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Meet the NCCS and OLCF Director: Arjun Shankar

World-leading supercomputers, like those built and deployed at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are astonishing feats of computational and infrastructural engineering. But behind the cables, wires and racks is the hard work of hundreds of individuals committed to a mission bigger than themselves. Arjun…
Betsy Sonewald
May 14, 2024
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OLCF Names New Director of Science

Bronson Messer—a computational astrophysicist, Distinguished Scientist in the Scientific Computing and Theoretical Physics groups at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and a former Jeopardy! champion—has been named the new director of science for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF). As director of science,…
Coury Turczyn
June 4, 2020
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Summit Installation Sparks a Safety Innovation

Employees at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) who have been around long enough to witness multiple supercomputer installations can tell you that each installation brings with it challenges as unique as the systems themselves. Tasked with providing basic life support like cooling and power for these leadership-class systems,…
Josh Cunningham
March 26, 2018
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McNally Appointed Education Chair for iMasons

McNally oversees iMasons education programs that allow students to get a behind the scenes look at the field of digital infrastructure management. Stephen McNally, operations manager of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge…
Josh Cunningham
February 27, 2018
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Conferences Promote Greater Diversity in HPC

This fall, OLCF staff members provided information, presentations, and recruitment opportunities to those attending the Grace Hopper Celebration 2017. Pictured here are (from left to right standing) Sophie Voisin, Adam Carlyle, Ashleigh Barnes, Jayson Hines, Kate Carter and (from left to right sitting) Drahomira Herrmannova, Sarah powers, Catherine Schuman, Laura…
Josh Cunningham
November 28, 2017