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New Mathematics Advances the Frontier of Macromolecular Imaging
Berkeley Lab researchers have introduced new mathematical theory and an algorithm, which they call "Multi-tiered iterative phasing (M-TIP)," to solve the reconstruction problem from fluctuation X-ray scattering data. This approach is an important step in unlocking the door to new advances in biophysics and has the promise of ushering in new tools to help solve some of the most challenging problems in the life sciences. Read More »
Computing Sciences Staff Help East Bay High Schoolers Upgrade their Summer
Thirty-eight students from 10 East Bay high schools registered for Laney College's eight-week "Upgrade: Computer Science Program." Berkeley Lab's participation grew out of a career pathways workshop where Jon Bashor of Computing Sciences met Laney College’s Johnnie Williams, who developed and led the program. Read More »
New Employee Profiles - August 2015
Introducing Jarrod McClean, Glenn Lockwood and Evan Racah. Read More »
Jarrod McClean, 2015 Alvarez Fellow
Meet Jarrod McClean, the 2015 Alvarez Fellow. Read More »
A New Record, CRD Hosts Six CSGF Fellows
This year, Berkeley Lab’s CRD is hosting six fellows from the Department of Energy’s CSGF program.These fellows represent some of the nation’s brightest graduate students in computational science. Each student is pursing a doctoral degree in a field that uses supercomputing to solve complex science and engineering problems. Read More »
‘Data Deluge’ Pushes Mass Spec Imaging to New Heights
Berkeley Lab researchers are combining mathematical theory and scalable algorithms with computational resources at NERSC to address growing data-management challenges in climate research, high-energy physics and the life sciences. Read More »
Project Jupyter gets $6M to expand collaborative data science software
Three foundations pledged $6M over the next three years to Project Jupyter, an open-source software project that supports scientific computing and data science across a wide range of programming languages via a large, public, open and inclusive community. Fernando Perez will lead the effort at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab. Read More »
The Rise and Fall of Core-Collapse Supernovae
Few events in the cosmos are as powerful as the explosion of a massive star in a supernova. For several weeks, the brightness of that single event can rival that of an entire galaxy. As a result, supernovae of various types are often used as "standard candles" in determining the size and expansion rate of a universe powered by dark energy. Despite decades of research, however, understanding the explosion mechanisms of supernovae remains among the great challenges of… Read More »
New Employee Profiles - July 2015
Introducing Deborah Bard, Jackson Gor, Indira Kassymkhanova and Lisa Theobald . Read More »
Intel’s Genevieve Bell to Give CS Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Genevieve Bell of Intel will be the July 17 speaker for the CS Distinguished Lecture series. Dr. Genevieve Bell, a noted anthropologist and Intel Fellow in the Corporate Strategy Office at Intel, will be the next speaker in the Computing Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series. Bell will give her talk on "Making Life: the art & science of robots” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 17, in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium. Here is the abstract for her talk: As human beings we have always been fascinated… Read More »