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Thom Dunning

Thom Dunning
NCSA Director
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Danny Powell

Danny Powell
Executive Director
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Rob Pennington

Rob Pennington
Chief Technology Officer / Deputy Director
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Administration
John Melchi

John Melchi
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The Administration Directorate provides world-class in-house services to NCSA and manages the day-to-day operation of the center and its facilities.

Advanced Digital Services
Brett Bode

Brett Bode
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NCSA develops, deploys, and supports powerful, reliable computing, data, and networking resources that enable researchers to solve the most demanding science and engineering problems in a timely manner.

Divisions and Groups

  • Consulting
  • Information Resources
  • National Petascale Computing Facility
  • Storage
  • Systems
  • Technology Management
  • Training
  • Advanced User Support
  • Donna Cox

    Donna Cox
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    NCSA's expert team transforms dry data into artful animations that provide insights into complex systems and share the thrill of scientific discovery with all audiences.

    Bill Kramer

    Bill Kramer
    Project Director
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    Cristina Beldica

    Cristina Beldica
    Project Manager
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    The Project Office is responsible for management of the Blue Waters sustained-petascale computing project.

    Data Cyberinfrastructure
    Rob Pennington

    Rob Pennington
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    The Data team tackles the challenges of collecting, transporting, storing, managing, integrating and analyzing data in order for them to be accessible, searchable, and usable, yielding insights and innovation.

    Divisions and Groups

  • Astronomy
  • Bio-Medical
  • Education
  • GIS
  • Sustainability
  • Randy Butler

    Randy Butler
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    The Cybersecurity Directorate protects NCSA's resources and users, improves national cybersecurity, and helps law enforcement better respond to cyberattacks by researching and developing software, techniques, and tools.

    Merle Giles

    Merle Giles
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    Through NCSA's Private Sector Program, business and industry can benefit from the center's high-tech innovations and problem-solving expertise.

    John Towns

    John Towns
    Director
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    Tim Cockerill

    Tim Cockerill
    Assistant Director
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    Programs

  • XSEDE
  • Campus Cluster Program
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