Researchers led by Gerald Meehl of the National Center for Atmospheric Research used ORNL's Jaguar supercomputer to explore just how much sea level is likely to rise and under what circumstances.
OLCF Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2013
INCITE talks time and Titan in Japan’s Science City Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Julia White recently got the opportunity to visit Japan to share the lab’s experience in hybrid computing and in allocating supercomputing time. Julia White, INCITE program manager White is the program manager for the Innovative and Novel…
OLCF Staff WriterDecember 17, 2012
For 2013 the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program awarded 1.84 billion core hours on Titan, a hybrid-architecture high-performance computing (HPC) system that sports central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs), which are radically different, in the same machine. So what exactly does…
Dawn LevyDecember 16, 2012
The DOE’s Leadership Computing Facilities have awarded a combined 4.7 billion supercomputing core hours to 61 science and engineering projects with high potential for accelerating discovery and innovation through its INCITE program.
Dawn LevyOctober 29, 2012
The OLCF's Bronson Messer spoke to recipients of the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) at their annual conference July 26–28 in Arlington, Virginia.
OLCF Staff WriterAugust 13, 2012
Nuclear physics experts from around the country gathered July 23–24 in Washington, D.C., to discuss the future of computational nuclear physics.
OLCF Staff WriterAugust 13, 2012
The OLCF lent its expertise to the 2012 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC), which took place June 17–21 in Hamburg, Germany.
OLCF Staff WriterJuly 16, 2012
Julia White, manager for the INCITE program, shared her knowledge with the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe PRACE organization in Bologna, Italy, which met June 5–6.
OLCF Staff WriterJuly 16, 2012
The 2013 INCITE Call for Proposals is now open.
OLCF Staff WriterMay 24, 2012
To submit an application, please visit https://hpc.science.doe.gov for details about the proposal requirements. The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science provides a portfolio of high-performance computing facilities housing some of the world's most advanced supercomputers. These leadership computing facilities enable world-class research for significant advances in science. Open to…
OLCF Staff WriterApril 9, 2012
A multi-institutional team used a global dataset of paleoclimate records and the Jaguar supercomputer at ORNL to find the perform an unprecedented climate simulation. The results, published in the April 5 issue of Nature, analyze 15,000 years of climate history.
Dawn LevyApril 4, 2012
A supercomputer at ORNL is helping scientists simulate a process leaves do naturallycapturing sunlight and turning it into energy.
OLCF Staff WriterMarch 30, 2012
Jack Wells speaks at GE Technology Summit about government–industry collaborations Jack Wells, director of science for the National Center for Computational Sciences, participated in the General Electric (GE) Technology Summit to explore partnering opportunities between the company and America’s national laboratories. Hosted by GE Global Research with Battelle Memorial Institute…
Dawn LevyDecember 2, 2011
Computation and experiment reveal how protein switching provides right tool for the job
Dawn LevyNovember 9, 2011
Office of Science awards almost 1.7 billion supercomputing hours via the INCITE program. Researchers in the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science are dedicated to passing on those gifts, especially through the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.
OLCF Staff WriterNovember 9, 2011
Scientists use Oak Ridge and Argonne supercomputers to gain insight into nuclear behavior The Vary team made predictions about the behavior of fluoride–14 and published its results in Physical Review C. The predictions (ab initio bars) nearly matched an experiment done 6 months later at Texas A&M’s Cyclotron Institute (experiment…
OLCF Staff WriterOctober 31, 2011
Simulation provides a close-up look at the molecule that complicates next-generation biofuels Leadership-class molecular dynamics simulation of the plant components lignin and cellulose. This 3.3 million-atom simulation was performed on 30,000 cores of the Jaguar XT5 supercomputer and investigated lignin precipitation on cellulose fibrils, a process that poses a significant…
Leo WilliamsSeptember 12, 2011
Supercomputers help optimize engines, turbines, and other technologies for clean energy High-fidelity large eddy simulation (LES) of direct-injection processes in internal-combustion engines provides an essential component for development of high-efficiency, low-emissions vehicles. Here LES reveals how fuel from a state-of-the-art injector mixes with air inside an engine cylinder. Image credit:…
Dawn LevySeptember 12, 2011
For years, academia has looked to simulation to solve some of science’s most complex problems. Recently, industry has taken notice—America’s most powerful machines are now helping its most powerful companies. Take Jaguar and Boeing, for example.
Scott JonesAugust 19, 2011
A special report highlights the accomplishments of researchers running large, complex, and often unprecedented simulations on Department of Energy Office of Science supercomputers.
Dawn LevyAugust 3, 2011
