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June 20, 2012
Argonne wins four R&D 100 awards
Four technologies developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have received this year’s R&D 100 awards. The awards, organized by R&D magazine, have been given out annually since 1962 for the top technologies of the year and are widely considered to be the "Oscars of Innovation...more info >
June 18, 2012
Argonne's Mira Ranks Among Nation's Fastest Science Supercomputers
Mira, Argonne National Laboratory’s new IBM Blue Gene/Q system, is the third fastest supercomputer in the world according to the TOP500 list announced today. Mira thus takes its place among the U...more info >
June 13, 2012
Modeling Climate Directly
Jay Larson, a computational scientist in Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division, has developed a data analysis and information theoretic framework to analyze climate variability and applied the new framework to the Central England Temperature (CET) record, which commenced in 1659 and is the longest weather station-based observational record available...more info >
June 13, 2012
Barry Smith to receive Distinguished Performance Award
Barry Smith, a senior computational mathematician in Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division, has been named recipient of a 2012 Argonne National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award, given by the UChicago Argonne, L...more info >
June 1, 2012
Computation Institute scientists receive honors
Computation Institute scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory are accruing multiple honors this year, including two by CI director Ian Foster. Foster will become the first recipient of the High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing Achievement Award on June 22 at the 21st international more info >May 31, 2012
Beaubien Elementary's 8th Grade Math Club Visits Argonne
On May 18, the math club of Jean Baptiste Beaubien Elementary School in northwest Chicago visited Argonne National Laboratory, the Lemont-based U.S. Department of Energy lab, and met with scientists who explained how important math is in solving some of the world's greatest challenges...more info >
May 22, 2012
Argonne's Ian Foster to receive HPDC Achievement Award
Ian Foster, Argonne distinguished fellow and director of the Argonne/University of Chicago Computation Institute, has been named the first recipient of the High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) Achievement Award.more info >
May 14, 2012
Victor Zavala, Pavan Balaji Win Early Career Research Awards
Four researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have received 2012 Early Career Research Program awards, granted to exceptional researchers beginning their careers...more info >
May 14, 2012
Illinois Technology Association names Ian Foster as Technologist of the Year
The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) has named grid and cloud computing pioneer Ian Foster its CityLIGHTS Technologist of the Year for 2012. The ITA CityLIGHTS awards, given annually to key thought leaders and companies from the Illinois technology sector, span several categories, and recognize the technology ecosystem from ideation to application in non-tech products...more info >
May 8, 2012
Argonne Researchers Co-Author 9 of the 22 Best Papers of HPDC in Past 20 Years
According to the International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) researchers in Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division have co-authored 9 of the top 22 papers in the past 20 years of publications...more info >
