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Bell Gets in the Flow for NERSC@50

September 10, 2024

On Monday, September 16 at 1:30 p.m. PDT, join Berkeley Lab Senior Scientist John Bell for an exciting seminar on NERSC’s long history of supporting fluid dynamics research, with repercussions from a cup of coffee all the way out into space. Read More »

Voting Now Open in NERSC Science as Art Competition

September 9, 2024

The NERSC community is invited to rate entries in our 50th Anniversary Science as Art Competition. Deadline September 15, 2024. Read More »

Nugent to Illuminate Astrophysics at NERSC in Upcoming Seminar

August 21, 2024

To celebrate NERSC's long history of supporting the study of astrophysical transients, Berkeley Lab Applied Math and Computational Research Division Deputy Peter Nugent will give his talk “A Quarter Century of Transient Science and Its Impact on Cosmology at NERSC,” part of the NERSC@50 seminar series. Read More »

Spotlight Falls on Accelerator Science in Next NERSC@50 Seminar

August 6, 2024

In his talk Faster! Faster! Highlights in Particle Accelerator Research at NERSC, Berkeley Lab senior scientist Jean-Luc Vay will present highlights of particle accelerator simulations performed at NERSC over the past decades as well as ongoing work and future directions for the field. Read More »

Julian Borrill Talks Cosmology at NERSC in Upcoming Seminar

July 29, 2024

Find out about NERSC’s role in cosmological research and big data as Berkeley Lab Physics Division scientist gives his talk “Big Bang, Big Data, Big Iron: 50 Years of Cosmic Microwave Background Studies at NERSC”, part of the NERSC@50 anniversary seminar series. Join the seminar on Monday, August 5 at 1:30 p.m. PDT on Zoom. Read More »

Ruby Leung to Highlight NERSC's Role in Climate Modeling

July 23, 2024

Ruby Leung of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will discuss her work on Earth system modeling and the role NERSC plays as part of the NERSC@50 seminar series. Read More »

Kjiersten Fagnan to Report on Vibrant JGI-NERSC Collaboration

July 15, 2024

Tune in Monday, July 22 at 1:30 p.m. PDT on Zoom to learn about NERSC's vibrant collaboration with JGI—past successes, scientific discoveries, and the path forward—with JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan. Read More »

Zaida McCunney Retires After 25 Years at Berkeley Lab

July 8, 2024

NERSC Administrative Supervisor Zaida McCunney retired at the end of June after a long career at Berkeley Lab. Read More »

CS Chang to Speak on State of Fusion Research at NERSC

June 12, 2024

NERSC was founded in 1974 to support nuclear fusion research – and on June 24, the NERSC@50 seminar series returns to those roots as Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory researcher CS Chang presents on his work and the state of fusion research at NERSC. Read More »

Dula Parkinson to Present on ALS and Superfacility for NERSC@50

June 10, 2024

The NERSC@50 seminar series continues on June 17 with Dula Parkinson, the Program Lead for Diffraction and Imaging at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a proud NERSC user since 2010. The seminar, in honor of NERSC’s 50th anniversary, will take place at 1:30 p.m. PDT on Zoom. Read More »

David Baker Talks Protein Design on June 3

June 2, 2024

On June 3 at 1:30 p.m. PDT, the NERSC@50 seminar series welcomes David Baker of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington. Join us for his presentation on prediction and design of protein interactions and how he’s using NERSC resources in his work to solve some of humanity's pressing problems. Read More »

Manos Mavrikakis to Deliver Next NERSC@50 Seminar

May 9, 2024

The NERSC@50 seminar series celebrating NERSC’s 50th anniversary continues Monday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m. on Zoom, with Manos Mavrikakis of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discussing the reaction-driven formation of novel active sites on catalytic surfaces. Read More »

NERSC@50 Seminar Series Kicks off April 15

April 8, 2024

In celebration of NERSC’s 50th anniversary, NERSC staff and users will gather online for the NERSC@50 seminar series, a special collection of talks reflecting on NERSC’s legacy of advancing science through HPC and what’s on deck for the next 50 years. Read More »

NERSC Quantum Team Wins Prestigious Hans Meuer Award

March 26, 2024

A team studying quantum computing at Berkeley Lab has been awarded the prestigious Hans Meuer Award, which annually recognizes the most outstanding paper submitted to the ISC High Performance computing conference in Hamburg, Germany. Read More »

"A Problem Solver and a Forward Thinker": Jackie Scoggins Reflects on Time at NERSC

February 23, 2024

Former NERSC systems analyst Jackie Scoggins reflects on her time at NERSC as part of In Their Own Words, a Q&A series celebrating NERSC's 50th anniversary. Read More »

50 Years of NERSC Firsts

January 25, 2024

From its humble beginnings in 1974 to today, we present NERSC firsts and highlights over its 50 year history. Read More »

NERSC Celebrates 50 Years in 2024

January 4, 2024

In 2024, NERSC will celebrate the latest of many milestones: 50 years of service to the global science community. Read More »