Futures Laboratory

November 20, 2009
"StarGate Demo at SC09 Shows How to Keep Astrophysics Data Out of Archival"
As both an astrophysicist and director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), Mike Norman understands two common perspectives on archiving massive scientific datasets. During a live demonstration at the SC09 conference of streaming data simulating cosmic structures of the early universe, Norman said that some center directors view their data archives as "black holes," where a wealth of data accumulates and needs to be protected...
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March 3, 2009
"Neural Modeling Breaks New Ground for Treatments in Epilepsy"
Rick Stevens and Mark Hereld discuss their involvement with neural network models at Argonne and the University of Chicago.
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February 16, 2009
"Neural Modeling Helps Expose Epilepsy's Triggers"
A brain scan of an epileptic seizure reveals fierce electrical storms that pop up seemingly at random, proliferate over large areas of the brain and subside almost as quickly as they arose. Argonne researchers are using high-performance computers to create life-like models of small areas in the brain that cast new light on why seizures occur and propagate.
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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...
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August 5, 2008
"Computation Institute to Bulk Up Data Analysis Capability with $1.5 Million Grant"
The Computation Institute, a joint effort of the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has received a grant for a computer system that will enable researchers to store, access and analyze massive datasets...
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November 9, 2007
"Argonne National Laboratory at Supercomputing 07"
Advanced computing touches almost every area of science today, and its continued integration will strongly influence science of the future. Supercomputing 2007 provides a grand opportunity for Argonne to showcase the laboratory exciting new resources and research results.
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October 5, 2007
"Greening the Meeting"
In the article "Greening the Meeting", Science magazine highlights the Access Grid as an alternative to travel for scientific conferences and meetings.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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July 9, 2007
"Access Grid Wins R&D 100 Award"
Researchers in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory have won an R&D 100 award for Access Grid 3.0: Group Collaboration Software. The award is given annually by R&D magazine to the year's most technologically significant new products...
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February 22, 2007
"Papka named deputy associate laboratory director for Computing and Life Sciences at Argonne"
Mike Papka has been named deputy associate laboratory director for Computing and Life Sciences. Since joining Argonne in 1992, Mike has been actively involved in the development of collaboration technology and currently is co-director of the Futures Laboratory.
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