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OLCF Program Director Buddy Bland (left) with Center for Computational Sciences Director Jim Hack.People

Buddy Bland Presented with Secretary’s Appreciation Award

  OLCF Program Director Buddy Bland (left) with Center for Computational Sciences Director Jim Hack. Arthur “Buddy” Bland, program director of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the Secretary’s Appreciation Award for his nearly four decades of achievements…
Rachel McDowell
June 26, 2018
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OLCF Readies Users for Summit

Now that the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) has launched its IBM AC922 Summit supercomputer, staff members in the OLCF’s User Assistance and Outreach (UAO) Group are planning robust training events intended to enhance user experiences on the new system. Unlike the OLCF’s current Cray XK7 Titan supercomputer, which…
Rachel McDowell
June 26, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Succeeding by Leading

OLCF program director and project director for Summit, Buddy Bland has spent countless hours communicating and problem-solving with the system’s various stakeholders, including ORNL, DOE, and technology vendors IBM and NVIDIA, among others. On any given day at ORNL, Bland can be found participating in a project review, fielding updates…
Jonathan Hines
June 8, 2018
Matt Ezell works with the HPC systems team and other OLCF groups to identify bugs and technical issues with Summit’s software before the machine comes online.People

Faces of Summit: Leading a Systems Expedition

Matt Ezell works with the HPC systems team and other OLCF groups to identify bugs and technical issues with Summit’s software before the machine comes online. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit.…
Rachel McDowell
May 29, 2018
The 2018 OLCF User Meeting was attended by 117 users and staff members. The annual event allows users to share their experiences with the OLCF’s resources and gives them an opportunity to learn about new tools and services.People

OLCF Hosts 14th Annual User Meeting amid Summit Buzz

The OLCF introduced plans for its future exascale system, Frontier, at the 2018 OLCF User Meeting. Last week the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), held its annual user meeting—an event…
Rachel McDowell
May 29, 2018
OLCF’s Chris Fuson is working with Summit vendors and OLCF team members to ready Summit’s batch scheduler and job launcher.People

Faces of Summit: Preparing to Launch

The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched in June 2018. At the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), supercomputing staff and users are already talking about what kinds…
Katie Elyce Jones
May 1, 2018
Sarp Oral enjoys challenges of designing a large-scale file systemPeople

Faces of Summit: Tackling Storage

Sarp Oral, the storage team lead for the TechInt group at the OLCF, works with other storage team members to deliver a file system that meets the requirements for reliability, capacity, and performance. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science,…
Rachel McDowell
May 1, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Programming with Purpose

OLCF postdoctoral research associate Andreas Tillack joined the OLCF’s Center for Accelerated Application Readiness efforts in November 2016, bringing with him extensive experience in programming, physics, and chemistry. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing…
Jonathan Hines
April 16, 2018
Novel deep learning approach helps to create more accurate representations of pathology reportsPeople

Faces of Summit: Serving up Software

Mark Berrill applies his knowledge in engineering and computing to manage software projects related to Summit, the OLCF's next leadership-class supercomputer. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched…
Rachel McDowell
March 26, 2018
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Summit Installation Sparks a Safety Innovation

Employees at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) who have been around long enough to witness multiple supercomputer installations can tell you that each installation brings with it challenges as unique as the systems themselves. Tasked with providing basic life support like cooling and power for these leadership-class systems,…
Josh Cunningham
March 26, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Building a Better Summit

The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched in June 2018. When the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) newest supercomputer, Summit, comes on line in 2018 at the…
Katie Elyce Jones
February 27, 2018
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McNally Appointed Education Chair for iMasons

McNally oversees iMasons education programs that allow students to get a behind the scenes look at the field of digital infrastructure management. Stephen McNally, operations manager of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge…
Josh Cunningham
February 27, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Putting the System to the Test

Verónica Vergara Larrea coordinates and organizes the test development and benchmarking for the OLCF’s next big supercomputer, Summit, as part of the system’s acceptance process. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The…
Rachel McDowell
January 17, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Bursting with Ingenuity

OLCF high-performance computing systems engineer Scott Atchley leads efforts to deploy Summit’s burst buffer, a reliable, high-speed storage layer that sits between the machine’s computing and file systems. Atchley’s track record for using technology to bolster productivity dates back to the early days of his career as a sales and…
Jonathan Hines
December 19, 2017
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Faces of Summit: Modeling Safety

Paul Abston, the safety and installation manager of the Summit supercomputer, brings more than 20 years of experience as a safety professional to the job. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The…
Jonathan Hines
November 28, 2017
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Teams Gear up for Summit at Fourth Annual GPU Hackathon

At the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) fourth annual GPU Hackathon, event programmers again successfully adapted their applications for GPU architectures. The 5-day event at the Hilton in Knoxville, Tennessee, took place the week of October 9 during the installation of the OLCF’s next flagship supercomputer, Summit. The event drew…
Rachel McDowell
November 28, 2017