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OLCF and Tech Company Providentia Worldwide Build Intelligence System for Supercomputer Cooling Plant

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) and technology consulting company Providentia Worldwide LLC recently collaborated to develop an intelligence system that combines real-time updates from the IBM AC922 Summit supercomputer with local weather and operational data from its adjacent cooling plant, with the goal of optimizing Summit’s energy efficiency.…
Katie Elyce Jones
July 31, 2019
Science

ALCC Program Awards 14 Projects a Combined 729.5 Million Core Hours at the OLCF

Every year, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) provides scientists with time on world-class computational resources across the country through the ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC). The ALCC program grants 1-year awards to energy-related research efforts with an emphasis on high-risk, high-reward simulations…
Elizabeth Rosenthal
August 7, 2018
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Summer Internships Offer Students Hands-On Experience, Mentorship

OLCF interns are serving in programming, communications, and operations positions, and more. Since 1946, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have partnered to provide internships in subject areas ranging from climate research to nuclear nonproliferation policy. In these 71 years,…
Josh Cunningham
August 9, 2017
Science

ALCC Program Awards 1 Billion Hours on OLCF Resources

Past ALCC project recipients have contributed to scientific discovery in the studies of energy efficiency, physics, materials science, and computer science. Each year, projects at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)—a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)—are…
Josh Cunningham
August 9, 2017