December 2020 - Affiliates - mailman3.cels.anl.gov

Q&A Session for BES-ASCR SciDAC Call
by Tezak, Samantha L. 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Dear Colleague, BES and ASCR have just issued a call for proposals in the area of SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THROUGH ADVANCED COMPUTING: PARTNERSHIPS IN BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES. Pre-applications are due to DOE on January 19th. However, only 2 preproposals may be submitted by Argonne and thus there will be a down-selection process. We will host a Q&A Session on Tuesday, December 15 at 4:30 PM CT via BlueJeans. Join here<https://bluejeans.com/741640856?src=calendarLink> https://science.osti.gov/-/media/grants/pdf/foas/2021/SC_FOA_0002441.pdf The call identifies two topical areas: 1. Quantum Phenomena of many-particle systems driven far from equilibrium. Applications are sought that drive and manipulate quantum effects such as coherence, entanglement, and novel states of matter by going beyond the use of existing quantum-based methods in their traditional regimes. 1. Predictive Control of Reaction Pathways for chemical mechanisms in complex non-equilibrium and field-driven environments important in synthesis of materials and chemicals, and deconstruction of macromolecular structures such as plastics for polymer upcycling. Background information about the SciDAC call and SciDAC in general (from the two previous Townhall meetings) can be found in the Argonne Box at https://anl.box.com/s/wna7w130ouxu3uqotkzlsfcpc1z5guu7 It seems clear that targeting exascale computing capabilities will be an important component of a response to the FOA: it is important to consider this aspect early on and to involve appropriate computational expertise in the team. There will be a down-select process that is currently being worked out as Argonne can only submit two pre-proposals as lead institution. The deadline for submitting preproposals for internal screening is January 11, 2021, and the deadline for submitting preproposals to DOE is Jan. 19, 2021. Send pre-applications to scidac-bes-2020(a)lists.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> cc’d to Amanda Petford-Long and Cynthia Jenks. The pre-application may not exceed two pages (excluding cover page and tables of PIs and COIs), when printed using standard letter-size (8.5 x 11-inch) paper with 1-inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right). The font must not be smaller than 11 point. Figures and references, if included, must fit within the two-page limit. After the description of the proposed research, include a listing of individuals known to be conflicted from serving as a reviewer, as required for the preapplication. (see call for details) If you are thinking about submitting a pre-proposal, or have any other questions, please contact us ASAP at scidac-bes-2020(a)lists.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>. If you are planning a pre-proposal as lead PI, please include some information (a paragraph or so) about the target science as well as potential team members. We are available to help you with the pre-proposal process, in particular with identifying ASCR partners as well as SciDAC Institutes to which the pre-proposals should make strong connections. Since only two proposals can be led by Argonne, we also suggest reaching out to external collaborators and being part of proposals led by other institutions, if this is appropriate. We are available for discussions and help regarding this scenario as well. Best, Katherine, Olle, and Salman -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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CPS Division Seminar Monday: Paul Kent
by Tezak, Samantha L. 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

December 14, 2020 2:00 PM Central Presenter: Paul Kent, ORNL Bio: Paul Kent is currently a distinguished R&D staff at ORNL. He completed his PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge in 1999. He joined ORNL after moving to the USA for postdoctoral positions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Tennessee. Currently he directs the Center for Predictive Simulation of Functional Materials and leads the open source QMCPACK applications development as part of DOE’s Exascale Computing Project. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was most recently awarded the 2020 ORNL Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology. Talk Title: Grand Challenges in Computational Materials Science: Towards Reliable Predictions of Quantum Materials Abstract: One of the longstanding grand challenges in computational materials science and condensed matter theory is to be able to reliably and accurately solve for the quantum mechanical properties of general materials. This capability is necessary in many areas ranging from materials design through to prediction and interpretation of novel quantum phenomena. Today while there are many successful approximate methods, we lack general and widely applicable methods able to provide a ground truth. This is a general problem, but particularly problematic for systems such as quantum materials where the results are particularly delicate to approximations made. In this talk I will describe recent advances in Quantum Monte Carlo methods, which combined with the increased capabilities promised by Exascale computing promise to bring us significantly closer to the goal of reliable materials predictions. https://events.cels.anl.gov/event/53/v The division seminar schedule can be viewed here<https://events.cels.anl.gov/category/9/>. Join Meeting <https://bluejeans.com/919103457/> (Join from computer or phone) Phone Dial-in +1.408.317.9254<tel:+1.408.317.9254> (US (San Jose)) +1.866.226.4650<tel:+1.866.226.4650> (US Toll Free) (Global Numbers<https://www.bluejeans.com/premium-numbers>) Meeting ID: 919 103 457 Room System 199.48.152.152 or bjn.vc Meeting ID: 919 103 457 *************************************** Samantha L Tezak Executive Assistant, CPS Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Lemont, IL 60439 Tel: (630) 252-6250 E-mail: stezak(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> **************************************** P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Few things --
by Habib, Salman 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Hi Everyone, Some things for you to consider: 1. There will be an ASCR "data reduction" workshop in January. If interested in attending or contributing please send me an email ASAP. 2. Remember our holiday get together on the 17th, do mark it on your calendars! 3. I have attached a nice talk by Dion on COVID-19 vaccines. 4. The BES SciDAC call is out. You'll be hearing more about this, but all those who are already planning for this should press on as the the Lab internal deadline for the preproposals will likely be a month from now. All the Best Salman

