News

Filter News

Area of Research

News Type

Date

News Topics

Media Contacts

Connect with ORNL

By studying the activity patterns of populations around the world, scientists at ORNL are identifying the communities that are most likely to face extreme climate events and associated national security challenges. Credit: Erik Schmidt/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Researchers anticipate, help prevent national security consequences of climate crises

Using novel data sets and computing systems, researchers at ORNL are simulating how climate change affects the safety and security of the country. 

Watermarks, considered the most efficient mechanisms for tracking how complete streaming data processing is, allow new tasks to be processed immediately after prior tasks are completed. Image Credit: Nathan Armistead, ORNL

ORNL, Google and Snowflake formalize novel data stream processing concept

A team of collaborators from ORNL, Google Inc., Snowflake Inc. and Ververica GmbH has tested a computing concept that could help speed up real-time processing of data that stream on mobile and other electronic devices.