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Celebrating 40 Years as a Partner in Research

Big data requires big thinking. At NCSA, you’ll find visionary leaders, seasoned staff, and dedicated support whose expertise brings your research to a new level.

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Compute resources and people at NCSA through the various decades, evoking nostalgia

Celebrating 40 Years as Partner in Research

Big data requires big thinking. At NCSA, you’ll find visionary leaders, seasoned staff, and dedicated support whose expertise brings your research to a new level.

Recent News

A cyclone with computer circuits in the background.

Modeling Rapid Intensification of a Tropical Cyclone with GPUs

Using NCSA’s Delta supercomputer, researchers built a model that is five times faster at simulating a deadly, unpredictable stage of tropical cyclones.
The Rubin Observatory at sunset.

CAPS, NCSA Celebrate Beginning of LSST Project

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time officially kicked off today.
A digital tumor with a circuit board background.

Mapping Tumors for Better Treatment

Researchers at NCSA and the University of Illinois use a novel method to better understand and diagnose cancerous tumor heterogeneity.
A picture of the Delta supercomputer.

NCSA’s Delta Brings Accessibility to HPC

NCSA researchers are helping make Delta more accessible to a wider audience through an innovative workshop series.

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Since being founded by the National Science Foundation and the state of Illinois in 1986, NCSA has been a leader in advanced computing, software, data, networking and visualization resources. As supercomputing has become more essential to research disciplines, our expertise enables scientists, researchers, engineers and scholars to take on the grand challenges that benefit science and society. 

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