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HPC Successes Featured at SciDAC 2009 Electronic Visualization and Poster Night

Argonne showcased select simulations representing high performance computing (HPC) research results at the SciDAC 2009 Electronic Visualization and Poster Night. Two of the simulations won OASCRs at the conference--GCD Model of Type Ia Supernovae for Ignition at Multiple Points and Advanced Recycling Nuclear Reactor.

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Providing a Gateway for Scientific Discovery

The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) provides the computational science community with a world-leading computing capability dedicated to breakthrough science and engineering. The ALCF houses the IBM Blue Gene/P system named Intrepid, which debuted as the fastest computer in the world for open science.

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Illuminating Scientists' Knowledge of the Universe with "Standard Candles"

Researchers are studying critical aspects of Type Ia supernovae, among the brightest and most powerful exploding stars in the universe. Type Ia create many of the elements from which we are made and are important for measuring distances in the universe.

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Improving Aircraft Engine Combustor Simulations

A jet engine combustor combines air flowing faster than a hurricane with swirling fuel to generate the extraordinary release of heat that ultimately powers the aircraft. Understanding these complex physical and chemical interactions is critical to fuel efficiency and emissions performance, but physical testing can be difficult and time consuming.

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Breaking New Ground in Membrane Protein Research

Many biological processes are controlled by proteins in the cell membrane, ranging from production of biofuels to cleaning up toxic organic waste. Large-scale gating motions, occurring on a relatively slow time scale, are essential for the function of many important membrane proteins such as transporters and channels.

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Preventing Cardiac Rhythm Disorders

In work funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers are using U.S. Department of Energy INCITE allocations on the ALCF's Blue Gene/P to rapidly test hypotheses for the initiation and maintenance of rhythm disorders.

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Deepening the Understanding of Interactions between Quarks and Gluons

This research aims to deepen the understanding of the interactions of quarks and gluons, the basic constituents of 99% of the visible matter in the universe, and will play a key role in ongoing efforts to develop a unified theory of the four fundamental forces of nature.

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Making Safe, Clean Nuclear Energy Available Globally

As part of the nuclear energy program, the United States is committed to new technologies that will dramatically expand the availability of safe, clean nuclear energy to help meet the growing global energy demand.

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GE Global Research Enables Next-Generation Energy and Propulsion

Scientists at GE Global Research are actively developing design technologies to understand and reduce aerodynamic noise source. Accurate and detailed multi-scale numerical simulations for realistic jet noise prediction can prove to be a game-changer in future development efforts.

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May 19, 2009

Deputy Division Director Search - Leadership Computing Facility

explorers resolved to extend the frontiers of science

Do you want to join a team of explorers resolved to extend
the frontiers of science and our understanding of the world we live in? Do you want to help pursue clean, renewable energy technologies, new supercomputer architectures, novel computational methods, and breakthrough science?

If breakthrough science and engineering unlock the adventurer inside you, consider exploring the position of deputy division director at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF).
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