Washington, D.C., Symposium to Highlight Science Enabled by Hybrid Supercomputing
Transformational work in combustion, nuclear energy, seismology and more to be discussed
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 15, 2012—Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which operates the premier leadership computing facility for …
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Big Business and Big Science Partner in Computing to Speed Products to Market
Jack Wells speaks at GE Technology Summit about government–industry collaborations
Jack Wells, director of science for the National Center for Computational Sciences, participated in the General Electric (GE) Technology Summit …
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Researchers Show How Proteins Help DNA Replicate Past a Damaged Site
Computation and experiment reveal how protein switching provides right tool for the job
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Hack and Bland Describe Jaguar’s Transformation into Titan for HPCwire Podcast
HPCwire interviewed Buddy Bland (OLCF) and Jim Hack (NCCS) about Titan and GPUs.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Awards Contract to Cray for ‘Titan’ Supercomputer
GPU-accelerated system of at least 10 petaflops to provide exceptional scientific computing
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has awarded a contract to Cray Inc. to increase the …
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Simulating Turbulent Combustion Speeds Design of Power and Propulsion Devices
Supercomputers help optimize engines, turbines, and other technologies for clean energy
Air and fuel mix violently during turbulent combustion. The ferocious mixing needed to ignite fuel and sustain its …
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Special Report Highlights Research at America’s Leadership Computing Facilities
A special report highlights the accomplishments of researchers running large, complex, and often unprecedented simulations on Department of Energy Office of Science supercomputers.
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As Supercomputers Approach Exascale, Experts Wrestle with Big Data
In this interview, Galen Shipman, who heads OLCF’s Technology Integration group, discusses the challenges of managing big data.
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Chemistry and Materials Simulations Speed Clean Energy Production and Storage
Chemistry and materials science simulations made possible through Robert Harrison’s INCITE project have generated 70 scientific publications since 2008.
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Jaguar Pounces on Child Predators
To accelerate the acquisition of information needed to arrest child predators, law enforcement officers have teamed with data analytics experts at ORNL for a project that will use Jaguar to speedily analyze the activities on file-sharing networks that pinpoint porn producers.
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Supercomputers Simulate the Molecular Machines that Replicate and Repair DNA
Scientists use Jaguar to model replisome components to understand their role in health and disease.
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Oak Ridge Supercomputers Provide First Simulation of Abrupt Climate Change
At the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the world’s fastest supercomputer for unclassified research is simulating abrupt climate change and shedding light on an enigmatic period of natural global warming in Earth’s relatively recent history.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle for the US Department of Energy.