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### Scientific Computing Core

It develops, deploys and maintains computational infrastructure — from supercomputers to desktop PCs — dedicated solely to the use of Flatiron researchers.

### Flatiron Institute Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Advocacy (IDEA) Scholar Program

For distinguished scientists with a particular interest in diversity and inclusion

Scholars may engage in a variety of activities, such as working on scientific projects, starting new collaborations, mentoring junior scientists, and organizing or participating in workshops and career development events.

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### Software

A major effort of the Flatiron Institute is the development and support of high-quality, open-source software for research.

### Rank-normalization, folding, and localization: An improved $$R$$ for assessing convergence of MCMC

Aki Vehtari, Andrew Gelman, Daniel Simpson, B. Carpenter, Paul-Christian Bürkner

Markov chain Monte Carlo is a key computational tool in Bayesian statistics, but it can be challenging to monitor the…

Bayesian Analysis

### Adaptive Monte Carlo augmented with normalizing flows

M. Gabrié, Grant M. Rotskoff, E. Vanden-Eijnden

Many problems in the physical sciences, machine learning, and statistical inference necessitate sampling from a high-dimensional, multi-modal probability distribution. Markov…

arxiv:2105.12603

### AI-assisted super-resolution cosmological simulations

Y. Li, Yueying Ni, Rupert A. C. Croft, Tiziana Di Matteo, Simeon Bird, Yu Feng

Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation are limited by finite computational resources. We draw from the ongoing rapid advances in Artificial…

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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