Publications – Michael E. Papka

New Frontiers in Leadership Computing, part two of the CiSE Special Issue on Leadership Computing, is out and features four more boundary-pushing examples of research at the high-end of scientific computing: a scalable solver for aerospace industry work, a novel method to model geological flow and transport processes, recent modeling advances in the domain of accelerator science, and a look at optimizations made to two features of a laser-plasma interaction code that enable scaling to a million or more processes.
Guest editing this special issue has been especially gratifying and was made possible by the enthusiasm and support of several individuals, including CiSE Editor-in-Chief George Thiruvathukal, who championed this topic from the start. I’m pleased to announce that Jim Hack and I will continue serving in this capacity in 2015. We will use our column space to explore topics such as training the new generation of HPC users and what’s going to be inside the next-generation of DOE leadership machines. I’m excited to be part of this editorial team and look forward to the coming year.

Advances in Leadership Computing, the first of a two-part CiSE Special Issue on Leadership Computing, is now available online. In two consecutive publications, this special issue will explore nine projects that are using leadership systems to expand the frontiers of their fields.
The September/October issue features five articles on topics that include simulating the Universe, enhancing the understanding of wall-bounded turbulence, devising an approach that computes the energy dispatch of electrical power grid systems under uncertainty, gleaning new insights into fusion plasma turbulence, and a recent advance in quantum-mechanical computational methods that can be used to search for optimal materials such as batteries and photo-electrochemical cells.