Parhaat Exascale Computing Project Podcastit (2024)

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S5E5 - Sadie Bartholomew: Patterns in Computing and Art 28:36

7d ago28:36

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The annual Supercomputing meeting (SC24) convenes November 17-22 in Atlanta with the theme of HPC creates, and Science in Parallel previews a special display at the meeting: the Art of HPC. Host Sarah Webb interviews Sadie Bartholomew of the United Kingdom's National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the University of Reading about her work as a r…

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S5E4 - Paulina Rodriguez: Building Credibility and Authenticity 30:55

1M ago30:55

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Early in her applied math journey, Paulina Rodriguez was a little skeptical of calculators and computers. But her desire to really understand what’s going on under the hood has ultimately led to satisfying research. During her Ph.D., she’s explored the credibility of computational models for medical device applications, making sure that researchers…

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S5E3 - Paul Sutter the Spaceman: Adventures in Science and Outreach 45:38

2M ago45:38

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Science communication often attracts people with diverse interests, who thrive in multiple roles. Paul Sutter is no exception: he’s an astrophysicist, host, author and more. He’s also a visiting professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. Paul’s roots are in computational science, and he shares how his many projects continue to build on that…

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S5E2 - Rogelio Cardona-Rivera Plays Games for Science 46:09

3M ago46:09

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Video games are everywhere, but the fundamental elements that generate human reactions such as suspense or surprise aren’t understood. Instead, game designers start from scratch each time they want to build a new experience for players. Rogelio Cardona-Rivera of the University of Utah wants to understand games and the fundamental elements that make…

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S5E1 - Lois Curfman McInnes: Building Software Sustainability and Workforce Diversity 25:26

4M ago25:26

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The field of high-performance computing (HPC) currently faces dual challenges: important technical problems that require a skilled workforce and the need to recruit more computational researchers, especially those from underrepresented communities. This conversation with Lois Curfman McInnes of Argonne National Laboratory examines both the complexi…

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S4E4 - Anubhav Jain: Hacking Materials 32:53

1y ago32:53

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping research to discover new materials for a range of important applications. In this episode, meet Anubhav Jain of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a researcher who has been at the forefront of this transition. He uses machine learning and other computational tools as a materials scientist to discover compoun…

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Season 4, Episode 3 -- Danilo Pérez: Embracing Versatility 37:30

1y ago37:30

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Sometimes extraordinary circumstances like the pandemic offer researchers unexpected opportunities to serve others. Danilo Pérez, now a Ph.D. student in computational neuroscience at New York University, found himself in this situation in Puerto Rico in 2020. He contributed his mathematical modeling expertise as part of a team that built and mainta…

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Season 4, Episode 2 -- Casey Berger: Choose Your Own Multidimensional Career 29:46

1y ago29:46

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Traditional science career advice often urges people to specialize and become the best at one activity. But that perspective can undervalue interdisciplinary researchers and other polymaths who can see connections between and beyond science and engineering fields. This episode’s guest, Casey Berger, describes how she has navigated this second appro…

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Season 4, Episode 1 -- Creativity in Climate Modeling 36:53

1y ago36:53

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Season 4 of Science in Parallel centers around creativity and computing, starting with an interview about climate modeling. At this nexus of physics, earth science, mathematics and computing, researchers are also racing against the clock to accurately predict how global climate is shifting before the changes happen. Pulling all the scientific piece…

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Episode 105: Computing Luminary Jack Dongarra’s Perspective on the Exascale Computing Project 22:15

1+ y ago22:15

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Episode notes: Jack Dongarra says ECP has been a great success in terms of human and technical accomplishments but post-project follow-on is critical.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 3, Episode 5 -- Beyond Exascale: Exploring Emerging Hardware 41:16

1+ y ago41:16

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The exascale era in computing has arrived, and that brings up the question of what’s next. We’ll discuss some emerging processor technologies-- molecular storage and computing, quantum computing and neuromorphic chips—with an expert from each of those fields. Learn more about these technologies’ strengths and challenges and how they might be incorp…

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Season 3, Episode 4 -- Gabriel Casabona: It All Comes Down to Gravity 29:03

1+ y ago29:03

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Although he’s always loved space, Gabriel Casabona pursued other fields, including medicine and religion, before landing in astrophysics. We discussed how his passion for physics motivated him to deepen his knowledge of math and computing, how gravity’s mysteries define his work and other big challenges he hopes to work on during his career. You’ll…

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Episode 104: Siting the El Capitan Exascale Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore Lab. 31:33

1+ y ago31:33

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Episode notes: Lawrence Livermore National Lab is preparing for El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s first exascale supercomputer.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 3, Episode 3 -- Tammy Ma: Fusion Ignition and Beyond 19:13

1+ y ago19:13

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In early December 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) had achieved fusion ignition—a reaction of merging hydrogen isotopes that produced more energy than the lasers put in. High-performance computing is an important part of designing, analyzing and refining these experiments, and this epi…

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Season 3, Episode 2 –- Margaret Lawson: Finding Her Place 21:25

