About the Division
Effective visualizations can help scientists explore and interpret massive amounts of complex data from multiple sources. Scientists in many domains have come to trust and rely on graphical representations of large datasets. In response to systems biology needs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing bioinformatics/data management tools to help biologists integrate complex datasets.
The Computational Sciences & Mathematics Division (CSMD) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides science, technologies, and leadership to solve significant problems of national interest in energy, environment, national security, and fundamental science. At CSMD, our research is aimed at creating new, state-of-the-art computational capabilities using extreme-scale simulation and peta-scale data analytics that enable scientific breakthroughs.
Our scientists, for example, are building a world-leading program in advanced computer architectures focused on evaluation of comprehensive power and heat management in the Energy Smart Data Center and next-generation multithreaded architectures for high-performance graph analysis in the Center for Adaptive Supercomputer Software.
We also are developing, through PNNL's Data Intensive Computing Initiative, intelligent hardware and software solutions that analyze, store, and share data in ways that enable innovative research, while reducing both cost and time. These research and development activities are giving rise to scientific breakthroughs in high-impact areas, including infrastructures, computing architectures, and advanced analytical techniques.
In addition, CSMD offers investigator-initiated and multi-institutional collaborative research, unique scientific instrumentation, and national program leadership to translate the latest discoveries into technologies for the scientific community.
To address a constantly shifting set of opportunities as new areas of inquiry become technically feasible for the first time, CSMD is cultivating research capabilities in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, High-Performance Computing, Informatics and Knowledge Science, Scalable Data Management, Computational Mathematics, and Modeling and Simulation.
Moe Khaleel
Director, Computational Sciences & Mathematics Division
