As the Trump Administration with Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) seeks to cut federal government employee roles, “probationary employees” (those who have not held jobs long enough to garner full civil ….
Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation Condemns Mass Firings of Science Agency Employees
February 27, 2025 by
LLNL Examines Exoplanet Atmospheres with HPC
February 27, 2025 by
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory released this update on researchers’ use of high performance computing resources to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, which are planets beyond our own solar system. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb ….
Vanguards of HPC-AI: Spack Builder Todd Gamblin of LLNL on the Why’s and How’s of Change in HPC
February 20, 2025 by
In our continuing series on current and future leaders of HPC-AI, Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Todd Gamblin has a well-deserved reputation in the HPC software community as a passionate ….
Exascale: GE Aerospace Goes Airborne with Frontier and Aurora
February 14, 2025 by
Since 2022, GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) has competed successfully for more than 3 million supercomputing hours under a U.S. Department of Energy peer-reviewed proposal process, incuding time on two of the three American exascale supercomputers — Frontier ….
Rice Univ. Prof. Lydia Kavraki Elected to National Academy of Engineering for Research in Biomedical Robotics
February 13, 2025 by
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer, for her work on “developing randomized motion-planning algorithms for robotics and robotics-inspired methods in biomedicine.” Kavraki is Rice’s Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, and a professor of computer science, […]
Quantinuum Quantum Computer Now Operational at RIKEN
February 12, 2025 by
TOKYO, Feb. 11, 2025 — Quantinuum and Japan’s RIKEN research institution announced the on-premise installation of Quantinuum’s “Reimei” quantum computer at RIKEN’s Wako campus in Saitama, Japan. RIKEN said it has designed, prepared, and delivered a world-class facility for the trapped-ion quantum computer, “which will enable generations of high-performance quantum systems.” This machine is now fully […]
HPC News Bytes 20250210: Big AI CAPEX Binge, More Data Center SMRs, Euro-Origin Quantum, Softbank Eyes Ampere
February 10, 2025 by
Good post-Super Bowl morning to you! The past week was somewhat calm relative to the riotous preceding period in the world of HPC-AI, but still, important developments emerged. Here’s a fast (5:52) overview ….
ISC 2025: Dr. Yutong Lu of China’s National Supercomputing Center to Deliver Closing Keynote
February 10, 2025 by
HAMBURG, 10.02.2025 – We are excited to announce that Prof. Dr. Yutong Lu, the Director of the National Supercomputing Center in Guangzhou, China, will deliver the ISC 2025 Closing Keynote. She is recognized as a leading authority in next-generation architectures and the convergence of advanced artificial intelligence and high performance computing systems and applications. Prof. […]
DOE Office of Science: Applications for Graduate Student Research Awards Due May 7
February 7, 2025 by
Feb. 7, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 solicitation 1 cycle. Applications are due on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET. More information on the SCGSR program can be found […]
Vanguards of HPC-AI: Oak Ridge Lab’s Verónica G. Melesse Vergara — Unleashing ‘Breakthrough Science’
February 5, 2025 by
“One of the most fun aspects of HPC engineering is that you get to solve a broad range of problems getting an application to run well and run at scale – sometimes to even run at all. There is always something new to learn and the feeling of finding a solution ….”
