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    <h3>JLESC</h3>
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      The purpose of the <strong>Joint Laboratory for Extreme Scale Computing (JLESC)</strong> is to
      be an international, virtual organization whose goal is to enhance the ability of member
      organizations and investigators to make the bridge between Petascale and Extreme computing.
      The founding partners of the JLESC are {% institute_short inria %} and
      {% institute_short uiuc %}.
      Further members are {% institute_short anl %}, {% institute_short bsc %},
      {% institute_short jsc %} and {% institute_short riken %}-AICS.
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    <p>
      JLESC involves computer scientists, engineers and scientists from other disciplines as well as
      from industry, to ensure that the research facilitated by the Laboratory addresses science and
      engineering's most critical needs and takes advantage of the continuing evolution of computing
      technologies.
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    <font color="red"><h3>Help wanted:</h3></font>
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      This website needs your input and help! Update your data in the <a href="about/people">list of people</a>, write a short description of the <a href="software">software</a> you are using, or help us <a href="https://github.com/JLESC/jlesc.github.io/wiki/Maintainer%27s-Workflow">maintaining</a> the website. Check out the <a href="https://github.com/JLESC/jlesc.github.io/wiki/">Wiki</a> or contact your executive director for more information!
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