.
Source: Data Science Institute
eight magazines fanned on a coffee table

Kathryn Mohror Completes Tenure as S&TR Scientific Editor

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
In addition to her day job—researcher, group leader, contributor to the computer science community—Kathryn Mohror spent a year as scientific editor of LLNL’s science and technology magazine.
Girls Who Code students and volunteers pose as a team

Middle School Coding Club Caps Off Another Successful Year with Help from Livermore and Sandia Trio

Monday, May 6, 2019
For students interested in learning coding and computer technology, the Girls Who Code clubs in the Livermore middle and high schools are the place to be.

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