NCSA headlines

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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 

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   NCSA’s Donna J. Cox honored with rare IPS Technology Innovation Award

   This is just the eighth time since the society's founding in 1958 that this honor has been bestowed. Read more

   released on 09.04.20 

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   NCSA supports IGB’s new NSF-funded Molecule Maker Lab Institute to accelerate AI research

   NCSA's Software Associate Director Kenton McHenry collaborates and shares expertise with MMLI team to advance molecular science. Read more

   released on 09.04.20 

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    Sustaining diversity and INCLUSION throughout a summer of social distancing

    NCSA's REU-INCLUSION fellowship and SPIN internship programs were held virtually this summer and continued to promote collaboration, diversity, and inclusion. Read more

    released on 08.25.20 

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    NCSA to be data management partner for new NSF CINet grant

    This project will use two software tools developed by NCSA: the Clowder Framework and the Geostreaming Data Framework. Read more

    released on 08.21.20 

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    Center for Digital Agriculture announces 12 seed funding recipients

    The funded projects will span nearly every facet of digital agriculture, from crop sciences to deep learning. Read more  

    released on 08.20.20 