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An
Editorial:
Regaining
America's Leadership in High-Performance Computing
On May 12, 2004, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced a new initiative that promises to reshape
the next generation of scientific discovery in America. More... |
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Leadership-Class Computing for Science
DOE's Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL leads a partnership that will provide
America with the world's fastest scientific computing facility. More... |
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Scientific
Discovery |
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Biology
Uncovering Secrets of Living Cells
The Computational Biology Institute at CCS will develop software tools to enable
understanding of the molecular interactions of protein networks in bacteria and
in mice. More... |
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Climate
and Carbon Research
Glimpses of Global Warming
Advanced climate models and faster supercomputers must
be developed to ensure that policymakers have better global and regional
predictions of future climate and its effects. More... |
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Fusion
Progress Through Computation
Ultrascale scientific computing, combined with the nation's
best physicists and computer scientists in research partnerships,
will be needed to solve difficult problems to hasten the design of
a cost-effective fusion power plant. More... |
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Materials
Exploring and Modeling 21st Century Materials
Computational materials scientists at ORNL are using the high-performance computing infrastructure at CCS to explore superconductivity and magnetic nanostructures. More... |
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Astrophysics
Simulating Supernovae
Answers to huge scientific questions may come from findings made in realistic simulations of exploding stars on the world's fastest supercomputers. More... |
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Chemistry
Tomorrow's Molecular and Nanoscale Devices
Large multidisciplinary collaborations that combine chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science will tackle future challenges in molecular electronics and nanotechnology. More... |
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Partnerships,
Systems, Services, Support |
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Center for Computational Sciences:
A Leadership-Class Facility
ORNL has America's largest unclassified scientific computing facility, with the personnel, infrastructure, and services to support the development of an ultrascale scientific computing program. More... |
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Partnerships:
Joining Hands to Address National Problems
The CCS has established collaborations and partnerships with researchers throughout the nation. Some collaborations involve university faculty and students. More... |
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Networking:
Linking America's Laboratories
ORNL researchers have been tasked by DOE to develop the next generation of scientific networks
to address the challenges of large science applications, such as moving large volumes of data at
high speeds between science facilities and supercomputers. More... |
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Software Tools:
Scalable Systems Software for Terascale Computer Centers
The Scalable Systems Software project coordinated by ORNL is fundamentally
changing the way future high-end systems software is developed
to make it more cost effective, robust, and scalable to multiteraflop
supercomputers. More... |
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Future Computing Technologies:
Pathfinders for Ultrascale Computing
The future technologies team at CCS plays an important role in the development of leadership-class computing. More... |
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Visualization:
New Ways to Understand the Data
The Visualization Laboratory and the Science Visualization Facility at
CCS enable researchers to understand and convey the significance of a
supercomputer's calculation results. More... |
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Industry:
A Critical
Connection
Industrial
firms in the Southeast have an opportunity to use the computational
resources of a Department of Energy national
lab to solve their difficult scientific problems. More... |
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Awards:
...and the
Winners are...
Accomplishments of Distinction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. More... |
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