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Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences to Demonstrate Latest Scientific Computing Tools at SC98 Conference

November 5, 1998

When SC98, the annual conference on high-performance computing and networking, convenes Nov. 7 in Orlando, computational scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be out in force. Read More »

China Clipper Project Aims to Improve Human-Data Interactions

September 30, 1998

NOTE: This archived news story is made available as-is. It may contain references to programs, people, and research activities that are no longer active at Berkeley Lab. It may include links to web pages that no longer exist or refer to documents no longer available. A newly funded computer research program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory could revolutionize the way scientific instruments, computers and humans work together to gather, analyze and use data. The program, funded by… Read More »

Vern Paxson Honored for Best Paper at USENIC Security Symposium

February 6, 1998

NOTE: This archived news story is made available as-is. It may contain references to programs, people, and research activities that are no longer active at Berkeley Lab. It may include links to web pages that no longer exist or refer to documents no longer available. Vern Paxson of the Network Research Group was honored for presenting the best paper at the 7th USENIX Security Symposium held January 26-29, 1998,  in San Antonio, Texas. In his paper entitled “Bro: A System for… Read More »

Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithms Create Computational Microscope

January 26, 1998

Computer modeling algorithms that break large problems into small pieces, and then focus computing power on those areas of the most scientific interest are helping scientists better understand such everyday situations as running an internal combustion engine, flying in an airplane or predicting the weather. Read More »

A Flaw in the Law

January 26, 1998

Under the high-speed turbulent conditions that commonly occur in aerodynamics as well as many industrial situations, a common law of turbulence breaks down. Berkeley Lab researchers are looking for a more accurate model. Read More »

Berkeley Lab, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to Study Network Congestion

July 23, 1997

For all the Internet users who wonder why e-mail sometimes bogs down or it takes so long to call up a favorite Web site, a new study by computer scientists in Berkeley and Pittsburgh may turn up some answers.According to Vern Paxson of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the year-long study funded by the National Science Foundation could help with troubleshooting problems on the Internet and eventually give users a method to rate the offerings of Internet service providers.The… Read More »

Berkeley Lab's Math Department Crosses, Stretches Boundaries

June 23, 1997

NOTE: This archived news story is made available as-is. It may contain references to programs, people, and research activities that are no longer active at Berkeley Lab. It may include links to web pages that no longer exist or refer to documents no longer available.When it comes to boundaries, Berkeley Lab’s Mathematics Department usually straddles them, often blurs them and frequently stretches them to new levels.For example, the group has one foot planted firmly on the Hill in the… Read More »