The discovery last year at CERN of the Higgs boson — a particle that may well be responsible for all the mass in the universe — was momentous to physicists everywhere. The revelation of Higgs is critical to validating a…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Strong ALCF showing at SC13
The highly competitive technical program of the annual Supercomputing conference shows broad participation from ALCF researchers this year. Several papers coauthored by ALCF researchers were accepted — one of which is also a finalist for the ACM Gordon Bell Prize…
Posted in Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Secrets of the Universe — Coming to an IMAX screen near you in 2016
I’m thrilled to be part of a new NSF-funded IMAX and digital 3D documentary film project that will introduce audiences to the major scientific instruments being used to explore the origins of the universe. Chief among these are the Large…
Posted in Education
Accelerating the discovery of alternative fuel sources
In many ways, biofuel research is like modern day alchemy. The transmutation of biomass materials — which includes anything from kitchen and latrine waste to stalky, non-edible plants — into a sustainable and renewable energy source involves catalysts and chemical…
Posted in Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Research
The beginning of a change
After posting a few months back on the exciting STEAM work at RISD, and the push to integrate art into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curricula, I was eager to attend the “The Art of Science Learning” talk at…
Posted in Education
Spotlight on leadership-class computing
I’m pleased to announce that Jim Hack and I will be co-editing a special issue of Computing in Science & Engineering magazine on the topic of leadership computing, to be published in fall 2014. The goal of this issue is…
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