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ExaStar Takes Astrophysical Research to the Exascale
Within the next few years, exascale computing will take computationally intensive astrophysics research to the next level. However, to harness the power of exascale, researchers will need new code developed specifically for exascale computing. The ExaStar project has researchers from multiple DOE national labs collaborating to develop new exascale-level code. Read More »
Neurodata Without Borders Project Hosts User/Developer Hackathons
A workshop sponsored by the Neurodata Without Borders: Neurophysiology project brought together the experimental neurophysiology community to further the adoption and development of NWB:N, its software libraries, and scientific workflows. Read More »
Nearly 200 Students Participate in 2019 CS Summer Program
The Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences summer student program is back, and it’s bigger than ever this year. Read More »
To Pump or Not to Pump?
A team of computer and environmental scientists are developing a computational tool that will allow groundwater managers to plan and manage their precious water resources more sustainably, leading to improved resistance to droughts. Read More »
New Employee Profiles: May
Brief profiles of Computing Sciences staff who recently joined NERSC, CRD and ESnet. Read More »
CosmoGAN: Training a Neural Network to Study Dark Matter
A Berkeley Lab-led research group is using a deep learning method known as generative adversarial networks to enhance the use of gravitational lensing in the study of dark matter. Read More »
NERSC's Edison Supercomputer to Retire after Five Years of Service
NERSC’s Edison supercomputer opened for production use on January 14, 2014. Now, after more than five years of providing supercomputing capability to Department of Energy projects, the system will be retired on May 13, 2019. Read More »
Superfacility Framework Advances Photosynthesis Research
For more than a decade, a team of international researchers led by Berkeley Lab bioscientists has been studying Photosystem II, a protein complex in green plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that plays a crucial role in photosynthesis. They’re now moving more quickly toward an understanding of this three-billion-year-old biological system, thanks to an integrated superfacility framework established between LCLS, ESnet, and NERSC. Read More »
New Employee Profiles: March/April
Brief profiles of Computing Sciences staff who recently joined NERSC, CRD and ESnet. Read More »
A Breakthrough in the Study of Laser/Plasma Interactions
A new 3D particle-in-cell simulation tool developed by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CEA Saclay is enabling cutting-edge simulations of laser/plasma coupling mechanisms that were previously out of reach of standard PIC codes used in plasma research. Read More »