News & Announcements
May 13, 2008
DOE's Office of Science to Award High Performance Computing Resources to Advance Scientific Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today it is accepting proposals for a program to support high-impact scientific advances through the use of some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers at four of DOE’s national laboratories...more info >
May 1, 2008
Argonne Supercomputer to Simulate Extreme Physics of Exploding Stars
A team of scientists at the University of Chicago's Flash Center will expend 22 million computational hours during the next year on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, simulating an event that takes less than five seconds.more info >
April 21, 2008
DOE Dedicates Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne will dedicate the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) today. The leadership-class computing facility will enable the research and development community to make innovative and high-impact science and engineering breakthroughs.more info >
April 21, 2008
Argonne Lab's New Supercomputer
Argonne National Laboratory Director Robert Rosner addresses an audience gathered at the April 21 dedication of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. Hear Dr. Rosner's on-air comments with Chicago public radio station WBEZ.more info >
April 10, 2008
CTWatch Quarterly edition on Urgent Computing
Pete Beckman is the guest editor for the latest issue of the CTWatch Quarterly-Urgent Computing: Exploring Supercomputing's New Role.The challenges and crucial applications of urgent computing, including space shuttle damage analysis, severe weather forecasting and warning, and real-time medical simulations are discussed...
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