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The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program is a vital source of internally directed funding at SLAC.

LDRD open house poster session

LCLS is the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, open to experiments by scientists from across the globe.

New undulator hall

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Machine Learning (ML) algorithms are found across all scientific directorates at SLAC, with applications to a wide range of tasks including online data reduction, system controls, simulation, and analysis of big data. 

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Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) upgrade project

MEC

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The lab is organized into six scientific directorates, each of which plays an important role in advancing our lab, backed by our core operations teams all supporting our shared mission.

Crews hold an early morning tailgate meeting before unloading the last cryomodule for the LCLS-II superconducting upgrade.

SLAC’s microelectronics research is breaking new ground in sustainable computing.

Illustration of technology microelectronics

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Electron transfer atomic motions concept illustration