In our Vanguards of HPC-AI series, we now feature Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Section Head, HPC Operations in the National Center for Computational Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She became involved in scientific computing in 2008 as an undergraduate at Reed College in Portland, and her involvement in HPC began in 2009 at […]
Vanguards of HPC-AI: Oak Ridge Lab’s Verónica G. Melesse Vergara — Unleashing ‘Breakthrough Science’
Vanguards of HPC-AI: ORNL’s Dr. Feiyi Wang – Unlocking HPC-AI Breakthroughs that Neither Could Do Alone
“The potential of combining HPC and AI to push scientific boundaries drives me to explore new ways of leveraging these technologies together to unlock breakthroughs that neither could achieve alone. It is no exaggeration to say that the fusion of HPC and AI fuels my career path, allowing me to work at the forefront of scientific innovation.”
Oak Ridge and IonQ Report ‘Noise Tolerant’ Quantum Computing Advance
COLLEGE PARK, Md.– Quantum computing and networking company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced what it said is a technological breakthrough that demonstrates a new approach to scalable quantum computing, resulting from a collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
HPC Helps Researchers Boost Tree Growth and Photosynthesis
A team of scientists at two Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers have identified a gene in a poplar tree that enhances photosynthesis and can boost tree height by about 30 percent in the field and by as much as 200 percent in the greenhouse.
‘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.
HPC News Bytes 20240722: DOE’s Post-Exascale RFP, Chess Puzzle, CoreWeave’s New Energy Source, Ceramic-on-Glass Storage
Good mid-summer morning to you! It may be vacation season but the world HPC-AI never takes a break. Here’s a quick (5:42) run through the news: ORNL’s RFP for post-exascale supercomputer ….
RFP Opens for ORNL’s Next-Gen HPC, 3-5x Speed-Up over Frontier Expected, Aug. 30 Deadline
The Department of Energy has released a request for proposals inviting vendors to submit plans for a successor to Oak Ridge National Lab’s exascale supercomputer, Frontier. Vendors have until Aug. 30, 2024 ….
ORNL’s Anuj Kapadia Named 2024 Fellow by American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Oak Ridge, TN — Anuj J. Kapadia, who leads the Advanced Computing in Health Sciences Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named a 2024 Fellow by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, or AAPM. AAPM is one of the world’s leading medical physics organizations with a mission to advance medicine through excellence in […]
Oak Ridge Lab: Researchers Use AI for Autonomous Discovery and Optimization of Materials
Researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision. This autonomous materials synthesis tool uses pulsed laser deposition, or PLD, to deposit […]
ORNL and SLAC Team Up for Breakthrough Biology Projects
Under DOE’s Integrated Research Infrastructure initiative, Frontier will provide high-speed analysis for LCLS-II’s structural biology data output Plans to unite the capabilities of two cutting-edge technological facilities funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science promise to usher in a new era of dynamic structural biology. Through DOE’s Integrated Research Infrastructure, or IRI, initiative, the […]