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Argonne, the University of Chicago and Fermilab are launching an intellectual hub called the Chicago Quantum Exchange to advance academic, industrial and governmental efforts in the science and engineering of quantum information. Above: An illustration of a blinking quantum dot in its 'on’ state. (Image courtesy of Nicholas Brawand).
 Chicago Quantum Exchange to create technologically transformative ecosystem

The University of Chicago is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to launch an intellectual hub for advancing academic, industrial and governmental efforts in the science and engineering of quantum information.

 June 20, 2017
Valerie Taylor will be the next division director for Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)
 Valerie Taylor named Argonne National Laboratory’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division director

Computer scientist Valerie Taylor has been appointed as the next director of the Mathematics and Computer Science division at Argonne, effective July 3, 2017.

 March 24, 2017
Simulation of turbulence inside an internal combustion engine, rendered using the advanced supercomputing resources at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, an Office of Science User Facility. The ability to create such complex simulations helps researchers solve some of the world’s largest, most complex problems. (Image by George Giannakopoulos.)
 Co-design centers to help make next-generation exascale computing a reality

As collaborators in four co-design centers created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP), researchers at Argonne are helping to overcome some of the complex challenges in developing exascale supercomputers.

 January 27, 2017
The NekCEM/Nek5000: Release 4.0: Scalable High-Order Simulation Codes, a set of codes developed by Argonne researcher Misun Min and Paul Fischer with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, won a 2016 R&D100 award. (Argonne National Laboratory)
 Argonne researchers win three 2016 R&D 100 Awards

Innovative technologies developed by researchers at Argonne and their partners earned three 2016 R&D 100 Awards.

 November 8, 2016
This image shows the distribution of clumps of matter in the full "Outer Rim" simulation, one of the world's largest simulations of the cosmos. Outer Rim was carried out on the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s Mira supercomputer. (Credit: Visualization by Silvio Rizzi and Joe Insley, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF); simulation by the HACC team.)
 Two Argonne-led projects among $39.8 million in first-round Exascale Computing Project awards

The Exascale Computing Project today announced its first round of funding with the selection of application development proposals, including three Argonne-led projects.

 September 7, 2016
Chicago Department of Transportation workers install the first public Array of Things node at the intersection of Damen and Archer Avenues in Chicago. (image credit: Urban Center for Computation and Data)
 Chicago becomes first city to launch Array of Things, an unprecedented urban sensing project

The Array of Things team begins the first phase of the groundbreaking urban sensing project, installing the first of an eventual 500 nodes on city streets. By measuring data on air quality, climate, traffic and other urban features, these pilot nodes kick off an innovative partnership between the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and the City of Chicago to better understand, serve, and improve cities.

 August 29, 2016
Artist rendering of Array of Things nodes mounted on city streetlight poles. The Array of Things is an an “urban sensing” instrument, measuring data on cities' environment, infrastructure and activity in order to scientifically investigate solutions to urban challenges ranging from air quality to urban flooding. Credit: Douglas Pancoast & Satya Mark Basu, School of the Art Institute of Chicago/Array of Things
 National Science Foundation awards $3.1 million to Chicago's Array of Things Project

NSF Grant will fund production and installation of 500 nodes in Chicago

 September 14, 2015
Argonne principal mechanical engineer Sibendu Som (left) and computational scientist Raymond Bair discuss combustion engine simulations conducted by the Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative (VERIFI). The initiative will be running massive simulations on Argonne’s Mira supercomputer to gain further insight into the inner workings of combustion engines. (Click image to view larger.)
 Argonne pushing boundaries of computing in engine simulations

Researchers at Argonne will be testing the limits of computing horsepower this year with a new simulation project from the Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative that will harness 60 million computer core hours to dispel uncertainties and pave the way to more effective engine simulations.

 August 24, 2015
Barry Smith has made significant contributions to the field of scientific computing, including the development of PETSc and the Scientific Application Web Server. (Click image to view larger.)
 Argonne announces 2015 Distinguished Fellows

Argonne National Laboratory has named Barry Smith, Charles Macal and Branko Ruscic as its 2015 Distinguished Fellows.

 July 10, 2015
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $200 million investment to deliver a next-generation supercomputer, known as Aurora, to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. When commissioned in 2018, this supercomputer will be open to all scientific users – drawing America’s top researchers to Argonne. (Click to view image larger).
 U.S. Department of Energy awards $200 million for next-generation supercomputer at its Argonne National Laboratory

The Department of Energy announced a $200 million investment to deliver a next-generation supercomputer, known as Aurora, to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. When commissioned in 2018, this supercomputer will be open to all scientific users – drawing America’s top researchers to Argonne.

 April 8, 2015