HPC Course Showcased at USRSE25 to Train Future Supercomputing Experts

HPC Course Showcased at USRSE25 to Train Future Supercomputing Experts

A paper introducing a hands-on course that puts students at the helm of high-performance computing clusters was presented at the annual User and System Administrator Research Software Event (USRSE) earlier this fall, highlighting a growing need for practical skills to meet rising supercomputing demands. Fernando Posada, who leads the National…

Angela GosnellDecember 9, 2025

Science

ORNL staff join industry, government mentors in student cluster competition

From January to March of this year, five Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) staff members from the National Center for Computational Sciences served as mentors in the 2022 Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition. The virtual competition brought in twelve student teams from across the country to work on applications…

Betsy SonewaldOctober 4, 2022

Technology

OLCF Reaches New Heights with Andes Cluster

Staff members at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) have replaced the center’s Rhea data analysis cluster with a brand-new AMD-based system dubbed Andes. For 6 faithful years, Rhea afforded OLCF users the opportunity to perform data analysis and visualizations of simulations performed on the OLCF’s former Cray XK7…

Rachel McDowellDecember 11, 2020

Science

OLCF Postdoc Collaborates with Researchers to Simulate Magnesium Carbonate

Bottom: (MgO)8 cluster reacting with eight molecular equivalents of CO2 to form an (MgCO3)8 cluster. Top mid: Graphical description for the TG-HGA method. A: calculated pair distribution function vs. radius plot for (MgO)8. B: calculated infrared spectrum for (MgO)8. C: pair distribution function vs. radius plot for (MgCO3)8. D: calculated…

Eric GedenkJuly 28, 2015

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