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Perlmutter System Played Role in Two 2023 Gordon Bell Prize Winning Projects
The two teams that were awarded, respectively, the 2023 ACM Gordon Bell Prize and the first-ever Gordon Bell Climate Modeling Prize both used the Perlmutter supercomputer as part of their winning research efforts. Read More »
The M.O. of ML: Can AI Foundation Models Drive Accelerated Scientific Discovery?
Can AI foundation models drive accelerated scientific discovery? Berkeley Lab scientists answer that question and reveal the a promising modus operandi of scientific machine learning. Read More »
Berkeley Lab CS Area to Share Computing Expertise at SC23
CSA researchers, scientists, and engineers are participating in a variety of tutorials, workshops, panels, technical papers, and posters as part of SC23's technical program. Read More »
Berkeley Lab Leading the Way with New Cybersecurity Projects
The DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response recently announced $39 million in funding for nine new National Laboratory projects to advance the cybersecurity of distributed energy resources, including two projects led by Berkeley Lab. Read More »
Kathy Yelick Part of ‘I Am HPC’ Plenary Panel at SC23
Kathy Yelick, former Computing Sciences Area Associate Lab Director, is one of three featured participants in the SC23 opening plenary panel, “I Am HPC: Impact and Future Directions.” Read More »
Newest Alvarez Fellow Applies Math, Physics, and Quantum Skills to Renewable Energy
Erika Ye has joined the Scalable Solvers Group in the Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, where she is working on an algoritm aimed at solving classical partial differential equations with reduced computational cost. Read More »
ESnet Turns on 400G Circuits to Four DOE National Labs, Supercharging Multi-Site Scientific Research
Argonne, Oak Ridge, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories and NERSC are first to have access to cutting-edge networking speeds — with more on the way. Read More »
Berkeley Lab Collaborations Help Illuminate Earth's Biodiversity
Researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division and at the Joint Genome Institute, with the help of supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center and support from the Department of Energy’s Exabiome Exascale Computing Project, have developed new tools to advance the field of metagenomics and expand scientists’ understanding of our world’s biodiversity. Read More »
Berkeley Lab to Partner with Jefferson Lab to Build $300+ Million High Performance Data Facility Hub
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the selection of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) as the lead for its new High Performance Data Facility Hub. Jefferson Lab will partner with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to form a joint project team led by Jefferson Lab. Read More »
2023 Egon Balas Prize Awarded to Berkeley Lab’s Stefan Wild
AMCR Director Stefan Wild was awarded the INFORMS Optimization Society’s 2023 Egon Balas Prize for his fundamental contributions to derivative-free optimization. Read More »