Berkeley Lab employs both authors of this paper. Berkeley Lab, and this research, gets its funding from the US Department of Energy. One of the authors is a pretty high-level manager, of the sort who drives strategic planning there. It's safe to say the institution is associated with this research.
I do personally regard national lab affiliation to be a meaningful quality signal -- at least strong enough that if I'm interested in the topic I'll read the actual paper, which isn't something I can say for a lot of stuff coming out of certain universities lately.
Another good reason to note the institution is that this is a demonstration that DOE Office of Science research funding is generating results.
I do personally regard national lab affiliation to be a meaningful quality signal -- at least strong enough that if I'm interested in the topic I'll read the actual paper, which isn't something I can say for a lot of stuff coming out of certain universities lately.
Another good reason to note the institution is that this is a demonstration that DOE Office of Science research funding is generating results.