General Lab Information

Computing and Data Sciences directorate, the nexus of computing at Brookhaven Lab, employs a collaborative, multidisciplinary research approach with diverse expertise in artificial intelligence, applied math, and computing that fuels a passion for discovery.

Brookhaven Lab’s Computing and Data Sciences directorate is accelerating computing and domain science by providing a complete ecosystem that safely and seamlessly provides the expertise, compute and data resources, and research environment to drive discovery.

CDS employs a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to its applied math, artificial intelligence, and computing research and uses broad capabilities to target scientific challenges, working with fellow researchers at the Lab and many global partners.

Computational Research

Computing at CDS focuses on delivering the most research impact gleaned from diverse high-volume data using innovative applied mathematics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing capabilities.

Systems, Architectures, and Emerging Technologies

This area emphasizes data-centric architectures and systems, memory and storage, optical technologies, and artificial intelligence architectures, including neuromorphic and energy-efficient computing. Leading-edge modeling and simulation capabilities and the Advanced Computing Laboratory support research that spans the hardware-software stack.

Scientific Computing and Data Facilities

SCDF combines advanced expertise in high-throughput, high-performance, and data-intensive computing with data management, analysis, and preservation in a centralized computing facility that supports Brookhaven Lab and beyond.