NCSA headlines

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   NCSA Contributes to mobileSHIELD COVID Testing Lab

   NCSA experts help to automate lab processes to make COVID-19 saliva testing more efficient and mobile Read more

   released on 11.19.20 

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   NCSA receives honors in 2020 HPC Innovation Excellence Awards

   The biannual awards recognize achievements by users of high-performance computing technologies. Read more

   released on 11.17.20 

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   NCSA receives honors in 2020 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

   17th annual HPCwire Awards presented to leaders in the global HPC community. Read more

   released on 11.16.20 

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   NCSA wins DOE INCITE Award for physics-inspired AI project

   An NCSA-led team receives 145,000 node hours on Summit to create AI tools that enable data-driven discovery in multi-messenger astrophysics. Read more

   released on 11.16.20 

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   NCSA awards 16 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois students and faculty

   Interdisciplinary research projects that create innovative solutions for real-world challenges rewarded during the virtual award ceremony. Read more

   released on 11.11.20 

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   NCSA contributes to development of Safer Illinois app

   Multiple NCSA staff members joined a campuswide collaboration to create the Safer Illinois app, that allows students and faculty to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Read more

   released on 10.20.20 

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   NCSA’s Blue Waters helps NASA conduct groundbreaking tree mapping study and carbon research

   Machine learning lets researchers map 1.8 billion trees across an area of more than 500,000 square miles. Read more

   released on 10.19.20 

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   Comments sought on scientific data security concerns and practices

   Webinar Oct. 7 at noon CDT to discuss recommendations. Read more

   released on 10.02.20 

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   NCSA houses new DOE-funded center led by Illinois Aerospace Engineering

   DOE awards $16.5M to NCSA and AE to develop Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design at UIUC. Read more

   released on 10.01.20 

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    Deep learning model opens doors for innovation in complex materials design

    A diverse NCSA research team, which includes an Illinois MechSE undergraduate, uses AI and HPC to train a model capable of deploying metamaterial design with topology optimization on laptops that produce accurate and rapid results. Read more

    released on 09.29.20 

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    NCSA releases latest Blue Waters Project Annual Report

    Dive into the groundbreaking research being done on Blue Waters, from astrophysics to biology. Read more

    released on 09.15.20 

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    NCSA and U of I Announce new Center for Astrophysical Surveys

    NCSA and Illinois’ new Center for AstroPhysical Surveys aims to advance survey science and increase our understanding of the Universe. Read more

    released on 09.08.20 