SciDAC: Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program brings together many of the nation’s top researchers to develop new computational methods for tackling some of the most challenging scientific problems.

The Mathematics and Computer Science division at Argonne has been awarded SciDAC-5 grants to work on advanced software and algorithms and their application to complex problems important to science and engineering.

SciDAC-4 Application Partnerships - collaborating with domain scientists in areas ranging from biological research to data analytics and nuclear physics.

SciDAC-5 Institutes - providing intellectual resources in applied mathematics and computer science, expertise in algorithms and methods, and software tools for scientific problem solving.

• RAPIDS2

Rob Ross, a senior computer scientist in Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) division, is the director of ​RAPIDS2. A collaboration of several universities, national labs, and industry, RAPIDS2 focuses on helping application developers address challenges arising with the increasing deluge of data, new technologies, and extreme-scale computing.

• FASTMath

Todd Munson, a senior computational scientist in Argonne’s MCS division, is the deputy director for the SciDAC FASTMath Institute: ​“Frameworks, Algorithms, and Scalable Technologies for Mathematics.” Led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and involving several national labs and universities, the FASTMath Institute develops and deploys scalable mathematical algorithms, AI/ML capabilities, and software tools for reliable simulation and analysis of complex physical phenomena and collaborates with application scientists to ensure the usefulness and applicability of FASTMath technologies and collaborates with application scientists to ensure the usefulness and applicability.

Building on the accomplishments of these two institutes, the MCS division recently has been awarded SciDAC-5 funding for two new institutes: Frameworks, Algorithms, and Scalable Technologies for Mathematics (FASTMath) and RAPIDS2: SciDAC Institute for Computer Science, Data, and Artificial Intelligence. Robert Ross is lead of RAPIDS2, and Todd Munson is Argonne lead of the new FASTMath Institute. See the web announcement for information about these institutes.