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Projects

ALCF projects cover many scientific disciplines, ranging from biology and physics to materials science and energy technologies. Filter ongoing and past projects by allocation program, scientific domain, and year.

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours Aurora: 400,000 node-hours
PI Zoltan Fodor, Pennsylvania State University

QCD under Extreme Conditions

Award INCITE
Domain Biological Sciences
Hours Aurora: 250,000 node-hours
PI Nicola Ferrier, Argonne National Laboratory

ExaCortex: Exascale Reconstruction of Human Cerebral Cortex

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours Aurora: 600,000 node-hours
PI Yong Zhao, Argonne National Laboratory

3D Imaging of Strong Interaction Nambu-Goldstone Bosons

Award INCITE
Domain Chemistry
Hours Polaris: 200,000 node-hours
PI Darrin York, Rutgers University

High-Throughput Lead Optimization with Amber

Award INCITE
Domain Materials Science
Hours Polaris: 150,000 node-hours
PI Chris Wolverton, Northwestern University

High-Throughput Calculation of Materials Properties at Finite Temperature

Award INCITE
Domain Materials Science
Hours Aurora: 760,000 node-hours
PI Lucas Wagner, University of Illinois

QMC-HAMM: High-Accuracy Multiscale Models Using Quantum Monte Carlo

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours Polaris: 100,000 node-hours; Aurora: 1,000,000 node-hours
PI James Stone, Institute for Advanced Studies

Radiation-Dominated Black Hole Accretion

Award INCITE
Domain Biological Sciences
Hours Polaris: 200,000 node-hours
PI Marcos Sotomayor, University of Chicago

Large-Scale Simulations of Inner-Ear Mechanotransduction Complexes

Award INCITE
Domain Computer Science
Hours Aurora: 300,000 node-hours
PI Ruslan Shaydulin, JPMorgan Chase

Experimental Realization of Certified Randomness from Quantum Supremacy

Award INCITE
Domain Engineering
Hours Polaris: 50,000 node-hours; Aurora: 750,000
PI Janet Scheel, Occidental College

Exascale Simulations of Rayleigh-Benard Convection

Award INCITE
Domain Biological Sciences
Hours Aurora: 200,000 node-hours
PI Amanda Randles, Duke University

Establishing Digital Twins for High-Throughput Cellular Analysis in Whole Blood

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours Aurora: 500,000 node-hours
PI David Radice, Pennsylvania State University

Exascale Simulations of Compact Binary Mergers

Award INCITE
Domain Engineering
Hours Aurora: 40,000 node-hours
PI Stephan Priebe, GE Aerospace Research

High-Fidelity Simulations of Open Fan/Wing Integration for Sustainable Aviation

Award INCITE
Domain Materials Science
Hours Aurora: 300,000 node-hours
PI Ivan Oleynik, University of South Florida

Carbon at Extremes: Discovery Science with Exascale Computers

Award INCITE
Domain Engineering
Hours Aurora: 500,000 node-hours
PI Eric Nielsen, NASA Langley Research Center

Using Exascale Computing for New Insights into High-Lift Ground Testing

Award INCITE
Domain Chemistry
Hours Aurora: 1,500,000 node-hours
PI Vikram Mulligan, Flatiron Institute

Heteropolymer Design Harnessing New and Emerging Computing Technologies

Award INCITE
Domain Engineering
Hours Polaris: 60,000 node-hours
PI Parisa Mirbod, University of Illinois Chicago

Scalar Transport in Turbulent Bubbly Flows: Insights from Interface-Resolved Simulations

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Domain Engineering
Hours Aurora: 200,000 node-hours
PI Elia Merzari, Pennsylvania State University

Advancing Fusion and Fission Energy through Exascale

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours Polaris: 200,000 node-hours
PI Noah Mandell, Type One Energy

High-Fidelity Turbulence-Based Predictions of Stellarator Reactor Performance

Award INCITE
Domain Biological Sciences
Hours Aurora: 1,000,000 node-hours
PI Jie Liang, University of Illinois Chicago

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