January 2017
Upscale computing
National labs lead the push for operating systems that let applications run at exascale.
Author Archives: Bill Cannon
December 2016
Molecular arrangements
A University of Michigan team uses high-performance computing at Oak Ridge to predict how crystals form.
December 2016
Bake and shake
A Princeton-led team uses earthquakes and Oak Ridge’s Titan supercomputer to map the heat engine called Earth.
November 2016
HEPCloud formation
To handle troves of high-energy physics data, Fermilab researchers and others are turning to high-performance computing labs, academic grids and the commercial cloud.
November 2016
Machine-learning curve
An Oak Ridge-led pilot project is devising automated computational tools to collect key data from medical records and deliver the right cancer treatment at the right time.
October 2016
Digital rock physics
High-performance computing informs predictions on subsurface carbon dioxide, water resources systems and oil and gas production.
October 2016
Cancer’s search engine
The Department of Energy collaborates with the National Cancer Institute to apply supercomputing number-crunching power to cancer research.
October 2016
Argo: OS for exascale
For high-performance computing’s next wave, today’s humble operating system will have to assume new roles in synchronizing and coordinating tasks.
September 2016
Untangling plant polymers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory-University of Tennessee team hopes to ease the path from vegetation to biofuel.
September 2016
Have stencil, will lift
A University of Washington DOE early-career-awardee, with techniques called verified lifting and stencil programming, aims to boost speeds in climate models and other HPC simulations.