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Meeting the Computing Challenges of Next-Generation Climate Models

March 26, 2013

As global climate models improve, they are generating ever larger amounts of data, demanding not just more powerful computers, but entirely new ideas about computing. Berkeley Lab researchers shared challenges and ideas at a recent conference. Read More »

ACM Council Names Kathy Yelick 2013-14 Athena Lecturer

March 21, 2013

The Association for Computing Machinery's Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) has named Katherine Yelick, Berkeley Lab's Associate Laboratory Director for Computing Sciences, as the 2013-2014 Athena Lecturer. Read More »

Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings

March 21, 2013

Berkeley Lab researchers using supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have developed simulations that help understand the mysterious role of integrin in cell interactions. Read More »

Close Reading of Ancient Light Tells New Cosmic Story

March 21, 2013

Thanks to a supersensitive space telescope and some sophisticated supercomputing, scientists from the international Planck collaboration have made the closest reading yet of the most ancient story in our universe: the cosmic microwave background. Read More »

Kennedy High School Students Look at Careers in Computing and Networking

March 20, 2013

As part of Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences' ongoing outreach efforts with the Kennedy High School IT Academy in Richmond, 11 students and two teachers spent half the day March 20 learning about different career opportunities in computing and networking. Read More »

Lab Staff Host Albany High Students on Annual Job Shadow Day

March 14, 2013

As they have for the past five years, Berkeley Lab staff members hosted Albany High School juniors as part of the school's annual Job Shadow Day. Read More »

CS Staff Contribute to SIAM

February 25, 2013

Berkeley Lab computational researchers made almost 40 contributions to the annual SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering. Read More »

Computing Sciences Contributes to Diversity Conference

February 21, 2013

The 2013 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference was the most successful in the 12-year history of the conference, with Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences making key contributions. Read More »

ESnet Contributes Ideas for Energy-Efficient Networking at International Roundtable at UCSB

February 15, 2013

Inder Monga, who has been advocating approaches to assess and improve the energy efficiency of the ESnet national science network for years, was invited to share his ideas with the world’s leading thinkers on energy-efficient networking in an invitation-only invent held in Santa Barbara, California. Read More »

NERSC Announces Winners of Inaugural HPC Achievement Awards

February 15, 2013

The Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) announced the winners of their inaugural High Performance Computing (HPC) Achievement Awards. Read More »