The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will begin a new Aurora Learning Paths series on Wednesday, May 17 from 1:30-3:30 pm CT. Two more sessions will be held on June 14 and July 12. Registration is here. The three-part series will go into detail about how to apply key Intel architectural innovations and libraries via smart […]
ALCF Developer Session May 24: Preparing XGC and HACC to Run on the Aurora Exascale Supercomputer
May 1, 2023 — An Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) Developer Session will be held from 11-noon CT on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 on porting strategies for ALCF’s upcoming Aurora exascale-class supercomputer for two applications: the XGC gyrokinetic plasma physics code and the HACC cosmology code. Registration is here. Speakers will be Esteban Rangle, assistant […]
ALCF Digital Twins Webinar on April 19: How HPC is Personalizing the Future for Complex Systems
April 17, 2023 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host a live streamed webinar on digital twins and HPC on Wednesday, April 19 from 3 to 3:40 pm Eastern Time. The webinar will be presented by Karen E. Willcox, director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, associate VP for research, and […]
Intel Alters HPC-AI Roadmap: ‘Rialto Bridge’ GPU Discontinued
After business hours on Friday, Intel released information on a “streamlined and simplified” data center GPU roadmap with direct impact on HPC and AI. The new plan calls for the discontinuation of the “Rialto Bridge” GPU, which was to have succeeded the Ponte Vecchio chip that itself was delayed several years before shipments began last […]
ALCF Announces INCITE Hackathon, Applications Due March 8
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), together with NVIDIA and OpenACC, is co-organizing a hybrid hackathon to help research teams prepare for the upcoming 2024 INCITE call for proposals. Hackathon dates: April 18: Team/Mentor virtual meeting from 09:00 – 11:00 AM CT April 25: Virtual meeting 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM May 3-5: The event […]
Argonne: ATPESC 2023 Applications Due March 1
Jan. 4, 2023 — Applications are due Wednesday, March 1 for the annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC), which will take place July 30-August 11, 2023 in the Chicago area. Apply here. There are no fees to participate in ATPESC. Domestic airfare, meals and lodging are also provided. The program offers the opportunity […]
ALCF to Hold Developer Session on “Introduction to Migrating to the SYCL Portal,” Jan. 25
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a developer session on “Introduction to Migrating to the SYCL Portal” on Wednesday, January 25 from 11 am to noon, Central Time. Go here to register for the event. The session leaders will be: Chekuri S. Choudary, Intel’s technical lead and program manager for the Migrating to SYCL […]
Argonne Researchers Win Gordon Bell Special Prize for Using Language Models to Track Virus Variants
Nov. 29, 2022 — Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and a team of collaborators have won the Association for Computing Machinery’s 2022 Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based COVID-19 Research for their new method of quickly identifying how a virus evolves. Their work in training large language models (LLMs) […]