1+ y ago21:25

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Even after enjoying her first computer science course, Margaret Lawson wasn’t convinced she’d have a place in the field. But today she works on cloud storage for Google after completing her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she was supported by a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF). T…

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Episode 103: Revisiting the CANcer Distributed Learning Environment (CANDLE) Project 21:41

1+ y ago21:41

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Episode notes: The CANcer Distributed Learning Environment (CANDLE) project provides deep-learning computing methodologies for accelerating cancer research.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 3, Episode 1 -- Joe Insley: Big Data to Beautiful Images 29:52

1+ y ago29:52

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Making sense of computational science takes a multidisciplinary team, including science visualization experts who translate data into images that both parse information so that it’s comprehensible and render it into beautiful images and skillful animations. Joe Insley of Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Northern Illinois University has bee…

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Episode 102: Delivering Impactful Science, Deploying Aurora, and Partnering with ECP at the ALCF 31:29

1+ y ago31:29

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Episode notes: Katherine Riley leads a team of computational science experts who work with facility users to maximize their use of ALCF computing resources.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 101: Discussing NERSC's Unique Global Role and Close Collaboration with ECP 29:39

2y ago29:39

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Episode notes: Richard Gerber ensures the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center remains responsive to the needs of scientific researchers.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 100: Reflecting on the ‘Why’ behind Supercomputing Simulations: Advancing Science 28:03

2y ago28:03

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Episode notes: Bronson Messer, director of science for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, has an expert perspective on supercomputing for science.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 99: ECP's WarpX Team Successfully Models Promising Laser Plasma Accelerator Technology 32:14

2y ago32:14

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Episode notes: ECP research could remove a major limitation of laser plasma accelerators, a technology that may improve many walks of life.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 2, Episode 6 -- Pushing Limits in Computing and Biology 41:46

2y ago41:46

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Science in Parallel’s season two concludes with a conversation about answering important questions in biology and medicine with leadership class supercomputers, including urgent issues that came up during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’ll hear from Anda Trifan of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Amanda Randles of Duke University. Starti…

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Episode 98: Providing Exascale-Class Multiphysics Simulation Capability to Multiple Science Domains 29:55

2y ago29:55

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Episode notes: Flash-X, a multiphysics simulation software package, integrates tools that provide a performance portability solution for exascale computing.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 2, Episode 5 -- Improving Computing Performance and Workforce Diversity 27:31

2y ago27:31

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Valerie Taylor doesn’t shy away from challenging problems with multiple layers. At Argonne National Laboratory, she manages teams that develop algorithms, data management strategies, software and hardware to support scientific simulations, including those on the Department of Energy’s leadership-class supercomputers. Her research focuses on perform…

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Episode 97: Enabling Highly Accurate and Reliable Predictions of the Basic Properties of Materials 22:27

2+ y ago22:27

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Episode notes: The QMCPACK project intends to provide the capability to find, predict, and control materials and properties at the quantum level.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 2, Episode 4 -- You're Moving to Finland? 31:38

2+ y ago31:38

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After COVID-19 lockdowns and 2020 wildfires near his Oregon home, computational scientist Jeff Hammond decided to make big moves. In 2021, his family of five emigrated from Portland to Finland, and Jeff changed positions, leaving Intel and taking a new job with NVIDIA. Even before 2020, he had worked primarily remotely and discusses the lessons he …

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Season 2, Episode 3 -- Two PhDs + Pandemic + Baby 35:13

2+ y ago35:13

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Pandemic work was especially challenging for computational scientist parents, who often juggled new work arrangements while balancing their children's care. In this episode you’ll hear from a couple who were Ph.D. students and had a 10-month-old baby when lockdowns sent them all home in March 2020. The situation challenged their work and their ment…

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Episode 96: Leveraging Machine Learning for Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering 18:26

2+ y ago18:26

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Episode notes: Machine learning technologies are creating inspiring new opportunity vistas for scientific discovery and research at the exascale.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 2, Episode 2 -- Future of Work (part 2): Adapting to Change 25:29

2+ y ago25:29

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In Season 2 of Science in Parallel, we’re examining how pandemic shutdowns have reshaped computational science workplaces. In our last episode we focused on the effects of virtual work and how the Exascale Computing Project’s Strategies for Working Remotely panel series fostered communication and creativity. This episode brings in additional storie…

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Season 2, Episode 1 -- Future of Work (part 1): Communication Conundrum 23:10

2+ y ago23:10

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In our first two episodes of Science in Parallel’s Season 2, we’ll be talking about how the pandemic pivot to remote work marks a turning point in workplace structure for many computational scientists. We talk with computational scientists who worked remotely about what they struggled with, what functioned well and the lessons they’ll take into the…

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Episode 95: Enabling Cross-Project Research to Strengthen Math Libraries for Scientific Simulations 24:23

2+ y ago24:23

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Episode notes: Project teams can improve the capabilities of math libraries, the foundation of scientific simulations, via cross-project research.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 94: Revisiting the E4S Software Ecosystem Upon Release of Version 22.02 16:34

2+ y ago16:34

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Episode notes: The Extreme-scale Scientific Software Stack (E4S) continues to evolve as a broad collection of software capabilities for scientific research.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 93: Preparing the PETSc/TAO Software Suite to Support Exascale Scientific Applications 23:15

