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Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Sunday November 19, 2023 ( 12 items )  

2023 Winners of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Medals Demonstrate Steadfast Commitment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: The diverse group of 2023 winners of Los Alamos National Laboratory's most prestigious medals in Community Relations, Operations and Global Security share one thing in common: their exceptional commitment. "These medals are the Laboratory's highest honor," said Laboratory Director Thom Mason. "They recognize each person's dedication and contributions, and represent the broad scope o  more

Inaugural National Lab Research SLAM Showcases Early-Career Researchers
LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023: Gathered in the Congressional Auditorium on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 17 early-career researchers used three minutes and a single slide to present their pioneering research during the inaugural National Lab Research SLAM. Representing each of the 17 Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, finalists presented in four research categories  more

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: New Commodity Supercomputing Clusters Deployed at NNSA Labs Claim Top500 Spots
LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The debut of the National Nuclear Security Administration Commodity Technology Systems-2 (CTS-2) computing clusters Dane and Bengal on the Top500 List of the world's most powerful supercomputers brings the total of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory-sited systems on the list to 11, the most of any supercomputing center in the world. Photos by Garry McLe  more

Leal awarded ANS Seaborg Medal
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Luiz Leal is the recipient of the 2023 Seaborg Medal from the American Nuclear Society. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept of Energy. The American Nuclear Society, or ANS, has named ORNL's Luiz Leal of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory the recipient of the 2023 Seaborg Medal. The award is a top tier ANS award and is an engraved bronz  more

Los Alamos National Laboratory: New Open Community Effort Supports Open-Source, Scalable Systems Management
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Recognizing the challenges of running sophisticated applications including complex simulations, data analytics, artificial intelligence and heterogenous workflows at scale in hybrid computing environments, multiple institutions are forming an open-source community to develop and support a framework for better systems management. The new Open, Composable, Heterogeneous, Adaptable, Ma  more

National Nuclear Security Administration: Review, Comment Period Opens for Proposed LANL Transmission Line Upgrade Project
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the availability and comment period for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project Draft Environmental Assessment (DOE/EA-2199) (EA). The EA was prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) an  more

New International Consortium Formed to Create Trustworthy and Reliable Generative AI Models for Science
ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 10 (TNSres) (TNScapv) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Trillion Parameter Consortium launches with dozens of founding partners from around the world Initiative brings together teams of researchers engaged in creating large-scale generative AI models to address key challenges in advancing AI for science. * * * A global consortium of scientists from federal laboratories, research institutes, academi  more

New Mexico True Officially Enters San Francisco Market
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Nov. 15 -- The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: New Mexico True is officially live in the Bay Area. On Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, the New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) launched its Winter 2023-24 campaign, headlined by the introduction of New Mexico True into the San Francisco market. In addition to streaming and digital channels targeted towards prospective travelers throughout the local market, the San Francisco campaig  more

New Open Community Effort Supports Open-Source, Scalable Systems Management
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * OCHAMI's future-oriented approach enables workloads and heterogenous environments * * * Recognizing the challenges of running sophisticated applications including complex simulations, data analytics, artificial intelligence and heterogenous workflows at scale in hybrid computing environments, multiple institutions are forming an open-source community to develop and   more

SRNS Supply Chain Leaders Share Innovative Solutions With Los Alamos National Laboratory
AIKEN, South Carolina, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Nuclear Solutions issued the following news release: Representatives from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Supply Chain and Logistics (SCL) organization recently visited the Savannah River Site (SRS) to benchmark Supply Chain Management (SCM) best practices to meet the demands of the overall plutonium pit production mission and stand up SCL for the Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapons Production (ALDWP). "  more

The Journey to Frontier
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Just before dawn, Scott Atchley woke up for the third time, took another sip of coffee and sat down at his computer to watch the next failure.It was the morning of May 27, 2022. Atchley and fellow scientists had spent months tuning and tweaking Frontier, the $600 million supercomputer installed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The machine,  more

Three-pronged approach discerns qualities of quantum spin liquids
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In 1973, physicist Phil Anderson hypothesized that the quantum spin liquid, or QSL, state existed on some triangular lattices, but he lacked the tools to delve deeper. Fifty years later, a team led by researchers associated with the Quantum Science Center headquartered at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has confirmed the presence of QSL behav  more