2022 Science Highlights

In 2022, scientists from across the world used ALCF supercomputing and AI resources to accelerate discovery and innovation across a wide range of research areas. The following science highlights detail some of the groundbreaking research campaigns carried out by ALCF users over the past year.


Biological Sciences

COMPBIO2: Combining Deep Learning with Physics-Based Affinity Estimation 2

PI: Peter Coveney, University College London
Biological Sciences

Using Genome-Scaling Language Models to Reveal SARS-CoV-2 Evolutionary Dynamics

PI: Arvind Ramanathan, Argonne National Laboratory
Earth Science

Extreme-Scale Simlations for Advanced Seismic Ground Motion and Hazard Modeling

PI: Christine Goulet, University of Southern California
Earth Science

Projected U.S. Drought Extremes through the Twenty-First Century with Vapor Pressure Deficit

PI: Rao Kotamarthi, Argonne National Laboratory
Engineering

High-Speed Turbulence with Shocks over Non-Adiabatic and Flexible Walls

PI: Johan Larsson, University of Maryland
Engineering

Next-Generation Nonwoven Materials Manufacturing

PI: Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory
Materials Science

BraggNN: Fast X-ray Bragg Peak Analysis Using Deep Learning

PI: Zhengchun Liu, Argonne National Laboratory
Materials Science

Dynamic Compressed Sensing for Real-Time Tomographic Reconstruction

PI: Robert Hovden, University of Michigan
Materials Science

Metastable Phase Diagrams for Materials

PI: Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Argonne National Laboratory
Chemistry

Microscopic Insight into Transport Properties of Li-Battery Electrolytes

PI: Wei Jiang, Argonne National Laboratory
Materials Science

Predicting Ion Transport Kinetics at Complex Interfaces for Energy Storage

PI: Brandon Wood, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Physics

Ab-initio Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions

PI: Gaute Hagen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Physics

High-Fidelity Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak and ITER Edge Physics

PI: Choong-Seock Chang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory