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ITRI Takes Home Two 2019 R&D 100 Awards

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Friday, December 6, 2019
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2019 R&D 100 Awards held its award gala in San Mateo, CA on December 5th to recognize the top 100 innovations of the past year.

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  • SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2019 R&D 100 Awards held its award gala in San Mateo, CA on December 5th to recognize the top 100 innovations of the past year.
  • This is the 12th year that ITRI has won R&D 100 Awards.
  • Since 2008, ITRI has received 41 R&D 100 Awards for its outstanding contributions toward innovating a better future for society and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
  • Other R&D 100 Awards recipients this year include the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, NASA, and Argonne National Laboratory.

Argonne National Laboratory Deploys Cerebras CS-1, the World’s Fastest Artificial Intelligence Computer

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Cerebras Systems , a company dedicated to accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) compute, and Argonne National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center, today announced that Argonne is the first national laboratory to deploy the Cerebras CS-1 system.

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  • Cerebras Systems , a company dedicated to accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) compute, and Argonne National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center, today announced that Argonne is the first national laboratory to deploy the Cerebras CS-1 system.
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    Argonne National Laboratory Deploys Cerebras CS-1, the Worlds Fastest Artificial Intelligence Computer (Photo: Business Wire)
    By removing compute as the bottleneck in AI, the CS-1 enables AI practitioners to answer more questions and explore more ideas in less time.
  • We are proud to collaborate with Argonne National Laboratory and leverage the massive computational power of the CS-1 to help solve many of the worlds scientific problems, said Andrew Feldman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cerebras.
  • Cerebras Systems is a team of pioneering computer architects, computer scientists, deep learning researchers, and engineers of all types.

Argonne collaborates to review current battery recycling processes for electric vehicles

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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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The U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has collaborated with the Faraday Institution in a newly released Nature review of challenges and opportunities associated with recycling lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs).

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  • The U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has collaborated with the Faraday Institution in a newly released Nature review of challenges and opportunities associated with recycling lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs).
  • The review explains why recycling methods are needed, the advantages and limitations of existing approaches and improvements that could make recycling processes economically more efficient.
  • According to the review, the world needs better waste management solutions to handle the growing number of EVs to be retired from the market.
  • Institutions like ReCell, the DOEs first ever lithium-ion battery recycling center, and The Faraday Institution are collaborating with industry and academic organizations to find ways of making battery recycling more efficient and cost-effective.

World-Leading Innovations: Two ITRI Technologies Win at 2019 R&D 100 Awards

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Friday, November 1, 2019
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The R&D 100 Awards has announced its 2019 winners.

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  • TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The R&D 100 Awards has announced its 2019 winners.
  • This year marks the 12th consecutive year that ITRI has won the R&D 100 Awards.
  • Other 2019 R&D 100 Awards winners include the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, NASA, and Argonne National Laboratory.
  • ITRI President Edwin Liu expressed that ITRI is proud that it has won the R&D 100 Awards for 12 consecutive years.

R&D 100 Awards Announced

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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Winners of the R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine and its new parent company, WTWH Media, LLC.

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  • Winners of the R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine and its new parent company, WTWH Media, LLC.
  • Being named as one of the R&D 100 is an incredible honor," said Paul J. Heney, Vice President, Editorial Director for R&D World .
  • Primary submitting organizations that took three or more R&D 100 Awards are: Argonne National Laboratory, Dow Chemical, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, NETL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories.
  • The R&D 100 Awards Banquet will take place on Thursday, December 5th at the San Mateo Marriott near San Francisco, California in conjunction with the R&D 100 Conference.

Department of Energy and Cerebras Systems Partner to Accelerate Science with Supercompute Scale Artificial Intelligence

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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The partnership comes on the heels of Cerebras introduction of the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) , the largest chip ever built, last month.

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  • The partnership comes on the heels of Cerebras introduction of the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) , the largest chip ever built, last month.
  • We are excited to partner with innovative companies like Cerebras Systems to push the frontiers of AI.
  • We are honored and proud to partner with the Department of Energy and the talented researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems.
  • With an area of 46,225 square millimeters, the WSE is the largest chip in the world and enables AI at supercompute scale.

PJM and Argonne National Laboratory Collaborate to Study Guidelines for Solar Resources

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
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PJM coordinates energy resources and ensures reliability for a system stretching from the East Coast to the Midwest and is managing a network with more solar input than ever before.

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  • PJM coordinates energy resources and ensures reliability for a system stretching from the East Coast to the Midwest and is managing a network with more solar input than ever before.
  • These resources are located on the lower-voltage distribution side of the grid which in the case of solar, could mean a customer's rooftop.
  • With more than 80 researchers who study the grid, Argonne National Laboratory has long developed modeling and analytics tools that help inform decision makers about issues related to electricity systems.
  • Argonne sent Rojan Bhattarai, another scientist from the lab, to work onsite at PJM to support the PJM task force.

AT&T Engages U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory on Industry-leading Climate Resiliency Project

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
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DALLAS, March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has engaged the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory for help on a Climate Change Resiliency Project to better anticipate, prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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  • DALLAS, March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has engaged the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory for help on a Climate Change Resiliency Project to better anticipate, prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
  • It has brought together insights from Argonne National Laboratory's leading climate and environmental science with AT&T data scientists.
  • "At Argonne National Laboratory, we are using high-resolution models and vast statistical techniques to project climate change at regional,local, and even neighborhood scales.
  • In coordination with Argonne National Laboratory, we'll also make the regional climate modeling data calculated by Argonne National Laboratory for AT&T available to the public, including universities, municipalities and others, to use in their own climate risk analysis.

U.S. Department of Energy and Intel to Deliver First Exascale Supercomputer

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Monday, March 18, 2019
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Intel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will deliver the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP in the United States.

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  • Intel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will deliver the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP in the United States.
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    Intel will deliver the Aurora supercomputer, the United States first exascale system, to Argonne National Laboratory in 2021.
  • More: The Exascale Opportunity (Intel Blog) | U.S. Department of Energy and Intel to Deliver First Exascale Supercomputer (Video)
    Achieving exascale is imperative, not only to better the scientific community, but also to better the lives of everyday Americans, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.
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Atos Delivers World's Highest Performing Quantum Simulator to Argonne National Laboratory

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Monday, November 12, 2018
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PARIS and IRVING, Texas, Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today entered into a contract with Argonne National Laboratory to deliver its latest Atos Quantum Learning Machine, the world's highest-performing commercially available quantum simulator .

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  • PARIS and IRVING, Texas, Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today entered into a contract with Argonne National Laboratory to deliver its latest Atos Quantum Learning Machine, the world's highest-performing commercially available quantum simulator .
  • The Atos 35-qubit Quantum Learning Machine will support Argonne in multiple areas of research, and allow scientists to achieve levels of computational analysis not previously available on a quantum simulator.
  • Combining a high-powered, ultra-compact machine with a universal programming language, the Atos Quantum Learning Machine enables researchers and engineers to develop and experiment with quantum software.
  • "The Atos Quantum Learning Machine allows us to leverage our expertise in scalable algorithms across many science applications to explore the impact of quantum computing on key areas such as quantum chemistry and quantum materials," saidRick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director at Argonne National Laboratory.