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We review recent advances in the capabilities of the open source ab initio Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) package QMCPACK and the workflow tool Nexus used for greater efficiency and reproducibility. The auxiliary field QMC (AFQMC) implementation…

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Machine-learned interatomic potentials have revolutionized molecular dynamics simulations by providing quantum-mechanical accuracy at empirical-potential speeds. The graphics processing unit molecular dynamics (GPUMD) package, featuring the…

Analyses of gamma-ray spectra, acquired through non-invasive techniques, have found applications in fields such as medicine, industry and homeland security. Constituent gamma-ray spectra of a chemical compound have been determined from its…

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Optimization plays a central role in modern radiation therapy, where it is used to determine optimal treatment machine parameters in order to deliver precise doses adapted to each patient case. In general, solving the optimization problems…

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The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is the gold standard for non-equilibrium rarefied gas dynamics, yet its computational cost can be prohibitive, especially for near-continuum regimes and high-fidelity \emph{ab initio}…

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Variational Monte Carlo and Green's function Monte Carlo are powerful tools for calculations of properties of light nuclei using realistic two-nucleon and three-nucleon potentials. Recently the GFMC method has been extended to multiple…

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This paper presents a 6-DoF range-based Monte Carlo localization method with a GPU-accelerated Stein particle filter. To update a massive amount of particles, we propose a Gauss-Newton-based Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD) with…

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Next generation online and real-time adaptive radiotherapy workflows require precise particle transport simulations in sub-second times, which is unfeasible with current analytical pencil beam algorithms (PBA) or stochastic Monte Carlo (MC)…

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The purpose of our study is to develop a new, 3-dimensional dosimetry system to verify the accuracy of dose deliveries in Leksell Gamma Knife-Perfexion TM (LGKP) (Elekta, Norcross, GA, USA). The instrument consists of a moving head phantom,…

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General-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations have revolutionized our understanding of black hole accretion. Here, we present a graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerated GRMHD code \hammer{} with multi-faceted optimizations…

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Large-language models (LLMs) are rapidly being applied to radiology, enabling automated image interpretation and report generation tasks. Their deployment in clinical practice requires both high diagnostic accuracy and low inference…

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Computing accurate yet efficient approximations to the solutions of the electronic Schr\"odinger equation has been a paramount challenge of computational chemistry for decades. Quantum Monte Carlo methods are a promising avenue of…

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