3D model enables remote design for Crossroads supercomputer

The Los Alamos Advanced Simulation and Computing Program is readying its infrastructure for a new flagship supercomputer, Crossroads, which will be located in the secure Strategic Computing Complex. But the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent need for remote work has created challenges, rendering much in-person work impossible.

To remedy this issue, Los Alamos engineers developed a 3D Building Information Model (BIM) specifically for the design and installation of Crossroads. The BIM uses light detection and ranging (LIDAR) scans together with global positioning systems (GPS) to create highly accurate building layouts, enabling highly accurate measurements without the need for physical contact.  Read more in the current STE Highlights.

STE Highlights for August

Read these articles in the August 2020 issue of STE Highlights

	Awards and Recognition Burns receives American Chemical Society Francis P. Garvan‒John M. Olin Medal
	Awards and Recognition Lebensohn and team win Additive Manufacturing Modeling Challenge
	Awards and Recognition MOSAiC team honored with DOE Service Award
	Awards and Recognition El-Atwani and Uberuaga recognized as Outstanding Reviewers for the Acta Journals
	Bioscience Fine-tuning light harvesting antenna for improved photosynthesis boosts algae biomass three-fold
	Computer, Computational and Statistical Sciences New parallel programming system, Legion, for the exascale
	Earth and Environmental Sciences Historical data leads to better modeling for radioactive gas seepage from underground nuclear tests
	Educational Outreach Quantum Computing Summer School goes virtual for the first time
	High Performance Computing LANL partners with Eideticom to bring computational storage processor to the market
	Infrastructure Enhancement 3D model will enable remote design for new Crossroads supercomputer
	Materials Physics and Applications Experimental demonstration of advanced photonic systems leads to boosted performance.
	X-Computational Physics New record for highest pressures ever achieved in laboratory equation-of-state measurements