NCSA headlines

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   Watch the 2017 NCSA Blue Waters Symposium presentations

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   released on 06.23.17 

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   XSEDE visualization expert helps researchers show colliding white dwarfs

   Researchers using XSEDE try to answer a long-standing question: what causes type Ia supernovae? Read more

   released on 06.15.17 

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   Foundation supports Crops in silico Project

   The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has awarded Amy Marshall-Colón $274,000 to continue her research for Crops in silico, a project to develop a suite of virtual plant models that may help resolve a growing gap between food supply and demand in the face of global climate change. Read more

   released on 06.13.17 

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   LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time

   Results confirm new population of black holes. Read more

   released on 06.01.17 

5. ‘Einstein was right’

   Third gravitational wave gives clues to unknowns within black hole physics. Read more

   released on 06.01.17 

6. NCSA awards eight Illinois professors with Faculty Fellowships

   Illinois researchers given opportunity to work with NCSA for one year Read more

   released on 05.25.17 

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   RIST, PRACE and XSEDE Concluded Memorandum of Understanding on Information Exchange Concerning Promotion of Use of Advanced Computing

   The MOU between RIST, PRACE and XSEDE will strengthen and deepen their co-operation at the international level and reinforce the advanced research computing ecosystem. Read more

   released on 05.17.17 

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   Ten students from across the country selected as Blue Waters Graduate Fellows

   Now in its fourth year, the Blue Waters Fellowship Program provides students in a variety of disciplines substantial financial support and the opportunity to advance their research that involves high performance computing by leveraging the sustained petascale performance of the Blue Waters supercomputer. Read more

   released on 05.11.17 

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   Scientific impacts from just three years of Blue Waters

   Highlights from an investigation and evaluation of the scientific results from the NCSA Blue Waters supercomputer system. Read more

   released on 05.04.17 

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    Students and scholars named in first national CyberGIS Summer School

    Participants will develop novel solutions to a set of motivating and significant scientific problems as they learn about cutting-edge scientific advances and technical capabilities of CyberGIS. Read more

    released on 04.20.17 

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    NCSA, Illinois Campus Cluster aid DES

    Data gathered from the Dark Energy Survey is sent to NCSA and processed by the Illinois Campus Cluster. Read more  

    released on 04.19.17 

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    Bringing visual effects software to scientists

    New website simplifies process of importing and rendering astrophysical data in 'Houdini' Read more

    released on 04.18.17 