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DOE and NOAA Extend Strategic Partnership

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have formally agreed to renew their strategic partnership to run and manage the National Climate-Computing Research Center (NCRC). For the past decade, the NCRC has provided a supercomputer platform for NOAA scientists to define the leading…
Coury Turczyn
January 12, 2021
Science

Modeling Every Building in America Starts with Chattanooga

Buildings use 40 percent of America’s primary energy and 75 percent of its electricity, which can jump to 80 percent when a majority of the population is at home using heating or cooling systems and the seasons reach their extremes. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE)’s Building Technologies Office (BTO),…
Rachel McDowell
November 13, 2019
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ORNL Staff Plug into Tech Day

Last month, the US Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Tech Day 2019 put federal agencies’ emerging technologies on display for the public, highlighting developments in 3D printing, cybersecurity, virtual reality, and more. Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) were among the participants in the…
Rachel McDowell
June 12, 2019
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Ready for Science: Summit Completes System Acceptance

A year-long acceptance process for the 200-petaflop, IBM AC922 Summit supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is complete. Acceptance testing ensures that the supercomputer and its file system meet the functionality, performance, and stability requirements agreed upon by the facility and the vendor. To…
Katie Elyce Jones
December 20, 2018
Science

OLCF to Celebrate 25 Years of HPC Leadership

Since its early days, the OLCF has consistently delivered supercomputers of unprecedented capability to the scientific community on behalf of DOE. Twenty-five years ago, established computing architectures in the United States were approaching their limits, while the country’s need for computing power to solve challenging problems in science, energy, and…
Jonathan Hines
October 31, 2017
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OLCF Provides Research Opportunities, HPC Experience for Postdocs

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is charged with a broad task: to develop and apply computational science capabilities that address some of the world’s most pressing concerns. To accomplish this task, the OLCF needs staff members…
Josh Cunningham
September 19, 2017
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Future HPC Strategies Set in the Smokies

Representatives from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, and HPC experts from around the world gathered in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, from September 2 to 6 to design and discuss scientific requirements and future approaches in preparation for the coming of the exascale era.
OLCF Staff Writer
November 13, 2014
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Industrial HPC Partnerships Program Reaches New Audiences

The ORNL Industrial HPC Partnerships Program has fostered collaboration and innovation between government and the private sector for the past 2 years. Recently project director Suzy Tichenor reached out to new audiences as she traveled to Stuttgart, Germany, and Denver, Colorado, to showcase the program’s expansion and achievements.
OLCF Staff Writer
August 19, 2011