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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Source: LLNL Computing
CASC Newsletter | Vol 14 | June 2024
This issue highlights some of CASC’s contributions to the DOE's Exascale Computing Project.
AI/ML Computational Science Data Compression Data Movement and Memory Data Science Deep Learning Exascale HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Scientific ML Seismology
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Source: YouTube
Video: The surprising places you’ll find machine learning
LLNL is applying ML to real-world applications on multiple scales. Researchers explain why water filtration, wildfires, and carbon capture are becoming more solvable thanks to groundbreaking data science methodologies on some of the world’s fastest computers.
AI/ML Climate Computational Science Critical Infrastructure Data Science Multimedia Scientific ML
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Source: LLNL Computing
Matrix unloaded: GPU-boosted solvers for diffusion physics
Developed by LLNL and Portland State University researchers, innovative matrix-free solvers offer performance gains for complex multiphysics simulations.
Collaborations Computational Math Computational Science Discrete Mathematics Hydrodynamics PDE Methods Solvers
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Source: LLNL Computing
Symposium paper formally verifies whether linear systems will converge
A new method defines a formal specification for convergence, which can be used to derive a set of machine-checkable conditions to guarantee a convergent solution to a differential equation.
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Source: LLNL News
LLNL and BridgeBio announce trials for supercomputing-discovered cancer drug
In a milestone for supercomputing-aided drug design, LLNL and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics today announced clinical trials have begun for a first-in-class medication that targets specific genetic mutations implicated in many types of cancer.
Biology/Biomedicine CogSim/AI/ML Hardware Collaborations Computational Science Data Science Emerging Architectures HPC Systems and Software Scientific ML
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Source: LLNL News
DOE, LLNL take center stage at inaugural AI expo
Held May 7–8 in Washington, DC, the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) AI Expo showcased groundbreaking initiatives in AI and emerging technologies. Kim Budil and other Lab speakers presented at center stage and the DOE exhibition booth.
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Source: Science & Technology Review
S&TR cover story: The Laboratory’s habit of innovation
LLNL’s HPC capabilities play a significant role in international science research and innovation, and Lab researchers have won 10 R&D 100 Awards in the Software–Services category in the past decade.
AI/ML Awards Biology/Biomedicine Computational Science Data Compression Data Science Exascale HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Power Management Programming Languages and Models Scientific ML
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Source: YouTube
Video: Supercomputer problems you’ve never heard of
Two LLNL teams have come up with ingenious solutions to a few of the more vexing difficulties. For their efforts, they’ve won awards coveted by scientists in the technology fields.
Awards Data Compression Data Science Exascale HPC Systems and Software Multimedia Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Power Management
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Source: Science & Technology Review
Evolving at the speed of exascale
Bugs, broken codes, or system failures require added time for troubleshooting and increase the risk of data loss. LLNL has addressed failure recovery by developing the Scalable Checkpoint/Restart (SCR) framework.
Awards Exascale Fault Tolerance and Resilience HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Storage, File Systems, and I/O
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Source: LLNL Computing
The lab that launched a thousand software projects
Release the codes! With a dynamic developer community and a long history of encouraging open-source software, LLNL has reached quadruple-digit GitHub offerings.
Collaborations Open-Source Software Software Applications Software Engineering Software Libraries
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Source: High Performance Computing Innovation Center
Register for HPC tutorials in August
Learn how to use a modern, open-source HPC software stack! Throughout August, join our tutorials on how to install and use several projects on AWS EC2 instances. No previous experience is necessary, and everyone is welcome.
Education Events HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Outreach Scientific Cloud Computing Software Engineering Software Libraries
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Source: LLNL Computing
Dream Day brings Girls Who Code students to the Lab
The event gave local middle schoolers a taste of what computer scientists do at the Lab.
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Source: LLNL News
Former Lawrence fellow Amanda Randles awarded 2023 ACM Prize in Computing
Randles, a former Lawrence fellow and current LLNL collaborator, was recognized for “groundbreaking contributions to computational health through innovative algorithms, tools and high-performance computing methods for diagnosing and treating a variety of human diseases.”
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Source: LLNL News
LLNL honored as one of Glassdoor's 2024 'Best-Led Companies'
This award honors companies with exceptional senior leadership teams that go above and beyond to redefine the employee experience.
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Video: How will El Capitan run?
Discover how the software architecture and storage systems that will drive El Capitan’s performance will help LLNL and the NNSA Tri-Labs push the boundaries of computational science.
Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Systems and Software Multimedia Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity Resource and Workflow Management Software Build and Installation Software Libraries Storage, File Systems, and I/O
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Source: LLNL News
LLNL’s El Capitan debuted on new Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers
Unveiled at the International Supercomputing Conference in Germany, the June 2024 Top500 lists three systems with identical components as registering 19.65 petaflops on the High Performance Linpack benchmark, ranking them among the world’s 50 fastest.
Awards Emerging Architectures Events Exascale HPC Systems and Software
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Source: LLNL News
GUIDE team develops approach to redesign antibodies against viral pandemics
In a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team involving LLNL researchers has successfully combined an AI-backed platform with supercomputing to r
AI/ML Biology/Biomedicine Collaborations Computational Science Data Science HPC Systems and Software Scientific ML
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Source: LLNL News
UC/LLNL joint workshop sparks crucial dialogue on AI safety
Throughout the workshop, speakers, panelists and attendees focused on algorithm development, the potential dangers of superhuman AI systems and the importance of understanding and mitigating the risks to humans, as well as urgent measures needed to address the risks both scientifically and politically.
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Source: LLNL Computing
ISC24 event calendar
LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC24) on May 12–16.
Compiler Technology Debugging and Correctness Emerging Architectures Events HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Performance, Portability, and Productivity Programming Languages and Models Scientific Cloud Computing Software Build and Installation
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LLNL team accelerates multi-physics simulations with El Capitan predecessor systems
Computational Math Computational Science Data Movement and Memory Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Hydrodynamics Open-Source Software Performance, Portability, and Productivity
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Video: Igniting scientific discovery with AI and supercomputing
LLNL’s fusion ignition breakthrough, more than 60 years in the making, was enabled by a combination of traditional fusion target design methods, HPC, and AI techniques.
AI/ML CogSim/AI/ML Hardware Computational Science Data Science Lasers and Optics Multimedia Scientific ML
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Source: LLNL Computing
Road to El Capitan 6: Modern compilers
Compilers translate human-programmable source code into machine-readable code. Building a compiler is especially challenging in the exascale era.
Compiler Technology Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Programming Languages and Models
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Source: LLNL Computing
Road to El Capitan 7: Packaging for everyone
Backed by Spack’s robust functionality, the Packaging Working Group manages the relationships between user software and system software.
Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Open-Source Software Software Build and Installation
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Source: LLNL Computing
Road to El Capitan 8: Prepping for performance
The Tools Working Group delivers debugging, correctness, and performance analysis solutions at an unprecedented scale.
Debugging and Correctness Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Performance, Portability, and Productivity
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Source: LLNL Computing
Road to El Capitan 9: Messaging and math
The advent of accelerated processing units presents new challenges and opportunities for teams responsible for network interconnects and math libraries.
Exascale HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Networking and Interconnects Programming Languages and Models Software Engineering Software Libraries