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![Dongarra in 2019 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit supercomputer](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2022-03/I%29%20Dongarra_IBM_Summit_Superomputer.jpeg?h=4bf1c8f5&itok=9sM8m0Iz)
A force within the supercomputing community, Jack Dongarra developed software packages that became standard in the industry, allowing high-performance computers to become increasingly more powerful in recent decades.
![Smart Neighborhood homes](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-01/04.09.TD-SMartHome_0.jpg?h=5b5a5437&itok=22S5Tle1)
To better determine the potential energy cost savings among connected homes, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a computer simulation to more accurately compare energy use on similar weather days.
![Motion sensing technology](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/Coin-spin-ORNL.jpg?h=dbfb0746&itok=LtrLTeNM)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is training next-generation cameras called dynamic vision sensors, or DVS, to interpret live information—a capability that has applications in robotics and could improve autonomous vehicle sensing.
![Tungsten tiles for fusion](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/EBM-tungsten_tiles_ORNL.png?h=0c890573&itok=XgIsl0tA)
Using additive manufacturing, scientists experimenting with tungsten at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope to unlock new potential of the high-performance heat-transferring material used to protect components from the plasma inside a fusion reactor. Fusion requires hydrogen isotopes to reach millions of degrees.
![Computing—Building a brain](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-06/CADES2019-P00182_0.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=eyahnQde)
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking inspiration from neural networks to create computers that mimic the human brain—a quickly growing field known as neuromorphic computing.
![Computing—Routing out the bugs](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/VA-HealthIT-2019-P04263.jpg?h=784bd909&itok=uwv091uK)
A study led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory explored the interface between the Department of Veterans Affairs’ healthcare data system and the data itself to detect the likelihood of errors and designed an auto-surveillance tool