Grand Challenge Awardees

The Computing Grand Challenge Program allocates significant quantities of institutional computational resources to LLNL researchers to perform cutting edge research on the LC capability computers. Proposals are reviewed by a lab-wide committee of researchers on the basis of the expected visibility and impact of the computational approach and anticipated scientific results. Most projects selected for Grand Challenge are awarded Tier 2 allocations, which corresponds to a substantial allocation on LC capability machines. A small number of highly-scored proposals are awarded larger Tier 1 allocations each year to showcase the highest visibility computational science currently being conducted at LLNL.

Awardees by award period

Tier 1

Bogenschutz

Ultra-High Resolution Climate Simulations for California

Kravvaris

Computing Atomic Nuclei Exploring the Universe Through a Nuclear Lens

Zhang

Machine Learning Driven Multiscale Simulations of RAS/RAF Activation

Tier 2

Allen

Using Machine Learning and Molecular Mechanics Calculations for Biological and Chemical Weapons Countermeasures

Bertin

Molecular Dynamics simulations of strength of complex metal alloys

Carpenter

A Virtual Membrane Validated with Precision Experiments

Correa

Nonperturbative Studies Of Functional Materials Under Nonequilibrium Conditions - Phase II

Djordjević

Enhancing subscale modeling of kinetics in high-energy-density plasmas with deep learning

Draeger

Tracking cancer metastasis using optimized ensembles of densely-packed moving-window simulations

Frolov

Cracking in additively manufactured tungsten

Ingolfsson

Ft pathogen countermeasure design using machine learning and membrane modeling

Ji

Three-Dimensional Phase-Field Modeling of Microstructural Pattern Formation during Rapid Alloy Solidification

Li

Predicting reactivity of multicomponent polymeric materials for carbon capture and conversion

Ludwig

Compact Multi-GeV Laser Wakefield Accelerator for Muon Imaging – In Support of Experiments

Pham

Probing the Origin of Electrocatalyst Instability in Hydrogen Production Systems

Pitarka

Modeling and Simulations of Seismic and Acoustic Waves for National Security and Earthquake Hazard Assessment

Riedel

Transport and coupling of short-pulse laser-driven particle beams in the fast ignition approach to inertial fusion energy

Verriere

High-fidelity Fission Simulations for Nucleosynthesis

Vranas

Gravitational Waves from Violent Dark Matter Transitions in a Supercomputer

Weitzner

Taming the Unregulated Growth of Cathode-Electrolyte Interphases in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Yang

High Performance Computing-Aided Drug Discovery