2+ y ago23:15

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Episode notes: An Exascale Computing Project team is getting the longtime open-source PETSc/TAO software suite ready to support exascale applications.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 92: Helping Users Deploy High-Performance Computing Tools and Libraries 10:04

3y ago10:04

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Episode notes: The latest version of the Extreme-scale Scientific Software Stack (E4S) provides support for three different GPU architectures.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 91: Let's Talk Exascale Code Development: CANcer Distributed Learning Environment (CANDLE) 15:42

3y ago15:42

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Episode notes: ECP plays key support roles in the CANDLE project, which is addressing three significant science challenge problems in cancer research.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 90: Frontier: Designing the Electrical Infrastructure for Unprecedented Power Demands 12:17

3y ago12:17

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Episode Notes: Effective communications, humble problem-solving, lessons learned, and synergy are success factors in realizing the Frontier supercomputer.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 89: Helping Large-Scale Multiphysics Engineering and Scientific Applications 25:54

3y ago25:54

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Episode Notes: Trilinos, a federated group of software packages with guiding principles, offers much autonomy in solving engineering and science problems.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 1, Episode 6 -- Aurora Pribram-Jones 28:00

3y ago28:00

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Aurora Pribram-Jones works on hot, dense electrons – simulating extreme chemistry that can happen within giant planets like Jupiter or nuclear fusion experiments. Aurora’s career included many initial detours on the way to science, but the flexibility of community college classes and a job at a technical bookstore paved their path toward research. …

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Episode 88: Frontier: Guiding the Design and Construction of the Mechanical Systems 13:26

3y ago13:26

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Episode Notes: Engineer David Grant must check and recheck many important design details before Frontier, the nation’s first exascale supercomputer, is powered on.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 87: Frontier: ORNL’s Justin Whitt on Deploying the Nation’s First Exascale Supercomputer 9:37

3y ago9:37

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Episode Notes: Justin Whitt describes what Frontier will do, why it's unique, progress with deployment, what’s special about exascale computing, and more.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Episode 86: An Interview with Exascale Computing Project Director Doug Kothe 24:01

3y ago24:01

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Episode Notes: Doug Kothe explains the need for ECP, the why and how of its origin, its unique team dynamics, and its enduring legacy.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 1, Episode 5 -- Alternative Energy 38:15

3y ago38:15

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Avoiding the changing climate’s most extreme impacts will require a technological revolution to power daily life from renewable sources. An entrepreneur, an engineering professor and a DOE-laboratory materials scientist – all DOE CSGF and Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni – discuss technical challenges from nuclear energy to heat transfe…

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Episode 85: Sunita Chandrasekaran on Teaching Supercomputing and Leading the ECP SOLLVE Project 18:52

3y ago18:52

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Episode Notes: As principal investigator of the ECP SOLLVE project, Sunita Chandrasekaran emphasizes the development of sustainable software.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 1, Episode 4 -- Alicia Magann 19:31

3y ago19:31

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Alicia Magann got her start in control systems engineering research, exploring tools for controlling large-scale chemical processes. As a Ph.D. student, she turned the dials of quantum chemistry in Herschel Rabitz’s research group at Princeton University with support from the DOE CSGF. She talks about her work on quantum algorithms, her cross-count…

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Season 1, Episode 3 -- Quentarius Moore 33:33

3y ago33:33

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Curiosity, mentors and a summer working in concrete with his grandfather shaped Quentarius Moore’s science career studying 2-D materials. He recently completed his fourth year as a DOE CSGF recipient, while pursuing a chemistry Ph.D. at Texas A&M University. He completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at Jackson State Univers…

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Episode 84: The Flux Software Framework Manages and Schedules Modern Supercomputing Workflows 35:04

3y ago35:04

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Episode Notes: Flux manages and schedules scientific workflows to optimize computing and other resources and enable applications to run faster and better.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Science in Parallel -- Season One Trailer 0:51

3y ago0:51

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Welcome to Science in Parallel, a new podcast about people and projects in computational science. Science in Parallel is produced by the Krell Institute, and season one celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program.

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Episode 83: Optimizing North American Power Grid to Improve Reliability and Grid Decarbonization 13:21

3+ y ago13:21

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Episode Notes: The ExaSGD project wants to enable the day-to-day operation of the national power grid to hold a large number of renewable power sources.Kirjoittanut Exascale Computing Project

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Season 1, Episode 2 -- Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change 34:00

3+ y ago34:00

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One of today’s hottest areas of computational research could help build better solutions for one of global society’s steepest challenges. Three early career computational scientists talk about AI’s potential for understanding and predicting climate shifts, supporting strategies for incorporating renewable energy, and engineering other approaches th…

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Season 1, Episode 1 -- Jeff Hittinger 32:00

3+ y ago32:00

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Jeff Hittinger of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory embodies the term scientist-chimera. He talks about the many scientific hats he’s worn simultaneously – computer scientist, applied mathematician and physicist. As director for the Center for Applied Computing (CASC) and as co-principal investigator for the DOE CSGF, he wears many more. He ta…

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