Mathematics and Computer Science

A leader in the computing sciences, the MCS Division provides the numerical tools and technology for solving some of our nation’s most critical scientific problems.

In addition to our world-class research, we develop the software for some of the fastest, most powerful computer systems in the world: systems that are enabling scientists to tackle problems previously considered infeasible.

Press Release

Helping companies use high-performance computing to improve U.S. manufacturing

Companies can apply for dedicated supercomputing time and help from Argonne scientists to address their manufacturing and materials development challenges while improving energy efficiency.

Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science/Data Analysis

Awards and Recognition

Researchers win Best Paper Award at visualization conference

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, the Ohio State University, Peking University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory have won a Best Paper Award at the virtual 14^th IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium.

Visualization

Awards and Recognition

Argonne’s 2021 Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellows bring new energy, promise to their fields

The Fellows are conducting a wide variety of studies in several different areas alongside some of Argonne’s most accomplished researchers.

Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmology

Research Highlight

Capturing the silver lining in infrastructure clouds

Kate Keahey, a senior computer scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and senior scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, recently argued for a “silver lining” in the internet cloud environment.

Cloud Computing

Announcement

MCS researchers play major role at SIAM CSE21

The Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory played a major role at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (SIAM CSE21). The virtual conference was held March 1–5, 2021.

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Helping companies use high-performance computing to improve U.S. manufacturing

Researchers win Best Paper Award at visualization conference

Argonne’s 2021 Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellows bring new energy, promise to their fields

Capturing the silver lining in infrastructure clouds

MCS researchers play major role at SIAM CSE21

Sneak preview: New platform allows scientists to explore research environments virtually

Tools Reveal Critical Infrastructure Connections, Help Mitigate Disasters

Last Journey: Mira supercomputer simulates the unknown of the universe

MCS Focus Areas

Advanced Architectures and Systems

Computational Engineering and Methods

Data Management and Storage Systems

Mathematical Modeling and Optimization

Foundations of ML, Data Analysis, and Statistics

Numerical Software and Mathematical Libraries

System Software and Performance Engineering

CONTACT US

Mathematics and Computer Science General Inquiries

Related Organizations

Machine Learning

Exascale Computing in the MCS Division

MACSER: Multifaceted Mathematics for Rare, High-Impact Events in Complex Energy and Environment Systems

MPICH: A High-Performance, Portable Implementation of MPI

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OUR LEADERSHIP

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Stefan M. Wild

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