Topic: Lasers and Optics
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Carolyn Albiston is a research software engineer in NIF Shot Data Systems. Her career is a culmination of her wide range of varied interests and skills.
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NIF Computing deploys regular updates to its computer control systems to ensure NIF continues to achieve ignition.
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This issue highlights some of CASC’s contributions to making controlled laboratory fusion possible at the National Ignition Facility.
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Open-source software has played a key role in paving the way for LLNL's ignition breakthrough, and will continue to help push the field forward.
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A principal investigator at LLNL shares how machine learning on the world’s fastest systems catalyzed the lab’s breakthrough.
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High performance computing was key to the December 5 breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility.
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Two supercomputers powered the research of hundreds of scientists at Livermore’s NNSA National Ignition Facility, which recently achieved ignition.
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The major scientific breakthrough decades in the making will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.
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The second article in a series about the Lab's stockpile stewardship mission highlights computational models, parallel architectures, and data science techniques.
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The first article in a series about the Lab's stockpile stewardship mission highlights the roles of computer simulations and exascale computing.
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The latest generation of Livermore’s workhorse laser physics code promises full integration across research and operations applications.
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The latest generation of a laser beam–delay technique owes its success to collaboration, dedication, and innovation.
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As group leader and application developer in the Global Security Computing Applications Division, Jarom Nelson develops intrusion detection and access control software.
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LivIT tackles challenges of workforce safety, telecommuting, cyber security protocols, National Ignition Facility software updates, and more.
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Upgraded with the C++ programming language, VBL provides high-fidelity models and high-resolution calculations of laser performance predictions.
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Jorge Castro Morales likes having different responsibilities at work. He says, “I’m honored to be working with a diverse team of multidisciplinary experts to resolve very complex problems on a daily basis.”
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Highlights include debris and shrapnel modeling at NIF, scalable algorithms for complex engineering systems, magnetic fusion simulation, and data placement optimization on GPUs.
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When computer scientist Gordon Lau arrived at Lawrence Livermore more than 20 years ago, he was a contractor assigned to a laser isotope separation project.
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The NIF Computing team plays a key role in this smoothly running facility, and computer scientist Joshua Senecal supports multiple operational areas.
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This first-principles simulation method models the interaction of laser light with diffraction gratings, giving scientists a powerful tool to predict the performance of a laser compressor.
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