Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) (EXT-004)
Summary 🟡 ~
- Owner Unit: External partner organization
- Sub-unit: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (DOE Office of Science)
- Content Type: partnership
- Campus/Location: Off-campus (Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL)
- Last Verified: May 30, 2026
Organization
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) is a DOE Office of Science high-performance computing user facility at Argonne National Laboratory. Researchers access leadership-class systems through allocation programs for large-scale simulation, data analysis, and AI/ML workloads.
Access status
- Level: yellow (
Negotiated Access) - Rationale: ALCF allocations via DOE INCITE/ALCC/ESP user programs; DePaul PI teams coordinate through ORS and awarded allocations.
- Access URL: offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
- Contact name: Office of Research Services
- Contact email: ors@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-06-30
- Source URLs:
- www.alcf.anl.gov
- offices.depaul.edu/research-services/Pages/default.aspx
Relationship to DePaul
DePaul connects to ALCF as an external compute partner in sponsored research workflows that also use on-campus HPCC resources (CDM-014). Physics grant narratives describe analysis pipelines that may extend to ALCF for large-scale processing alongside DePaul’s local GPU cluster—ALCF is not a DePaul-owned system.
Known collaborations & connections
- Referenced in CSH physics/beamline instrumentation grant workflows alongside APS (EXT-003) and DePaul HPCC (CSH-005, CSH-007).
- Complements on-campus CDM-014 HPCC for closed-loop analysis, model fitting, and ML refinement described in grant facilities text.
Collaborative documents
| Document type | Scope | Parties | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALCF allocation / user agreement | Standard DOE HPC user access | DePaul PI team ↔ ALCF | Typical access path when allocations awarded | ALCF |
| DePaul–ALCF institutional MOU | Standing partnership beyond allocations | DePaul ↔ ALCF | Not publicly documented | Map verification (May 2026) |
| Grant technical plan | Compute partner in funded workflow | Sponsored project scope | Referenced in grant narrative | Internal grant text (May 2026) |
Verification
- Status: likely (
~) - Confidence: 86/100
- Rationale: Major external partner maintains active public website and standard user/membership access pathways; DePaul relationship documented on map.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- Partner primary website reachable (May 2026)
- DePaul cross-references and partnership notes in resource map (May 2026)
- ALCF allocation programs documented at alcf.anl.gov
Equipment
DOE ALCF HPC user facility at Argonne; not DePaul inventory.
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
- Website: Argonne National Laboratory
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- Michael E. Papka (Director)
Source URL
Official links are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
External compute partner for CSH physics workflows; pairs with APS (EXT-003) and DePaul HPCC (CDM-014).
Linked Relationship IDs
- EXT-003 - Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- CSH-005 - Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories
- CSH-007 - Physics Laser Timing & FPGA Laboratories
- CDM-014 - High-Performance Compute Cluster (HPCC)
Notes
Do not list ALCF systems as DePaul equipment.