{"id":16803,"date":"2020-03-23T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/23\/trump-administration-enlists-supercomputers-to-combat-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:42:32","slug":"trump-administration-enlists-supercomputers-to-combat-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2020\/03\/23\/trump-administration-enlists-supercomputers-to-combat-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration enlists supercomputers to fight coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump announced a new public-private partnership March 22 to use supercomputers to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort, called the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, is being led by the White House\u2019s Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy, and IBM, with additional partners from industry, government and academia, according to a news release by the Department of Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The consortium will allow COVID-19 researchers access to the supercomputers to \u201csignificantly advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus,\u201d the release read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the consortium, researchers can submit proposals through <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ficm-tracking.meltwater.com%2Flink.php%3FDynEngagement%3Dtrue%26H%3D3ZUQjNycMu7D%252Fe%252Bm%252FOmi3Qi1eTNrfRb0HcFplK3KYerw%252B6SfjwwI9vfRxQCiwUbF2RnyacfGlF8tKZyApsaGvzrsF9%252BV4zskgmmackAw0iGUA503xkTRVbxis4tP8m%252BE%26G%3D0%26R%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.xsede.org%252Fcovid19-hpc-consortium%26I%3D20200323005945.00000efd7bc6%2540mail6-53-ussnn1%26X%3DMHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVlNzgwOWYzYjM0MDBkYTcyMDg3MzQ4Mzs%253D%26S%3DSpbeY8QA5-XyRFonGnxKkpSOkSrx5ezfYDllH3uMSBw&#038;data=02%7C01%7Caeversden%40federaltimes.com%7C49b4ba6dba394f08866d08d7cec57b5b%7C1d5c96e57ee2446dbed8d0f8c50edea5%7C1%7C0%7C637205219909332509&#038;sdata=sg9SaTdYQR5NZi28NhpAEZuoOieAYE8YfLfgrBy6aWU%3D&#038;reserved=0\" target=_blank>an online portal<\/a> that will then be reviewed by a panel of scientists and computing researchers to evaluate the public health benefit. 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Follow our ongoing coverage as policy is announced.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the release, the supercomputers available to the consortium can process \u201cmassive numbers of calculations\u201d related to bioinformatics, epidemiology, molecular modeling and health care system response. The work will help scientists develop answers to coronavirus questions in hours or days, instead of weeks or months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy bringing together the world\u2019s most advanced supercomputers and matching them with the best ideas and expertise, this consortium can drive real progress in this global fight,\u201d said Dario Gil, director of IBM Research. \u201cIBM is proud to have helped kick-start this important effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Energy\u2019s National Nuclear Security Administration is also lending its supercomputing resources to combat COVID-19, said Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the DOE\u2019s undersecretary for nuclear security and the NNSA\u2019s administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants in the effort are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Industry<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>IBM<\/li><li>Amazon Web 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