NCSA headlines
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Blue Waters supercomputer seeking allocation requests from Illinois researchers
Illinois faculty and staff may request time on Blue Waters before the due date of March 15. Read more
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NCSA awarded grant to examine effective practices in industrial HPC
As a result of the National Science Computing Initiative, NCSA’s director of industry Merle Giles is the principle investigator on a project to evaluate and share best practices in HPC center-industry partnerships. Read more
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Twenty-four hours, 4 awards: NCSA’s CyberSecurity team awarded grants from NSF for attack detection tools, enhancing security
Grants from the National Science Foundation will fund research and development for "Attack Tagger," enhancing security for “Science DMZ,” as well as continuing work on CILogon 2.0 and Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure. Read more
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Dark Energy Survey releases early data
Astronomers and astronomy buffs can download the data from the website at NCSA, which manages the processing, calibration, and archiving of all images taken for the Dark Energy Survey. Read more
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Allocation proposals for time on Blue Waters supercomputer due April 4
Researchers who would like computing time on the Blue Waters supercomputer need to submit their application by Apr. 4. Read more
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Blue Waters simulations help determine bacteria’s response to its environment
A new study offers atomic-level details of the molecular machinery that allows swimming bacteria to sense their environment and change direction when needed. Read more
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I-CHASS projects benefit Alaska natives, farmers in Bangladesh
From a fab lab in Alaska to apps for farmers in Bangladesh, I-CHASS is exploring how information technology gets used while helping underserved communities. Read more
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Advanced computing catalyzes science
NSF-supported supercomputing resources enable research that would otherwise be impossible. Read more
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The FLASH Code Lifecycle in the Context of Evolving Software Engineering and Platform Architecture
Argonne National Lab's Anshu Dubey discusses FLASH code in the context of software engineering evolution, current challenges, and conceptualization for the future. Watch video
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PEcAn 1.4.4 released
Latest version of the Predictive Ecosystem Analyzer is now available. Read more
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NCSA researchers help create a new, faster modeling technique for galaxy formation
A new machine-learning simulation system developed at the University of Illinois promises cosmologists an expanded suite of galaxy models—a necessary first step to developing more accurate and relevant insights into the formation of the universe. Read more
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Blue Waters researcher looking to take the salt out of seawater
Illinois professor Narayana Aluru led a team that found that tiny pores in thin sheets of the material molybdenum disulfide could be very good at removing salt from seawater to yield drinkable water. Read more
