Author Archives: Mike Bernhardt

Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Names Doug Kothe as Director

News Media Contact:  Mike Bernhardt, [email protected], 503.804.1714 For Immediate Release: September 20, 2017   Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Names Doug Kothe as Director OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) has named Doug Kothe as its new director effective October 1. He replaces Paul Messina, who is […]

From HPCwire: LBL’s Kathy Yelick on the Promise and Progress of Exascale Science

HPCwire: Kathy Yelick Charts the Promise and Progress of Exascale Science By Tiffany Trader From the Sept. 8, 2017 keynote address on “Breakthrough Science at the Exascale” at the ACM Europe Conference in Barcelona. Kathy Yelick Charts the Promise and Progress of Exascale Science  

Energy Dept. shoots for exascale computer in a national lab by 2021

Posted on Federal News Radio By David Thornton August 21, 2017 3:33 pm   https://federalnewsradio.com/agency-of-the-month-shows/2017/08/energy-dept-shoots-for-exascale-computer-in-a-national-lab-by-2021/ “The goal of the Path Forward program is for the six companies who got contracts to develop technologies that are likely to lead to exascale computers that will be installed at DoE national laboratories as well as other sites,” Paul Messina, […]

ModSim 2017: Guiding the Future of Systems and Applications and Enriching the HPC Community

ModSim 2017: Guiding the Future of Systems and Applications and Enriching the HPC Community Workshop on Modeling & Simulation of Systems and Applications August 9–11, 2017 ♦ University of Washington, Seattle, Washington   Over the past several years, this workshop has contributed to the expansion of the modeling and simulation (ModSim) research community by providing […]

Argonne Puts Computation Muscle Behind Cancer Code

Argonne goes deep to crack cancer code   “Precision medicine is the ability to fine tune a treatment for each patient based on specific variations, whether it’s their genetics, their environment or their history. To do that in cancer, demands large amounts of data, not only from the patient, but the tumor, as well, because […]

New Algorithms Help Extract 3-D Biological Structure from Limited Data

Technology Networks. July 16, 2017 New Algorithms Help Extract 3-D Biological Structure from Limited Data Understanding the 3-D molecular structure of important nanoobjects like proteins and viruses is crucial in biology and medicine. With recent advances in X-ray technology, scientists can now collect diffraction images from individual particles, ultimately allowing researchers to visualize molecules at […]

ANL’s Rajeev Thakur: An Exascale Software Stack

InsideHPC:  Industry Perspective Developing a Software Stack for Exascale

ECP Director Paul Messina Discusses the ECP’s PathForward Program on Federal News Radio

  Listen to the interview  (June 29, 2017) with Paul Messina on the Federal News Network.

U.S. Funds Exascale Computing Research

Article by Mark Rockwell of Government Computer News The ECP program and the push to get an exascale system, or possibly two, operational isn’t to catch up to China, said ECP Director Paul Messina. Its goal is to develop an exascale computer that is capable of working through actual applications. Messina said it’s unclear if […]

Advancing the Frontiers of Computing at PNNL: the March Toward Exascale

Source: Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA A contributed article from Steven Ashby, Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory We often hear how supercomputers are used to tackle incredibly complex problems. They have played an essential role in the design of automobiles and aircraft, including the Boeing 777 Dreamliner, the creation of new anti-cancer drugs and discoveries related […]

INSIDEHPC: DOE AWARDS $258 MILLION FOR EXASCALE TO U.S. HPC VENDORS

InsideHPC’s Rich Brueckner reports on the DOE PathForward Announcement. Podcast: DoE Awards $258 Million for Exascale to U.S. HPC Vendors  

Anandtech’s Ryan Smith Covers DOE Announcement of PathForward Contracts

  Even though the major US national laboratories are just now starting to take delivery of the supercomputers they ordered a few years back, due to the long and complex development process for these projects, the US Department of Energy(DOE) has already been focusing on the next round of supercomputers for the next decade. Under […]

HPCwire’s John Russell Covers the DOE PathForward Announcement

    Six Exascale PathForward Vendors Selected; DoE Providing $258M

On the Path to the Nation’s First Exascale Supercomputers: PathForward

Department of Energy Awards Six Research Contracts Totaling $258 Million to Accelerate U.S. Supercomputing Technology June 15, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that six leading U.S. technology companies will receive funding from the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) as part of its new PathForward program, accelerating […]

PathForward Vendors Weigh In on Funding Announcement

Department of Energy Awards Six Research Contracts Totaling  $258 Million to Accelerate U.S. Supercomputing Technology QUOTES FROM VENDORS RECEIVING AWARDS   Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Sunnyvale, California “AMD is excited to extend its long-term computing partnership with the U.S. Government in its PathForward program for exascale computing. We are thrilled to see AMD’s unique blend […]

Stepping Up Software for Exascale

An exascale software discussion with HPC veteran Jack Dongarra Professor Jack Dongarra is one of the distinguished SC Perennials, a group of 13 individuals who have attended each SC conference since the first event in 1988.   This article is based on an interview with Jack conducted by Mike Bernhardt, also an SC Perennial, discussing the […]

Doug Kothe on the Race to Build Exascale Applications

HPCwire’s John Russel interviewed Doug Kothe, the Exascale Computing Project’s Director of Application Development for this feature article on ‘The Race to Build Exascale Applications.’ Doug Kothe on the Race to Build Exascale Applications    

HPCwire Covers the Exascale Computing Project: A Presentation by ECP Director, Paul Messina

HPCwire Covers the Exascale Computing Project: A Presentation by ECP Director, Paul Messina. John Russell provided this thorough recap of ECP Director Paul Messina’s opening presentation at the Hyperion Research HPC User Forum in Santa, Fe, NM April 18, 2017.

Radio Free HPC Discusses the Exascale Computing Project

In this podcast, the team at Radio Free HPC discusses the Exascale Computing Project.  This update is based on a presentation by ECP Director, Paul Messina at the HPC User Forum in Santa Fe, April 18, 2017.   (ECP discussion is the first 8 minutes of the podcast)

Coupled Monte Carlo Neutronics and Fluid Flow Simulation of Small Modular Reactors (ExaSMR)

Coupled Monte Carlo Neutronics and Fluid Flow Simulation of Small Modular Reactors (ExaSMR) In this presentation, Tom Evans from Oak Ridge National Laboratory discusses “Coupled Monte Carlo Neutronics and Fluid Flow Simulation of Small Modular Reactors (ExaSMR)” – research being conducted as part of the Exascale Computing Project.   View the presentation here: Coupled Monte Carlo […]

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