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December 18, 2008
Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility Helps Researcher Win Sackler Prize
David Baker, University of Washington (UW) professor of biochemistry and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute, has been awarded the 2008 Raymond & Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics...more info >
December 18, 2008
Argonne's Modeling and Simulation Expertise to Explore Alternative Sustainable Sources of Energy
Two computational scientists in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory have been awarded a total of 37,500,000 hours of computing time on the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) to investigate safe and cost effective methods for developing nuclear energy.more info >
December 3, 2008
How to run a million jobs
At SC08, several experts, including Ioan Raicu of the CI, organized an informal session to share information on up-and-coming solutions for expressing, managing, and executing "megajobs." They also discussed ways of repackaging work to avoid megajobs altogether...more info >
November 19, 2008
Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility Wins the High Performance Computing Challenge
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has been named a winner of the annual High Performance Computing (HPC) Challenge Award at the SuperComputing 08 Conference in Austin, Texas.more info >
November 18, 2008
Beckman Named Director of Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility
Pete Beckman has been named director of the Leadership Computing Facility at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.more info >
November 14, 2008
Argonne Participates in SC08
When SC08 opens November 15, 2008 in Austin, Texas, the conference will feature the latest scientific and technical innovations from around the world. Bringing together scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, system administrators and managers, SC08 will be the forum for demonstrating how these developments are driving new ideas, new discoveries and new industries.more info >
October 29, 2008
Argonne's Intrepid Weathermen
Our best defense against tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and other meteorological chaos might be found inside the rusting steel exterior of Building 369 at Argonne National Laboratory.more info >
October 17, 2008
Approaching EXASCALE--A SciDAC Review interview with Dr. Robert Rosner, director of Argonne National Laboratory
A SciDAC Review interview with Robert Rosner, director of Argonne National Laboratory, discusses exascale computing, partnerships with industry, energy efficiency in HPC, and getting people excited about science.more info >
October 10, 2008
Mark Hereld Participates in Panel on 'Emergence: Philosophy Meets Science' at the Chicago Humanities Festival
A distinguished cross-disciplinary panel will consider the various meanings and applications of this dynamic view of the world. Participants include Sandra Mitchell, Robert Laughlin, Paul Humphreys and Mark Hereld...more info >
September 29, 2008
Ian Foster: Big Computation, Bigger Knowledge
Ian Foster will participate in the Chicago Humanities Festival on October 11th. His discussion will include descriptions and demonstrations of relevant projects at the University and Argonne, including the world's fastest supercomputer for open science; grid computing for worldwide resource federation and collaboration; and massive data sets from political science, astrophysics, and neuroscience.more info >
