Catherine Feldman

We are thrilled to share the success of our Ookami student applications specialist, Catherine Feldman, who won the Best Student Paper Award in the applications track at the prestigious PEARC 2023 conference. Her award-winning paper, titled “A Further Study of Linux Kernel Hugepages on A64FX with FLASH, an Astrophysical Simulation Code,” provides an in-depth analysis of the Ookami supercomputing system, exploring its performance and highlighting its unique capabilities for various scientific workloads. Catherine conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the system’s architecture, focusing on how different application characteristics impact performance, which has significantly contributed to the field’s understanding of advanced computing environments. Her research not only showcased her technical skills and deep understanding of high-performance computing but also offered valuable insights that can guide future system optimizations. This recognition is a testament to her hard work, dedication, and passion for pushing the boundaries of computational research. We are incredibly proud of her achievements and look forward to her future contributions to the field.

Josh Martin

We are excited to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Ookami student applications specialist Joshua Martin, who won the Best Student Paper Award in the applications track atPEARC 2024. His paper, “Benchmarking with Supernovae: A Performance Study of the FLASH Code,” a performance and power efficiency study on multiple computational architectures using the astrophysics code FLASH, a multi-scale, multi-physics, adaptive mesh-based software instrument This award recognizes his exceptional research skills, creativity, and commitment to advancing the field of parallel computing. We congratulate Josh on this well-deserved honor and look forward to her continued success in the world of high-performance computing!

Ritvik Prabhu

We are delighted to announce the remarkable achievement of Ritvik Prabhu, who received the Outstanding Student Paper Award at the HPEC 2024 conference. His paper, On the Scalability of Computing Genomic Diversity Using SparkLeBLAST: A Feasibility Study,” stood out among submissions from across the globe for its innovative approach and significant contributions to the field. Ritvik a student at Virginia Tech, began his journey with minimal knowledge of high-performance computing, but through dedicated work on the Ookami system, he significantly evolved his skills, ultimately earning an outstanding paper award as well as an internship at RIKEN, a prestigious computing center in Japan. These are testaments to Ritvik’s dedication, hard work, and passion for research. Congratulations to Ritvik on this outstanding achievement.

Amy Xiao

Garden City High School student Amy Xiao was awarded a 1st place Grand Award in Biochemistry at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles. According to the competition sponsor, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, ISEF is the world’s largest pre-college science and engineering competition.  Amy’s project was computationally based and a critical feature of her work was the molecular docking simulations performed on SeaWulf. 

Amy explained, “The docking calculations I performed using the SeaWulf cluster gave me important insights into the interactions between the Citrin protein and other molecules. I found the extensive documentation, resources, and support very helpful in making such a powerful resource accessible to newer researchers like me.” 

Garden City HS faculty advisor Dr. Meredith Foley noted the appreciation of Garden City High School “for the continuing support provided to our student research program by Stony Brook University. Over the past several years, our student researchers have profited greatly by being able to use the SeaWulf high performance computing cluster at SBU.”   

Supported by the Institute for Advanced Computational Science and Stony Brook Research Computing and Cyberinfrastructure, SeaWulf is a computational cluster using top-of-the-line components from AMD, Dell, HPE, IBM, Intel, Nvidia, and numerous other technology partners.  An essential resource in the campus community, SeaWulf is also highly valued by research collaborators from across the globe, including students. This high-performance computing system was made possible by $1.85M in grants from the National Science Foundation (awards 1531492 and 2215987) and matching funds from the Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) program (contract C210148). -ADG