Holly Auten is a writer and communications specialist in Computing working on web content, news stories, multimedia, and other publications while managing or contributing to several websites. Her support extends to LLNL's open-source software community including the High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC), the RADIUSS project, and the MFEM team. During 2018–2024, she was the communications lead for the Data Science Institute (DSI).

Technical Writing Certification, Cal Sate East Bay

M.A. in English, Kansas State University

B.A. in English, Hastings College

News articles (selected)

• Road to El Capitan (series, booklet)
• Shifting foundations: an AI paradigm emerges in computational science
• Robust evaluation of PDE solutions on high-order meshes
• Proteus arrives just in time for faster HPC code compilation
• ML-driven binary analysis pipeline enhances software quality assurance
• Measuring failure risk and resiliency in AI/ML models
• Measuring attack vulnerability in AI/ML models
• Matrix unloaded: GPU-boosted solvers for diffusion physics

Science & Technology Review cover stories

• Another Innovation Celebration, June 2025
• Introducing El Capitan, December 2024
• The Exascale Software Portfolio, February 2021
• Machine Learning on a Mission, March 2019
• Livermore Leaps into Quantum Computing, December 2018
• The Case for Modern Forensic Science, July/August 2018
• Renowned Accelerator Facility Turns 30, April/May 2018
• Ambassadors of Code, January/February 2018
• Preserving the Past to Protect the Future, October/November 2017 
• Ready, Set, Innovate! Entrepreneurship Flourishes at the Laboratory, June 2017