NCSA headlines

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   NCSA researchers identify biomarkers to accelerate liver toxicity testing in new products

   More rapid and accurate testing methods could lead to safer products on the market. Read more

   released on 12.18.20 

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   NCSA Faculty Fellows Gain Nutritional Insights from Biomarkers

   A research team led by NCSA Faculty Fellows were able to apply machine learning to human nutrition research. Read more

   released on 12.02.20 

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   NCSA Wins Multiple Awards During SC20

   NCSA and our partner institutions were honored to take home awards during the annual Supercomputing Conference (SC20), spanning from Agriculture to Visualization and many domains in between. Read more

   released on 11.24.20 

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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 