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Resources for Research
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Computers and advanced visualization systems are becoming increasingly
fundamental to the advancement of science and engineering, complementing and in some cases
substituting for conventional methods of theory and experiment.
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| Advanced Computing Facilities |
In the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne, we provide
access to world-class supercomputing resources (e.g., our Chiba City Linux cluster)
integrated with advanced visualization and support for wide area real-time collaborations.
These resources are intended to enable a new generation of computational science
applications that couple massive computation with immersive visualization. |
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| TeraGrid |
Argonne, together with seven other institutions, is developing the world's
largest distributed computing infrastructure devoted to scientific research. The DTF will
provide more than 40 teraflops (trillions of calculations per second) of computing
power. |
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| Divisional Computing Resources |
The division computing environment is based on a network of diverse
computing devices, including Linux machines, MACs, and Windows systems. . |
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| Futures
Laboratory |
The Argonne Futures Laboratory performs basic and applied research in advanced communications, collaboration, and visualization technologies
(e.g., teleimmersion) to enable the development of wide-area collaborative computational science.
Our focus is on the development and evaluation of high-end technologies and systems that extend and complement commercially available tools and resources.
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| Distributed
Systems Laboratory |
Networked "virtual supercomputers," composed dynamically from
diverse components, promise to become increasing important in scientific problem
solving. The DSL is dedicated to making distributed supercomputing systems broadly
accessible for computational science and engineering. The DSL equipment includes
parallel computers, high-performance workstations, large databases, and VR
devices. |
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| Laboratory
for Advanced Numerical Software |
Researchers in the Laboratory for Advanced Numerical Software (LANS)
conduct basic and applied research leading to new algorithms and software that fully
exploit high-performance computers. We envision that this new technology will lay the
groundwork for new scientific insights and approaches for solving challenging problems in
science and engineering. |
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| Optimization
Technology Center |
Designed to enable users to solve optimization problems easily and
automatically over the Internet, the OTC includes state-of-the-art optimization solvers
(with user guides), a Web browser, a submission tool (a high-speed socket-based interface
for Unix workstations), and an interface with automatic differentiation tools. The user
simply submits a problem specification; the NEOS Server provides the solution, as well as
derivatives and sparsity patterns for nonlinear problems. The OTC is a collaborative
effort of Argonne and Northwestern University seeking to make potential users in industry,
government, and academia aware
of how optimization techniques can aid their work. |
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| Frequently Asked Questions |
MCS maintains a list of FAQs -- and answers! -- about computer
architecture, Web use, slide production, mail systems, and printers. |
