Deadline Extended for Biology Program Apps

Sept. 24 is the new deadline for biological and genomic researchers to apply for FICUS, a program that offers the integrated resources of NERSC, JGI and KBase to select studies. » Read More

NERSC Recognized by NASA for Contributions to Planck Mission

NERSC staff was honored with a NASA Group Achievement Award for their HPC support of the Planck Space Mission, which pushed the limits of HPC and cosmology. » Read More

Cosmoflow

A Big Data Center collaboration between NERSC, Intel and Cray has yielded another first in the quest to apply deep learning to data-intensive science: CosmoFlow, the first large-scale science application to use the TensorFlow framework on a CPU-based HPC platform with synchronous training. » Read More

Pickled Power

Computer simulations reveal that an additive commonly used to extend the life of Li-On batteries works because of a chemical reaction similar to pickling. » Read More

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Computing at NERSC

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Now Computing

A small sample of massively parallel scientific computing jobs running right now at NERSC.

Project	Machine	Nodes
Direct Numerical Simulations of Premixed Combustion under Intense Sheared Turbulence PI: Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories - California	Cori	1,309
partnership center for high-fidelity boundary plasma simulation: scidac-4 center PI: Choong-Seock Chang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)	Cori	240
center for computational study of excited-state phenomena in energy materials (c2sepem) PI: Jack Deslippe, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - NERSC	Cori	200
Study of laser-plasma interactions relevant to direct-drive ICF implosions PI: Chuang Ren, University of Rochester	Cori	157
QCD Thermodynamics at High Temperature PI: Alexei Bazavov, Michigan State University	Edison	128
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Protein Dynamics and Lignocellulosic Biomass PI: Jeremy C. Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Edison	128
Climate Change Simulations with CESM: Moderate and High Resolution Studies PI: Gerald Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)	Edison	90