April 2021
Lights, CAMERA, insights
DOE points its CAMERA collaboration at growing challenges in energy, nanoscience and computing across its light-source facilities.
Category Archives: Applied Mathematics
July 2018
Structural analysis
Berkeley researcher calculates molecules’ electronic structures, hoping to hasten development of new materials, designer drugs and other applications.
March 2013
Watts and what ifs
Researchers are out to optimize our uncertain energy future.
October 2012
Proxy apps for that
Exascale computing architects use proxy apps to mimic big codes.
April 2010
Strength in numbers
Without applied mathematicians, skills for translating the world into numbers, scientific computing and simulation would be stuck in the past.
December 2008
Interfaces move; algorithms follow
For almost 30 years, LBNL mathematician James Sethian has been building code for better semiconductors, improved medical images and other practical applications.
February 2008
It’s a virtual blast
Ralf Deiterding’s quest for unexplored areas in scientific computing has led to simulations of detonation at the finest detail.
July 2007
Overture to success
An applied mathematician researches ways to combine computational tools that automatically adapt to efficiently attack specific parts of the simulation.
July 2007
Plotting plasmas
High-temperature plasmas important in fusion are difficult to measure experimentally. Researchers are turning to computer simulations to study fusion.
June 2007
Building tiny detectors
An applied mathematician looks at how molecules’ shapes affect the way minuscule structures come together.