Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences

scientists today rely on advances in computer science, applied mathematics, and computational science, as well as high-performance computing and networking facilities, to increase our understanding of ourselves, our planet, and our universe. the mission of computing sciences at berkeley lab is to achieve transformational, breakthrough impacts in scientific domains through the discovery and use of advanced computational methods and systems and to make those instruments accessible to the broad scientific community. the computing sciences organization advances computational science throughout the u.s. department of energy's office of science research programs. our greatest strength is our people. they specialize in solving scientific problems using expertise in computer hardware and software, computational science, applied mathematics, networking, and middleware services. computing sciences carries out its mission by operating two national user facilities — nersc and esnet — and by con