The Aurora Exascale Supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory is one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. It is capable of computing more than a billion calculations per second and takes up the floor space of four tennis courts.

This supercomputer promises to accelerate advancements across scientific research, creating complex climate models, cracking cosmic conundrums and contributing to cures for chronic conditions. In other words, it can potentially change the course of science.

Learn more about how supercomputers transform scientific research across many domains, including the laboratory and the cosmos.

Speaker:

Michael E. Papka, Ph.D., senior scientist/division director/deputy associate laboratory director, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); professor of computer science, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC); and co-director of the George Crabtree Institute at UIC/ANL.

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