NCSA headlines
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‘History Was Here’: NCSA’s technology is helping unlock the mystery of medieval graffiti
This research can open doors to understanding what life was like in the Middle Ages. Read more
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NCSA’s GPU Hackathon now accepting applications
Prior GPU experience is not required, as those selected will be paired with experienced mentors who will teach them how to leverage accelerated computing in their own applications or further optimize their codes. Read more
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NCSA announces 2018-19 Blue Waters Graduate Fellows
Ten graduate students from across the country have been awarded computation time, financial support, and dedicated staff expertise to advance their computational and data-intensive Ph.D. research on one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world -- Blue Waters. Read more
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Nine research teams receive GLCPC Allocations on Blue Waters
Nine research projects from researchers at member institutions of the Great Lake Consortium for Petascale Computation (GLCPC) have been awarded over 4.3 million node-hours on NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer. Read more
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Blue Waters awards 21 Broadening Participation allocations
The Blue Waters project at NCSA has allocated over 3.7 million node-hours of computing resources to 21 research teams from across the country to broaden the diversity of the Blue Waters user community. Read more
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Satellites, supercomputers, and machine learning provide real-time crop type data
The new technique can distinguish crops with 95 percent accuracy by just two or three months after planting and well before harvest. Read more
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NCSA announces 2018-2019 Illinois Faculty Fellows
These six Illinois faculty members will work with NCSA to investigate a wide array of subjects including cancer, agriculture, cinema, economics, civil infrastructure and more. Read more
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NCSA Student Spotlight: Ryan Chui
Ryan worked inside NCSA's world-class industry program, in areas of software installation, benchmarking and development, while pursuing his Master's degree in bioinformatics at U of I. Read more
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AI can now detect gravitational waves
NCSA researchers to present findings at American Physical Society. Read more
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NCSA group wins Original Undergrad Research Award at Engineering Open House
EOH is an annual student-led event featuring two days of exhibits and competitions that showcase the talent and ingenuity of engineering students at the University of Illinois. It is the University's largest student-run event, attracting more than 20,000 visitors annually. Read more
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NCSA intern named U of I Student Employee of the Year
Each year, the Office of Student Financial Aid coordinates the University of Illinois Student Employee of the Year contest and recognition event to recognize outstanding contributions made by undergraduate student employees on campus. Read more
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SPIN-tern Daniel Gross invited to present at National Conference of Undergraduate Research
Gross's work is on peer refinement method of finite meshes. He's working with Dr. JaeHyuk Kwack, a research programmer in the Blue Waters Scientific and Applications Support Group, taking elements in the project and refining them to make higher accuracy for simulations. Read more
