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Faces of Summit: Getting Acclimated

Ashleigh Barnes simulates metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) using the LSDalton chemistry code. Pictured left, a visualization of a magnesium-based MOF made up of magnesium ions (green) and organic linkers consisting of carbon (tan), oxygen (orange), and hydrogen (white) atoms. A carbon dioxide molecule (floating tan and orange molecule) has been adsorbed…
Rachel McDowell
September 17, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Creating a Green Summit

Jim Rogers, computing and facilities director at the OLCF, has spent the last 30 years in the computing field. Over the course of his career, Rogers has taken part in a computing revolution, with systems increasing 1-million fold over the last three decades. The Faces of Summit series shares stories…
Rachel McDowell
August 29, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Succeeding by Leading

OLCF program director and project director for Summit, Buddy Bland has spent countless hours communicating and problem-solving with the system’s various stakeholders, including ORNL, DOE, and technology vendors IBM and NVIDIA, among others. On any given day at ORNL, Bland can be found participating in a project review, fielding updates…
Jonathan Hines
June 8, 2018
Matt Ezell works with the HPC systems team and other OLCF groups to identify bugs and technical issues with Summit’s software before the machine comes online.People

Faces of Summit: Leading a Systems Expedition

Matt Ezell works with the HPC systems team and other OLCF groups to identify bugs and technical issues with Summit’s software before the machine comes online. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit.…
Rachel McDowell
May 29, 2018
OLCF’s Chris Fuson is working with Summit vendors and OLCF team members to ready Summit’s batch scheduler and job launcher.People

Faces of Summit: Preparing to Launch

The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched in June 2018. At the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), supercomputing staff and users are already talking about what kinds…
Katie Elyce Jones
May 1, 2018
Sarp Oral enjoys challenges of designing a large-scale file systemPeople

Faces of Summit: Tackling Storage

Sarp Oral, the storage team lead for the TechInt group at the OLCF, works with other storage team members to deliver a file system that meets the requirements for reliability, capacity, and performance. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science,…
Rachel McDowell
May 1, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Programming with Purpose

OLCF postdoctoral research associate Andreas Tillack joined the OLCF’s Center for Accelerated Application Readiness efforts in November 2016, bringing with him extensive experience in programming, physics, and chemistry. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing…
Jonathan Hines
April 16, 2018
Novel deep learning approach helps to create more accurate representations of pathology reportsPeople

Faces of Summit: Serving up Software

Mark Berrill applies his knowledge in engineering and computing to manage software projects related to Summit, the OLCF's next leadership-class supercomputer. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched…
Rachel McDowell
March 26, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Building a Better Summit

The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched in June 2018. When the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) newest supercomputer, Summit, comes on line in 2018 at the…
Katie Elyce Jones
February 27, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Putting the System to the Test

Verónica Vergara Larrea coordinates and organizes the test development and benchmarking for the OLCF’s next big supercomputer, Summit, as part of the system’s acceptance process. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The…
Rachel McDowell
January 17, 2018
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Faces of Summit: Bursting with Ingenuity

OLCF high-performance computing systems engineer Scott Atchley leads efforts to deploy Summit’s burst buffer, a reliable, high-speed storage layer that sits between the machine’s computing and file systems. Atchley’s track record for using technology to bolster productivity dates back to the early days of his career as a sales and…
Jonathan Hines
December 19, 2017
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Faces of Summit: Modeling Safety

Paul Abston, the safety and installation manager of the Summit supercomputer, brings more than 20 years of experience as a safety professional to the job. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The…
Jonathan Hines
November 28, 2017
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Faces of Summit: Making Spaces

Bart Hammontree began working as a subcontractor at ORNL in 1992. Now serving in a full-time position as a member of the UT-Battelle Development Corporation, Hammontree has overseen construction and retrofit projects both small and large in scope. The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s…
Josh Cunningham
October 19, 2017