Teams from St. Jude, Duke, Georgia Tech were among the many teams at the recent OLCF GPU Hackathon held last month.
Jeff GaryNovember 29, 2016
For nearly 40 years the United States and Japan have collaborated on making the dream of limitless clean energy a reality. In 1980 the two countries created the US-Japan Joint Institute for Fusion Theory (JIFT) to formalize this collaboration. Since that time researchers from both countries have organized workshops to…
Eric GedenkNovember 29, 2016
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and General Electric, an industry user of the OLCF’s 27-petaflop Titan supercomputer, have been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Use of HPC Application in the Energy Industry.
Katie Elyce JonesNovember 15, 2016
Each fall the YWCA in Knoxville, Tennessee, holds its annual Tribute to Women gala to recognize women in the community who have demonstrated the values of the organization: encouraging diversity, advocating for racial justice, and empowering women. This year Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) User Support Specialist Suzanne Parete-Koon was chosen as a…
Rachel McDowellOctober 18, 2016
A total of 45 students participated in the 2016 International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ISSAOS), titled “Advanced Programming Techniques for the Earth System Science.” Six continents were represented both in person and remotely, as all the summer school materials—lectures, workshop examples, and tutorial information—were also offered online…
Rachel McDowellOctober 18, 2016
Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted a boot camp in conjunction with the University of Tennessee’s Reliability and Maintainability Center within the College of Engineering.
Elizabeth RosenthalOctober 18, 2016
OLCF Staff members (left to right) Verónica Vergara Larrea, Adam Simpson, and Judy Hill presented at the poster session during the 2016 CSGF Annual Program Review. For the sixth year in a row, staff from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) networked with promising graduate fellows and introduced them…
Rachel McDowellSeptember 6, 2016
ISC has been bringing HPC experts together for 30 years, and OLCF staff always look for ways to take leadership roles at the conference. For more than 30 years, high-performance computing (HPC) experts from around the world have gathered to share supercomputing ideas, insights, and innovations at the International Supercomputing…
Eric GedenkSeptember 6, 2016
Staff from the CCSD coded with their daughters at the inaugural Introduce Your Daughter to Code event hosted by WiC. Among the participants were (front row, left to right) Jayden Ellis, Brett Ellis, and Abigail Ellis; (back row, left to right) Edmon Begoli and Anastasia M. Begoli. In July, Women…
Rachel McDowellAugust 16, 2016
ADAC members from ORNL, ETH Zurich and Tokyo Tech gathered in Lugano, Switzerland for a workshop earlier this year. The OLCF sent multiple staff members to the event to share expertise, participate in discussion, and identify promising pathways for future high-performance computing systems. The next official ADAC workshop will take…
Jonathan HinesAugust 16, 2016
OLCF 2016 summer interns include (front row, left to right) Michaela Vaitova, Luna Xu, Jeffrey Graves, Duane Vick, Arghya Chatterjee, Lechen Yu, Joseph Huber, andHyogi Sim; (second row, left to right) Alexander Walker, Sarah Neuwirth, Woong Shin, Sisi Xiong, Peter Xenopoulos, Wei Xie, Marshall “Drew” Cage, Oumar Diallo, Aaron Barlow,…
Rachel McDowellJuly 26, 2016
This past spring Jason Anderson, high-performance computing systems administrator for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), was elected president of the Large Tape Users Group (LTUG). This past spring Jason Anderson, high-performance computing systems administrator for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), was elected president of the Large Tape…
Rachel McDowellJuly 26, 2016
OLCF User Support Specialist Adam Simpson explains how Tiny Titan works during the 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire, which ran May 20–22 in San Francisco. OLCF staff modified Tiny Titan to take advantage of Leap Motion sensors that allowed students to control the simulation by using their hands. In 2006,…
Eric GedenkJuly 26, 2016
ORNL and the OLCF once again took leadership roles at the annual CUG, which took place this spring in London, England. The technical conference brought users and administrators of Cray supercomputers, such as the OLCF’s Titan, to exchange expertise and experiences through a variety of events. The US Department of…
Miki NolinJuly 26, 2016
By attending such meetings as that of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics, OLCF Director of Science Jack Wells can network with prospective OLCF users. Jack Wells, director of science for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy Office of Science…
Maleia WoodJuly 5, 2016
The University of Delaware hosted this year’s second OLCF-involved hackathon, where programmers from national laboratories, universities, and vendors gather to share application GPU portability expertise and learn how to program for a hybrid CPU–GPU machine like the OLCF’s Titan supercomputer.
Miki NolinJune 14, 2016
For the second straight year, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) Annual Report has been selected as an award winner by Graphic Design USA and the Volunteer Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
Jeff GaryJune 14, 2016
During the four-day GPU Technology Conference, OLCF user support specialist led efforts to train users for Titan and prepare applications for Summit, the OLCF’s next supercomputer, set to be delivering science in 2018.
Eric GedenkJune 14, 2016
An OLCF team consisting of user assistance specialists Adam Simpson, Robert French, and Matt Belhorn participated in four 35-minute sessions at the National Science Bowl in Washington, DC.
Maleia WoodJune 14, 2016
The Oak Ridge and Argonne Leadership Computing Facilities, the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, and the Interoperable Design of Extreme-scale Application Software project are presenting a series of webinars—“Best Practices for HPC Software Developers.”
Miki NolinMay 31, 2016
