Nov. 14 Deadlinefor 2 DOE ASCR Scientific Computing Review Panels

Oct. 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program has announced that Thursday, Nov. 14 is the deadline for two scientic computing review panels. Notice of Funding Opportunity DE-FOA-0003432 contains submission requirements for: Randomized Algorithms for Combinatorial Scientific Computing This topic area is highlighted in Section 3.3 of the ASCR […]

Sandia: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Record Breakers Nominated for Gordon Bell Prize

Sandia National Laboratories announced today a new speed record in molecular dynamics simulation. A collaborative research team ran simulations using the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) processor and “raced past the maximum speed achievable on the world’s ….

HPC News Bytes 20240923 Podcast: Intel-Qualcomm, Responses to AI Energy Crisis, HPC-AI Beyond GPUs

A belated happy autumnal equinox to you! The white-water HPC-AI world produced major news over the past week, including: previously unthinkable Intel M&A reports, chips and software ….

January 14 Deadline: NSF $15M Funding Opportunity to Safeguard Open Source Ecosystems

Sept. 23, 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation launched a $15 million funding opportunity to address vulnerabilities of open-source ecosystems. Preliminary proposals for the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) are due Tuesday,Jan. 14, 2025, by 5 p.m. (submitting organization’s local time). To learn more, read the Safe-OSE funding opportunity and register […]

Sept. 29 Registration Deadline for ALCF Virtual Intro to AI-driven Science on Supercomputers

Sept. 13, 2024: The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host a seven-week virtual training series for  undergraduates and graduates on the fundamentals of applying world-class supercomputers to advance the use of AI for research. Please share this opportunity with university students that you think will be interested.  The series will be held on Tuesdays from […]

EPB Quantum Network to Host Oak Ridge Lab’s Run on a Quantum Network

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2024 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory will run equipment developed at its research facilities on a commercially available quantum network at EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubitekk. Starting this month, ORNL is testing its Automatic Polarization Compensation (APC), a technology needed to convey quantum data across a network while maintaining all its […]

HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240909: AI vs. Copyright, TSMC’s CoWoS Capacity, Intel’s 18A Fab, an RFP for the Future of HPC

Good late summer morning to you! From the world of HPC-AI we offer a quick (6:10) recap of recent news developments, including: DOE’s $23M future of HPC RFP ….

DOE Announces $68M for AI for Scientific Research

September 5, 2024, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy announced $68 million in funding for 11 AI for science multi-institution projects, comprising 43 awards lasting up to three years, with $20 million in Fiscal Year 2024 dollars and outyear funding contingent on congressional appropriations. The list of projects and more information can be […]

‘New Frontiers’: $23M DOE RFP to Define the Future of HPC

The Office of Science  in the U.S. Dept. of Energy announced a $23 million research and development opportunity led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance technologies and drive new capabilities for future supercomputers.

Livermore Lab’s Dr. Kathryn Mohror Wins ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader In Technical Computing Award

Sept. 3, 2024 — Dr. Kathryn Mohror, a distinguished member of technical staff and deputy director of the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been named the winner of  the ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader In Technical Computing award. The Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing award honors mid-career […]