NCSA headlines
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NCSA hosts 2017 Blue Waters Graduate Fellows
On September 19-20, 2017, NCSA will welcome the newest cadre of Blue Waters Graduate Fellows, from nine universities across the country, to the University of Illinois campus. Read more
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INCLUSION REU Seeks to Foster Diversity While Exposing Undergrads to Coding Via Open Source Software
"We're doing this because we would like to get students that wouldn't have the opportunity otherwise to think about software, to learn about open source software, and then potentially be able to use that in either graduate school or in industry." – Daniel S. Katz, PI Read more
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LCI seeks hosts
The Linux Clusters Institute is currently seeking applications from institutions interested in hosting the 2018 LCI Introductory Workshop. Read more
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Illinois launches first U.S. nanomanufacturing node
Illinois, NCSA researchers have been awarded a 5-year, $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to launch the country's first computational node aimed at developing nanomanufacturing simulation tools to improve efficiencies and strengthen the economic viability of nanomanufacturing. Read more
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Getty Foundation grant for collaborative research on Mediterranean cities
The project investigates the layered art histories of medieval Mediterranean cities as the basis for initiating scholarly connections that challenge and move beyond the boundaries of modern historiographies, national narratives and contemporary socioeconomic realities. Read more
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A new cosmic ‘lab’
Researchers linked together the Blue Waters MIRA supercomputers and then transferred 1.8 PB of data 1,200 miles. Read more
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Illinois faculty and staff can request time on Blue Waters supercomputer
University of Illinois faculty can submit a proposal until Sep. 15. Read more
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NCSA researcher awarded SIGHPC/Intel Computational Data and Science Fellowship
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The yt Project awarded NSF grant to expand to multiple new science domains
This grant will enable yt to expand and begin to support other domains beyond astrophysics, including weather, geophysics and seismology, molecular dynamics and observational astronomy. Read more
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NSF supports NCSA researchers’ “SciTokens” secure authorization project
The SciTokens Project will use common web technologies to create a new authorization approach at scale focused on the decentralized environment found in large scientific collaborations. Read more
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NCSA seeking applicants for cyberinfrastructure professional internships
This project will help prepare the next generation of system engineers and administrators by educating them about computer architecture, storage technology, interconnect, operating systems, cluster software stack, user management, job management, resources monitoring, networking, and security. Read more
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Blue Waters intern visualizes a career in app development
Recent Illinois grad credits NCSA Blue Waters internship in developing augmented reality app, desire for PhD. Read more
