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OLCF’s Ashley Barker Takes on New Role

Ashley Barker, Operations Section head for the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS), is taking on a new role in the procurement and deployment of the next supercomputer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility located at…
Coury Turczyn
May 2, 2022
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Pioneering Frontier: Optimizing Materials Models

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system was delivered in 2021, with full user operations expected in 2022. With the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) slated to launch…
Rachel McDowell
April 13, 2022
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Pioneering Frontier: Stepping Up CANDLE

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system was delivered in 2021, with full user operations expected in 2022. John Gounley is working on codes for the CANcer Distributed Learning…
Rachel McDowell
March 31, 2022
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Demystifying the World of High-Performance Computing

A series of hands-on training seminars offered through the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is opening the doors of high-performance computing (HPC) to a wider audience. Usually offered to participants at events…
Betsy Sonewald
February 16, 2022
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Philip Roth Named General Chair for SC24

Philip Roth, a group leader in the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the general chair of SC24, the 2024 edition of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. As general chair,…
Coury Turczyn
January 31, 2022
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Pioneering Frontier: Standing Up Exascale

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system was delivered in 2021, with full user operations expected in 2022. Deploying the nation’s first exascale supercomputer is no easy feat. It’s…
Rachel McDowell
January 25, 2022
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OLCF’s Bing Xie Receives Early Career Award

Bing Xie, a high-performance computing systems engineer for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society’s Early Career Researchers Award for excellence in high-performance computing, or HPC. The award recognizes outstanding, influential and potentially long-lasting HPC contributions. Xie received her PhD…
Matt Lakin
November 17, 2021
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Pioneering Frontier: Meeting Industry at Scale

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system is scheduled for delivery in 2021, with full user operations in 2022. When the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) next supercomputer,…
Rachel McDowell
September 30, 2021
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Pioneering Frontier: Packaging a User-Friendly Supercomputer Environment

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees behind the construction and operation of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system is scheduled for delivery in 2021, with full user operations in 2022. In his spartan…
Coury Turczyn
September 29, 2021
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OLCF Organizes First Hackathon on Slate Service

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) hosted its first ever Slate hackathon for users of the OLCF’s Slate platform, a resource that provides container orchestration services and gives users a chance to run specialized tools and workflows that support computational campaigns. The hackathon was developed and hosted by the…
Rachel McDowell
September 29, 2021
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OLCF’s Advanced Technologies Section Hosts Seminar Series

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) is hosting a series of seminars on topics relevant to its section groups and beyond. On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, speakers from various research disciplines across the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
Rachel McDowell
August 31, 2021
Tom PapatheodorePeople

Pioneering Frontier: Test-Driving with “User Zero”

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system is scheduled for delivery in 2021, with full user operations in 2022. When Tom Papatheodore logs on, the discoveries begin. Papatheodore, a…
Matt Lakin
August 31, 2021
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Hands-On Supercomputing

On June 21–22, interns and other participants at Oak Ridge National Laboratory had the chance to run challenge problems on the nation’s fastest supercomputer at a summer hands-on training session hosted by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy Office of Science user facility. This…
Matt Lakin
July 22, 2021
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Pioneering Frontier: Fine-Tuning “Serial No. 1”

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system is scheduled for delivery in 2021, with full user operations in 2022. The world’s fastest supercomputer comes with some assembly required. Frontier,…
Matt Lakin
July 21, 2021
Reuben BudiardjaPeople

Pioneering Frontier: Forging a New Compiler

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system is scheduled for delivery in 2021, with full user operations in 2022. Reuben Budiardja’s thoughts are often among the stars. As a…
Coury Turczyn
June 11, 2021
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Pioneering Frontier: Planning Against Pitfalls

The “Pioneering Frontier” series features stories profiling the many talented ORNL employees behind the construction and operation of the OLCF’s incoming exascale supercomputer, Frontier. The HPE Cray system is scheduled for delivery in 2021, with full user operations in 2022. Jason Hill sometimes jokes he knocks on wood for a…
Matt Lakin
May 19, 2021
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Developing a Data Ecosystem

When J. “Robert” Michael started his new job at the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) last September, he took on a unique task: making sure that data is a “first-class citizen” in the scientific research being conducted…
Coury Turczyn
May 6, 2021