Exascale Computing Project Podcast

The Exascale Computing Project (ECP) is accelerating delivery of a capable exascale computing ecosystem to provide breakthrough solutions that will address America's most critical challenges in scientific discovery, energy assurance, economic competitiveness, and national security. Let’s Talk Exascale explores Application Development, Software Technology, and Hardware and Integration—focus areas of the ECP.

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

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.

06-23
22:15

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

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

05-24
31:33

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

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

05-03
21:41

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

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

02-27
31:29

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

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

01-13
29:39

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

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

12-16
28:03

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

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

11-16
32:14

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

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

10-20
29:55

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

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

07-28
22:27

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

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

06-16
18:26

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

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

05-03
24:23

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

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

03-30
16:34

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

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

03-09
23:15

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

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

12-14
10:04

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

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

12-07
15:42

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

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

11-02
12:17

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

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

10-29
25:54

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

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

10-22
13:26

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

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

10-18
09:37

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

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

10-17
24:01

Recommend Channels