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Exascale Computing Could Drastically Boost the Capabilities of Energy Applications

Tom Evans, technical lead for ECP's Energy Applications projects, shares about the motivations, progress, and aspirations on the path to the exascale.

Brookhaven National Laboratory GPU Hackathon 2019: Call for Applications

The Computational Science Initiative at Brookhaven National Laboratory will host its 3rd GPU Hackathon, a free event, on September 23–27.

The Anticipated Scientific Impact of Exascale: Fusion Energy, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers, Quantum Chromodynamics

A few research project leaders share what they hope exascale computing will make possible.

A Potential Revolution for X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facilities

Higher resolution and deeper insight along with much faster information delivery are ways exascale computing could improve imaging at X-ray free-electron laser facilities.

ECP Project Leaders on Ten Great Reasons for Building Frontier

Delving into the impact of exascale computing, HPCwire conveys the views of ten ECP project leaders concerning their aspirations for the Frontier system.

HPCwire Interviews Jack Wells—2019 Person to Watch

HPCwire interviews Jack Wells, director of science for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and the Titan and Summit supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Article Recaps Doug Kothe’s ACM Talk

Writer John Russell in HPCwire provides a digest of the May 2 livestreamed talk by ECP Director Doug Kothe for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

ECP in the News: Story Roundup

Here are some of the latest instances of the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) in the news.

ECP Director Doug Kothe to be Featured on ACM SIGHPC’s TechTalk—Live on April 30th

  You can now register (it’s free) for ECP Director Doug Kothe’s ACM SIGHPC TechTalk. Doug will be the featured presenter for the ACM SIGHPC TechTalk on April 30 at

ECP Speakers at User Forum

April 1–3 at the HPC User Forum in Santa Fe, NM, team members from the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) gave talks on the ExaLearn Co-Design Center and activities in the development of software technologies. The videos were captured and published by the high-performance computing Industry blog insideHPC.

Insights on Energy Efficiency for Exascale

For a number of reasons, improving energy efficiency is a critical need in the quest for exascale computing, according to a recent blog post from HiPEAC, the European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation.

Article Examines Path to Exascale

A recent piece in the publication Data Center Dynamics examines the nature of the competition and global developments in creating the path to exascale computing.

First Exascale Computer by 2021

Intel Corporation and the US Department of Energy will build the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP in the United States.

Lori Diachin Receives High-Performance Computing Industry Publication Honor

ECP Deputy Director Lori Diachin has been recognized by HPCwire as one of its People to Watch in 2019. Read the story and watch an in-depth interview with her.

The Vision of Exascale Computing is Drawing Closer to Reality

The latest ECP newsletter features an in-depth video interview with ECP Director Doug Kothe discussing the recent annual meeting in Houston, project-wide highlights, and other information.

Second Release of ECP Software Technology Capability Assessment Report Now Available

The ECP Software Technology team has released version 1.5 of its Capability Assessment Report.

Perspective on the Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack Release (Source: The Next Platform)

The Next Platform publication provides insights about the recent release of ECP's Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack.

Researchers Gear Up for Exascale at ECP Meeting in Houston (from insideHPC)

Lawrence Berkeley Lab outlines its contributions—from plenary talks to tutorials, breakout sessions, and posters—at ECP's Annual Meeting in Houston.

Flying Through the Universe with Supercomputing Power (coverage by insideHPC)

  insideHPC: https://insidehpc.com/2019/01/video-flying-through-the-universe-with-supercomputing-power/

Revisiting the 2008 Exascale Computing Study at SC18

Contributors to a report published a decade ago on what it would take to reach exascale, reflected on the document at SC18 in Dallas.

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