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The Department of Energy supports a spectrum of experimental science, aimed at providing the fundamental advances needed to meet the nation's energy, environmental, and national security challenges. Applied mathematics can play a pivotal role in these investigations. Sophisticated, state-of-the-art mathematics can transform experimental science and further discovery. Fundamental computational methods are needed to extract information from murky data, interpret experimental results, and provide on-demand analysis as information is being generated. Advanced algorithms can examine candidate materials that are too expensive and time-consuming to manufacture, rapidly find optimal solutions to energy-related challenges, and suggest new experiments for discovery science. New and clever mathematics will provide tools that can, for example, reconstruct structure and properties from synchrotron light sources, predict behavior of new materials at the nanoscale, direct the hunt for new materials for batteries and gas separation, and optimize steps in the production of biofuels. The necessary research cuts across traditional boundaries. Building this new mathematics requires a close collaboration between applied mathematicians and scientists. These teams can lay groundwork so that research is aimed at relevant scientific problems which can enhance current experiment. Models need to be formulated, equations need to be derived, and new algorithms need to be proposed.

Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications is a center within the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory which combines multidisciplinary expertise to deliver advanced mathematical algorithms and software to translate data into meaningful science.