Women in Physics Attendees Tour Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Women in Physics Attendees Tour Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Hai Ah Nam, a computational scientist a the OLCF, and Channa Palmer, ORNL university recruiter, led the SCUWP group through tours of ORNL’s historic Graphite Reactor, Spallation Neutron Source, OLCF, and the Everest Powerwall, a 30-foot screen for scientific visualizations.

OLCF Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2012

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ORNL Maintains Major Presence at Annual Supercomputing Conference

ORNL was once again a major player at high-performance computing’s (HPC’s) premier conference, SC11, which took place in Seattle, WA from November 12-18.

Scott JonesDecember 2, 2011

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Titan Summit Shares OLCF and User Expectations

The Titan Summit workshop held August 15–17, 2011, covered the evolution to the next level of high-performance computational resources, enabling more groundbreaking research in climate, energy creation and storage, biology, chemistry, astrophysics, and materials.

OLCF Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2011

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Workshop Introduces Chemists to High-Performance Computing

The OLCF’s Rebecca Hartman-Baker and Adam Simpson added their expertise recently to a weeklong workshop designed to bring more chemistry faculty and students into the world of high-performance computing.

OLCF Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2011

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Webinar Introduces TITAN to User Community

Overview prepares Jaguar users for coming upgrades Users got a first glimpse of ORNL’s next-generation leadership-class supercomputer at a July 26 webinar. In a significant step toward exascale computing, the OLCF is upgrading Jaguar, a Cray XT5 machine that is currently the third-fastest computer in the world. When the upgrades…

OLCF Staff WriterAugust 19, 2011

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Webinar Introduces TITAN to User Community

OLCF users got a first glimpse of ORNL’s next-generation leadership-class supercomputer at a July 26 webinar.

OLCF Staff WriterAugust 19, 2011

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ORNL Staff Contribute to Award-Winning Educational Curriculum

ORNL staff members contributed knowledge and support to a new geology unit of the JASON Project which recently earned a “CODiE Award” as the nation’s best science or health curriculum.

OLCF Staff WriterJuly 19, 2011

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Crash Course at OLCF Trains Next Generation of Supercomputing Researchers

The OLCF recently held a “Crash Course in Supercomputing” for approximately 60 summer interns to provide an overview of concepts and techniques in high-performance computing.

OLCF Staff WriterJune 29, 2011

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DOE Recognizes OLCF Outstanding Mentors

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded OLCF staff members James Rogers and Bobby Whitten with Outstanding Mentor Awards.

OLCF Staff WriterJune 16, 2011

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Spring Training Workshop Arms Users with Supercomputing Skills

The four-day event, the 2011 OLCF Spring Training, had courses for novices and supercomputing veterans alike.

OLCF Staff WriterApril 5, 2011

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OLCF’s Messer Speaks at University of Tennessee Science Forum

OLCF computational astrophysicist Bronson Messer described the impending death of a giant—a red giant star, that is.

OLCF Staff WriterFebruary 12, 2011

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OLCF Co-hosts INCITE Proposal Webinar Series

The OLCF and ALCF co-hosted the first of three webinars January 24 aiming to guide researchers through the proposal process for earning time on the two facilities’ leadership-class supercomputers.

OLCF Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2011

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