Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) is sponsoring a series of workshops on Grand Challenges in Science.

• The climate workshop, "Challenges in Climate Change Science and the Role of Computing at the Extreme Scale," chaired by Dr. Warren Washington, was held November 6-7, 2008 in the Washington, DC area.


• The high-energy physics workshop, "Scientific Challenges for Understanding the Quantum Universe and the Role of Computing at Extreme Scale," chaired by Dr. Roger Blandford with co-chairs Dr. Norman Christ and Dr. Young-Kee Kim, was held December 9-11, 2008 at SLAC—the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.


• The nuclear physics workshop, "Forefront Questions in Nuclear Science and the Role of High Performance Computing," chaired by Dr. Glenn Young with co-chairs Dr. David Dean and Dr. Martin Savage, was held January 26-28, 2009 in the Washington, DC area.