Who are we?
The Laboratory for Advanced Numerical Simulations (LANS) is the newest organization in the Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory — and the oldest.
It's the newest in that we've just formally assumed this name to embrace our expanding research and development activities and to underscore the importance of numerical software in solving next-generation scientific problems.
And it's the oldest, in that we are building on the tradition of excellence begun as early as the 1970s with the development of the numerical software packages EISPACK, LINPACK, FUNPACK, and MINPACK.
What's in a name?
Our name reflects three important emphases:
The name LANS provides a convenient way to represent the burgeoning MCS activities in applied mathematics, numerical analysis, numerical software. We continue to be part of, and to work with, the more than 60 researchers in the MCS Division who are exploiting ways to improve the effectiveness of scientists in solving challenging problems. Our name reflecs three important emphases:
What are our goals?
Essential to the solution of today's — and tomorrow's — most challenging problems in science and engineering is the development of leading-edge theory, algorithms, and software. To this end, we have identified four goals for LANS:
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