August 2009
An explosive past
In the past few decades, computation has become so critical that combustion experimentation through simulation has become the only game in town.
June 2009
Annotated and automated
Computer scientists must tweak codes to optimize performance on today’s supercomputers. Orio uses annotations to automate the process.
June 2009
Subterranean blues
Models track contamination from reservation to river.
June 2009
Clearing up clouds
A team hopes to disperse the haze surrounding clouds’ behavior and influence on the atmosphere. The tool: a simulation operating at an exceptionally fine scale.
June 2009
Science in motion
Scientific visualization harnesses the power of computing and human vision as full partners in scientific reasoning.
June 2009
Concrete calculations
Computer models illuminate what influences flow in concrete and how that affects stress and environmental impact.
May 2009
Keeping the beat
Computer models get to the heart of arrhythmia causes.
April 2009
Consistently inconsistent
Sandia’s Debusschere earns honors for sorting out uncertainty.
April 2009
Keeping on course
The next big physics facility will collide bunches of electrons and oppositely charged positrons. Computation is helping to skirt design pitfalls.
March 2009
Lightweight heavyweight
Barney Maccabe’s helping bring petascale computing into the mainstream of scientific computing – and practicing his substantial hockey skills.