A publication of the Office of Advanced Simulation & Computing, NA-121.2, NNSA Defense Programs
March 2008
NA-ASC-500-08—Issue 6
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ASC Principal Investigators’ Meeting Puts It All Together in Monterey, CA
The 2008 ASC Principal Investigators’ Meeting was held February 25-27 in Monterey, California. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Putting It All Together,” highlighting the many ways that the ASC Program is accomplishing its core mission and broadening its role for the future. Featured were three “end-to-end” sessions—one from each NNSA laboratory—that told a story of how a mission-critical grand challenge is being met using the various program elements and “putting them all together.” This theme was apparent through the many other programmatic, technical, and strategic presentations given by NNSA headquarters and laboratory staff during the two-day meeting.
Addressing the broadening mission of ASC, the meeting featured several presentations by experts from outside the program. These speakers discussed new applications of ASC tools, new challenges, and new opportunities for “putting it all together.” A particular highlight of the meeting was the exciting work presented by the dinner banquet guest speaker, Dr. Vijay S. Pande, of Stanford University, on his project called Folding@home. The 2008 Principal Investigators’ Meeting put it all together in presenting some outstanding technical accomplishments and broad programmatic activities of ASC, while providing some glimpses of a broader mission for the program in the future.
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