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August 28, 2007
Wilkinson Fellowship in Scientific Computing
The Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division of Argonne National Laboratory invites outstanding candidates to apply for the J. H. Wilkinson Fellowship in Scientific Computing. The appointment is for one year and may be renewed for another year...more info >
August 23, 2007
Institute Addresses Computational Challenges Posed by Economic Models
ICE2007 was the third in this annual series of computational economics workshops. Previous institutes have been only five days. The expanded program provided time for informal discussions as well as a poster session in which participants presented their current research.more info >
August 17, 2007
Access Grid Connects Collaborators, Earns R&D 100 Award
After a vision nearly 10 years ago to build a system to enable group-to-group collaboration using scalable computing and networking technology, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have been honored with an R&D 100 Award for their resulting product, Access Grid 3...more info >
August 16, 2007
Ian Foster Named One of the Top Three Contributors to Computer Science
Argonne researcher Ian Foster has been named one of the top three contributors to computer science, according to a recent article in Nature. The ranking is based on the so-called h-index, introduced by physicist Jorge Hirsch in 2005 to rank the quality of a researcher's work...more info >
August 13, 2007
Mihai Anitescu Presents a Semi-Plenary Address at ICCOPT
Mihai Anitescu, a computational mathematician at Argonne National Laboratory, will present a semi-plenary address at the Second Mathematical Programming Society International Conference on Continuous Optimization August 13-16, 2007, in Hamilton, Ontario...more info >
August 13, 2007
Reactor Simulation Takes the Heat
With a grant of 1 million processor hours from DOE's INCITE program, Argonne's Paul Fischer and fellow researchers are developing computer simulations of heat transfer in coolant flowing around tightly packed nuclear fuel rods.more info >
August 8, 2007
Picture This: Visualization as a Tool for Data Analysis
As science becomes increasingly digitized and data-based, visualization is set to become more and more important. Using visualization, Gaither and Papka can help scientists from all fields: medical science, cosmology, computational fluid dynamics, architecture, geosciences and meteorology...more info >
August 7, 2007
Argonne Wins Three R&D 100 Awards for Innovative Technologies
The Access Grid is one of three Argonne projects to win R&D Magazine's prestigious award this year. Access Grid 3 software enables groups of people to collaborate using open- source standards and Internet technology...more info >
July 17, 2007
NEOS provides state-of-the-art optimization software over Internet
Optimization technology is essential to engineers, scientists, businesses and even students. Optimization programs provide the answers to questions ranging from creating the most efficient allocation of resources to finding the healthiest meal at a fast food restaurant...more info >
July 11, 2007
Two Papers by Argonne Researchers Selected as "Outstanding" in the EuroPVM/MPI Users
Two papers by Argonne researchers have been selected as "Outstanding Papers" in the 14th annual EuroPVM/MPI Users' Group conference. The first paper, "Self-consistent MPI Performance Requirements" by Jesper Larsson Traff, William Gropp, and Rajeev Thakur, presents conditions that can be used by benchmarks and tools to automatically verify whether a given MPI implementation fulfills basic performance requirements...more info >
