The mission of the Flatiron Institute is to advance scientific research through computational methods, including data analysis, theory, modeling and simulation.
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The international team behind the Event Horizon Telescope, including the Flatiron Institute’s Jordy Davelaar, created a never before seen picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Our Centers
Center for Computational Biology
Center for Computational Mathematics
Center for Computational Neuroscience
Center for Computational Quantum Physics
Scientific Computing Core
It develops, deploys and maintains computational infrastructure — from supercomputers to desktop PCs — dedicated solely to the use of Flatiron researchers.
Initiatives
Collaborative Work
Machine learning has become an indispensable tool for computational science, and it is an active and growing area of research throughout the Flatiron Institute.
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Underlying all biological processes are molecules and their interactions with each other. However, our ability to understand how these molecules function over biologically relevant scales remains very limited.
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This collaboration, directed by Greg Bryan of Columbia University, aims to understand and determine the evolution and initial conditions of our universe, using observations via a Bayesian forward modeling approach.
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- | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- | Harvard University
- | Stockholm University
- | Institute D'Astrophysique de Paris
- | Université de Montreal
- | Princeton University
- | Carnegie Mellon University
- | Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics
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.
Software
A major effort of the Flatiron Institute is the development and support of high-quality, open-source software for research.
Research Highlights
Nuclear instance segmentation and tracking for preimplantation mouse embryos
For investigations into fate specification and cell rearrangements in live images of preimplantation embryos, automated and accurate 3D instance segmentation…
bioRxivEfficient tensor network simulation of IBM’s Eagle kicked Ising experiment
We report an accurate and efficient classical simulation of a kicked Ising quantum system on the heavy hexagon lattice. A…
PRX QuantumNested R̂ : Assessing the convergence of Markov chain Monte Carlo when running many short chains
Recent developments in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms allow us to run thousands of chains in parallel almost as…
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