Oct. 1, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $400 million in funding for a range of research opportunities to support DOE’s clean energy, economic, and national security goals. The funding will advance the priorities of DOE’s Office of Science and its major programs, including advanced scientific computing research, basic […]
Krell Institute Launches ‘Science in Parallel’ Podcast Focusing on Computational Science Innovators
September 8, 2021 by
AMES, IOWA – The Krell Institute is launching Science in Parallel, a podcast highlighting people and projects at the interface of science and computing. The first season features scientists who use computers to design alternative energy strategies, zero in on the chemistry of molecular surfaces, build quantum control algorithms and more. Along the way, listeners also will […]
DOE Funds $13.7M for Research in Data Reduction for Science
September 2, 2021 by
Sept. 2, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.7 million in funding for nine research projects that will advance the state of the art in computer science and applied mathematics. The projects – led by five universities and five DOE National Laboratories across eight states – will address the challenges of moving, […]
Dr. Didem Unat Named SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing
September 2, 2021 by
Dr. Didem Unat is the 2021 ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing award winner. Dr. Unat is an assistant professor in the department of Computer Engineering at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. She is recognized for her innovative work in the field of programming models for data locality in high performance computing and […]
DOE Funds $6M to 5 Labs for Science Applications over 5G Networks
August 18, 2021 by
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today said it will provide $6 million in funding for five research and development projects to advance 5G wireless networking for science applications. A list of awards is below. The national laboratory-led projects will conduct research aimed at adapting the nation’s emerging fifth generation, or 5G, mobile network to the needs […]
Applications Open for 2022 Better Scientific Software Fellowship Program
August 17, 2021 by
Applications are now open for the BSSw Fellowship Program, which provides recognition and funding for leaders and advocates of high-quality scientific software who foster practices, processes, and tools to improve scientific software productivity and sustainability. Application deadline: Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. BSSw Fellows are selected annually based on an application process that includes the proposal […]
NERSC Honors 8 Early Career Scientists with Annual HPC Achievement Awards
July 21, 2021 by
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) recently announced the recipients of its annual High Performance Computing Achievement Awards, recognizing eight early-career scientists who have made significant contributions to scientific computation using NERSC resources. The NERSC awards pay tribute to the accomplishments of young researchers in scientific fields supported by the U.S. Department of […]
The Dell Technologies HPC Community Interviews: BioTeam’s Ari Berman Talks HPC-Driven Life Sciences Research
January 8, 2021 by
Both Dr. Ari Berman and the consulting company of which he is CEO, BioTeam, stand at the crossroads of scientific research and HPC. As the company says of itself: “BioTeam is primarily a group of scientists who were forced to learn IT, software development and high performance computing to get their research done.” Why “forced”? […]
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Irene Qualters’ Long View of HPC, from a Start-up Called Cray to Today’s ‘No-Analog’ Research at Los Alamos
October 7, 2020 by
Irene Qualters, a senior-level manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been at the forefront of the convergence of supercomputing and science for decades, extending back to joining Cray as one of that company’s first 100 employees. Few members of the HPC community can match her wealth of experience and wisdom regarding the future of scientific computing and its “no-analog” physics-informed AI exploration of problems confronting our planet, such as climate change.
SeRC Turns to oneAPI Multi-Chip Programming Model for Accelerated Research
June 24, 2020 by
At ISC 2020 Digital, the Swedish e-Science Research Center (SeRC), Stockholm, has announced plans to use Intel’s oneAPI unified programming language by researchers conducting massive simulations powered by CPUs and GPUs. The center said it chose the oneAPI programming model, designed to span CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and other architectures and silicon, to accelerate compute for research using GROMACS (GROningen MAchine for Chemical Simulations) molecular dynamics software, developed by SeRC and first released in 1991