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CPS Holiday Happy Hour
by Tezak, Samantha L. 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

[Text, whiteboard Description automatically generated] Join us for our weekly happy hour with some added holiday cheer. We will have a small gift exchange organized through Elfster. Sign up for the gift exchange here<https://www.elfster.com/gift-exchanges/b64e061b-2c37-448b-9f2c-d88cf980b06e…>. The deadline to register is Sunday, December 13 and names will be selected on Monday, December 14. You'll receive an email on Monday with the name of your giftee. When you register, please include a wish list of items up to $20. Your address will only be shared with your gifter. This is an optional bit of fun. If you have ideas on how to add extra fun to the celebration, let us know! RSVP HERE<http://evite.me/w8FgD1rsPW> *************************************** Samantha L Tezak Executive Assistant, CPS Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Lemont, IL 60439 Tel: (630) 252-6250 E-mail: stezak(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> **************************************** P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Reminder: Computational Science Seminar Series: Towards a Quantum Internet
by Lynch, Rose 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Friendly Reminder: Computational Science Seminar Series Title: Towards a Quantum Internet Speaker: Panagiotis Spentzouris (Fermilab) When: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (US/Central) Viewing Information/Zoom details: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/92390655350?pwd=NHpaRnpIdmQwVGZuZHlMSGdyM0FMQT09<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uchicago.zoom.us_j_923…> Password: 593078 Event website: https://cdac.uchicago.edu/events/panagiotis-spentzouris-fermilab-towards-a-… Abstract: When fully deployed, the quantum Internet will connect any two points (eventually on the planet) via quantum communications through a system of national quantum networks. Each quantum network will interconnect nodes based on a heterogeneous set of technologies that will enable the realization of a diverse set of quantum protocols, such as multi-party secure communications, sensing, blind quantum computing, and distributed quantum computing. To date, no quantum Internet exists. Nevertheless, there already are a number of useful components and testbeds available that can inform the design of a first-generation quantum Internet. In my talk I will describe some of the relevant concepts as well as existing technologies and testbeds that are envisioned to contribute to the development of the Quantum Internet. About the speaker: Panagiotis Spentzouris is a senior scientist and head of the Scientific Computing Division<http://computing.fnal.gov/> at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory<http://www.fnal.gov/>. His interests include Neutrino Physics, Accelerator Physics, and Quantum Information Science. Sponsor: Computational Science Seminar sponsored jointly by the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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REMINDER: CELS Coffee Time is today from 2:00-3:00
by Werner, Janet M. 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Hello, This is a friendly reminder of the CELS Coffee Time, today, Wednesday, at 2pm – 3pm. The speaker for today is Jose Monsalve Diaz and the title of his talk is “The Sequential Codelet Model, a Unified Program Execution Model for heterogenous, parallel and distributed computation”. Participate by using Jose’s Blue Jean info: https://bluejeans.com/621734081 Janet Werner Mathematics & Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory (630) 252-3050 jwerner(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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Computational Science Seminar Series: Towards a Quantum Internet
by Gupta, Rinku K. 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

Reminder: This seminar is tomorrow. Computational Science Seminar Series Title: Towards a Quantum Internet Speaker: Panagiotis Spentzouris (Fermilab) When: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (US/Central) Viewing Information/Zoom details: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/92390655350?pwd=NHpaRnpIdmQwVGZuZHlMSGdyM0FMQT09<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uchicago.zoom.us_j_923…> Password: 593078 Event website: https://cdac.uchicago.edu/events/panagiotis-spentzouris-fermilab-towards-a-… Abstract: When fully deployed, the quantum Internet will connect any two points (eventually on the planet) via quantum communications through a system of national quantum networks. Each quantum network will interconnect nodes based on a heterogeneous set of technologies that will enable the realization of a diverse set of quantum protocols, such as multi-party secure communications, sensing, blind quantum computing, and distributed quantum computing. To date, no quantum Internet exists. Nevertheless, there already are a number of useful components and testbeds available that can inform the design of a first-generation quantum Internet. In my talk I will describe some of the relevant concepts as well as existing technologies and testbeds that are envisioned to contribute to the development of the Quantum Internet. About the speaker: Panagiotis Spentzouris is a senior scientist and head of the Scientific Computing Division<http://computing.fnal.gov/> at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory<http://www.fnal.gov/>. His interests include Neutrino Physics, Accelerator Physics, and Quantum Information Science. Sponsor: Computational Science Seminar sponsored jointly by the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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REMINDER: CELS Coffee Time is today from 2:00-3:00
by Werner, Janet M. 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

Hello, This is a friendly reminder of the CELS Coffee Time, today, Wednesday, at 2pm – 3pm. The group of speakers for today are Dave LePoire, Cheng Wang, Young-Soo Chang, and Margaret MacDonell and the title of their talk is “Discovering the Dynamics of COVID-19 in Chicago: Providing Scientific Evidence for Argonne’s CITYCOVID Agent-Based Model”. Participate by using Cheng’s Blue Jean info: https://bluejeans.com/7849520309/ Janet Werner Mathematics & Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory (630) 252-3050 jwerner(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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