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| Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Advanced Scientific Computing Research |
| Formation | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Parent organization | United States Department of Energy |
Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Advanced Scientific Computing Research supports computational science, high-performance computing, and applied mathematics for energy and national priorities. It funds research across national laboratories, universities, and private partners to advance exascale computing, simulation, and data-driven discovery. ASCR's activities connect large-scale facilities, algorithm development, and workforce initiatives to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.
ASCR traces organizational roots to early Office of Science restructuring and program consolidation in the 1990s involving policymakers from Energy Research and Development Administration, researchers associated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and administrators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Key milestones included investments aligned with recommendations from panels chaired by figures connected to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and advisory boards linked to American Physical Society and Association for Computing Machinery. The program evolved alongside national initiatives such as the High Performance Computing Modernization Program, the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC), and federal reports from the Office of Management and Budget and commissions influenced by leadership at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
ASCR's mission centers on advancing applied mathematics, computer science, and computing facilities to enable discoveries in contexts supported by entities like Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories. It emphasizes scalable algorithms, performance-portable software, and data-intensive science relevant to stakeholders at National Energy Technology Laboratory and users drawn from universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley. The scope includes enabling collaborations with industrial partners such as Intel Corporation, NVIDIA, and consortiums involving Cray Inc. alumni and standards groups including Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
ASCR funds programs spanning computational mathematics associated with researchers at Princeton University, algorithmic development linked to groups at Carnegie Mellon University, and computational chemistry collaborations with teams at California Institute of Technology. Program areas include high-performance computing architectures explored alongside Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, software ecosystems tied to projects at National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, and data science initiatives interoperable with efforts at Purdue University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ASCR supports exascale preparation programs that coordinate with developers at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, task forces informed by members from European Organization for Nuclear Research collaborations, and workforce development partnerships engaging Los Alamos National Laboratory and educational programs at University of Texas at Austin.
ASCR oversees stewardship of premier computational facilities such as leadership-class systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, supercomputers housed at Argonne National Laboratory, and resources managed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Infrastructure programs coordinate network services, data centers, and software stacks interoperable with standards promoted by National Institute of Standards and Technology and managed-storage initiatives linked to University of Michigan. Facilities support large-scale experiments and simulations for projects involving Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, climate modeling consortia with participants from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and astrophysics simulations associated with teams at Space Telescope Science Institute.
ASCR engages in partnerships with national laboratories including Sandia National Laboratories and Brookhaven National Laboratory, academic institutions such as Columbia University and University of California, Los Angeles, and industry collaborators like Google and Microsoft. Multilateral collaborations extend to international centers including CERN and research universities such as University of Cambridge and University of Tokyo. Cross-agency coordination occurs with programs at National Science Foundation, policy units at Office of Science and Technology Policy, and mission-aligned work with National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers.
ASCR is funded through appropriations to the United States Department of Energy and budget allocations reviewed by committees in the United States Congress and oversight bodies such as the Government Accountability Office. Organizational leadership reports within the Office of Science framework and coordinates with division directors at national laboratories including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and laboratory directors appointed under processes involving the Secretary of Energy. Grants and cooperative agreements flow to principal investigators at institutions like Yale University, Harvard University, and community consortia including Consortia for Advanced Scientific Computing-style collaborations.
ASCR-funded work has enabled breakthroughs in climate modeling by teams at Princeton University and University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, advanced materials simulation collaborations involving Argonne National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, and molecular dynamics studies with contributions from California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Notable projects include exascale system deployments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and performance-portable software stacks developed with partners such as NVIDIA and Intel Corporation. ASCR-supported initiatives have influenced standards and software used by communities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, informed federal science reports by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and contributed to Nobel-associated research ecosystems involving institutions like Columbia University and University of Chicago.
Category:United States Department of Energy