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Goodbye HPSS, Hello Kronos

Users of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility are experiencing big changes with how their data is stored — in a good way. As the OLCF’s High Performance Storage System is to be decommissioned in early 2025 after decades of service, users are becoming familiar with Kronos, which is already proving its ease of use and…
Angela Gosnell
October 22, 2024
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Visionary Report Unveils Ambitious Roadmap to Harness the Power of AI in Scientific Discovery

Innovations in artificial intelligence are rapidly shaping our world, from virtual assistants and chatbots to self-driving cars and automated manufacturing. Seizing on the potential of AI to transform science, the nation’s leading experts in science and technology have released a blueprint for the United States to accelerate progress by expanding its capabilities…
Scott Jones
June 13, 2023
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Data Transfer Tool Makes New Connections at ORNL

Data is the fuel that propels scientific research, and fortunately for scientists, there is no shortage of data in the modern world—a single scientific instrument can produce terabytes of data. However, just as important as collecting the data is being able to access it and analyze it. For researchers at…
Betsy Sonewald
December 2, 2022
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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
ORNL’s Sergei Kalinin and Rama Vasudevan (foreground) use scanning probe microscopy to study bulk ferroelectricity and surface electrochemistry -- and generate a lot of data. Credit: Jason Richards/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of EnergyScience

ORNL’s Superb Materials Expertise, Data and AI Tools Propel Progress

At the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists use artificial intelligence, or AI, to accelerate the discovery and development of materials for energy and information technologies. “AI gives scientists the ability to extract insights from an ever-expanding volume of data,” said David Womble, ORNL’s AI program director. “New AI…
Dawn Levy
May 5, 2021
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VISTA: ORNL’s Visual Informatics for Science and Technology Advances Lab

The Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate is home to VISTA: ORNL's Visual Informatics for Science and Technology Advances (VISTA) Lab. The mission of VISTA is to improve domain experts’ ability to explore large and complex data through the development and application of interactive data visualization and analysis systems. By acting as a bridge connecting…
Katie Bethea
December 8, 2020
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Data Matters: Scientific Data Management Tool Improves Labeling, Information Sharing for OLCF Researchers

This story is the fourth in a series called “Data Matters,” a collection of features dedicated to exploring the relevance of data for scientific advancement and exploration at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, across Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and beyond. The increasingly collaborative nature of scientific research has established…
Andrea Schneibel
November 19, 2020
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NASA Team Releases Mars Landing Simulation Data to Encourage New Research into Spacecraft Descent Technologies

Scientists at NASA aim to one day land giant payloads on Mars, but safely descending passengers, flight crew, and other equipment in an atmosphere much thinner than Earth’s poses a significant challenge. Scientists studying potential Mars landing technologies need large-scale computational resources to model such scenarios, and to accurately model…
Rachel McDowell
September 23, 2020
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Network Enhancement Strengthens Ties Between OLCF, ESnet

ESnet provides services to more than 40 DOE research sites, including the entire national laboratory system, its major scientific instruments, and its supercomputing facilities such as the OLCF. The network permits DOE-funded scientists to productively collaborate with partners around the world. If data is the lifeblood of a scientific computing…
Jonathan Hines
January 17, 2019
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Summit by the Numbers

Download the high-resolution file. The US Department of Energy’s Summit supercomputer located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory enables scientists to simulate complex physical systems and make predictions critical to advancing research and development. Summit’s “smart” architecture merges GPU acceleration and dense local memory to support expanding applications in data science…
Katie Elyce Jones
June 8, 2018
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OLCF Active in New User-Oriented OpenSFS

File and Storage System Team Lead Sarp Oral (second from left) poses with other OpenSFS officers (left to right) Shawn Hall of BP, Stephen Simms of Indiana University, Rick Wagner of Globus, and Stephen Monk of Sandia National Laboratories. As a longtime Lustre user, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility…
Jonathan Hines
January 4, 2017
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ORNL–Oracle Collaboration Offers Data Safeguard

ORNL recently partnered with Oracle to test some of the database technology company’s new firmware. Pictured here: Quinn Mitchell, high-performance computing storage system administrator at the OLCF, with the OLCF’s tape libraries. Image Credit: Rachel McDowell, ORNL The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently partnered with Oracle to test some…
Rachel McDowell
January 4, 2017
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Delving into the Dark Sky

When Mike Warren was a graduate student 20 years ago, computational astrophysicists were conducting simulations of the universe’s structure with a million particles representing large masses of matter like galaxy clusters. Simulations of galaxy formation were beginning to supplement the maps and catalogs researchers were creating with telescope and detector…
Katie Elyce Jones
August 16, 2016