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Pioneering Frontier: Managing Milestones

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. Matt Sieger has the sort of job that would intimidate…
Coury Turczyn
May 6, 2021
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Pioneering Frontier: Staying on Track

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. Denise Hoomes leads the project controls specialists working on the…
Rachel McDowell
April 22, 2021
Rick GriffinPeople

Pioneering Frontier: Keeping the Power On

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. Electrical Engineering Specialist Rick Griffin had just powered up his…
Coury Turczyn
March 31, 2021
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ORNL’s Supercomputer Utility Squad

With more than 1,000 researchers around the world using the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) IBM AC922 Summit this year to pursue some of the biggest mysteries in science, the nation’s most powerful supercomputer gets little downtime. At any given hour, it’s typically running complex codes to investigate everything…
Coury Turczyn
March 31, 2021
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Arthur “Buddy” Bland, World-Leading Supercomputing Project Director, Retires after 40 Years Dedicated to HPC

“No risk, no reward.” It’s a familiar sentiment in business and entrepreneurial ventures. Risk drives innovation and propels organizations to new heights. It’s certainly familiar to Arthur “Buddy” Bland, former project director at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) who retired this month after 40 years of faithful service…
Rachel McDowell
February 26, 2021
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Bronson Messer Named 2020 ORPA Postdoc Mentor of the Year

By: Laurie Varma and Phil Lotshaw Each year, members of the Oak Ridge Postdoctoral Association Executive Committee and the Office of Research Excellence select a mentor of the year. Bronson Messer, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) director of science, was chosen as the 2020 mentor of the year. Postdocs…
OLCF Staff Writer
February 26, 2021
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Pioneering Frontier: Planning Ahead

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. Whenever David Grant wakes up in the middle of the…
Coury Turczyn
February 18, 2021
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Former National Center for Computational Sciences Director James Hack Retires from 40-Year Computing Career

Delivering scientific breakthroughs on the world’s most powerful supercomputers requires leaders with the experience and knowledge of how to run the high-performance computing (HPC) centers that house them. That’s precisely why James Hack was hired in 2007—to direct the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the US Department of…
Rachel McDowell
January 12, 2021
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Gina Tourassi One of Six ORNL scientists elected fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Media contact: Karen K Dunlap, [email protected] Six scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected as fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. The society is the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific body and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through the…
Katie Bethea
November 24, 2020
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OLCF Researchers, Staff, Recognized on UT-Battelle Awards Night

Several Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) researchers, users, and staff members are being honored for their contributions to science and the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) at this year’s UT-Battelle Awards Night. The OLCF is an Office of Science User Facility at ORNL. The…
Andrea Schneibel
November 19, 2020
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Powering Frontier

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is poised to deliver Frontier, its first exascale supercomputer, next year. Exascale systems are capable of operating at 1 quintillion calculations per second, requiring a significant amount of power and generating substantial amounts of heat. Before the engineers working…
Rachel McDowell
September 23, 2020
Dan Jacobson, ORNLPeopleScience

Laying the Groundwork for a New ‘Green Revolution’

In 2015, all member states of the United Nations pledged to pursue the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set forth by the UN General Assembly in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The goals serve as a framework to tackle many of the world’s challenges, ranging from practical issues like infrastructure…
Coury Turczyn
August 10, 2020
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Cracking the Linux Code with the OLCF’s Ketan Maheshwari

The OLCF’s Ketan Maheshwari developed a tutorial on Linux productivity tools that provides Linux users with practical application techniques for the operating system. Image Credit: Jason Richards, ORNL The Linux operating system is used to run processes both on the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) Summit—the world’s most powerful…
Rachel McDowell
June 24, 2020
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OLCF Names New Director of Science

Bronson Messer—a computational astrophysicist, Distinguished Scientist in the Scientific Computing and Theoretical Physics groups at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and a former Jeopardy! champion—has been named the new director of science for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF). As director of science,…
Coury Turczyn
June 4, 2020