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Transforming computing
NCSA Director Thom Dunning is excited about partnering with Cray on the Blue Waters project, and by the capability and performance of the system that Cray will provide.
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View Access Magazine issues from: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 ACCESS MAGAZINE - FALL 2011
GPUs: Path into the futureWith the announcement of a new Blue Waters petascale system that includes a considerable amount of GPU capability, it is clear GPUs are the future of supercomputing. Access magazine's Barbara Jewett recently sat down with Wen-mei Hwu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois, a co-principal investigator on the Blue Waters project, and an expert in computer architecture, especially GPUs. 
Catch the waveModeling and simulation using NCSA resources help scientists advance work with supernovas. 
Behind the scenes of NCSA: Blue WatersEvery day, over 60 people at the center use their technical knowledge and expertise to deal with the thousands of minute details involved in a project of this magnitude. Their eyes are on the ultimate goal: providing an incredible computing resource for the nation's scientists and engineers in 2012. 
From Alliant to ForgeNCSA supercomputers support years of steel research. 
Different strokes for different folksSimulations using NCSA's Abe help psychologists better understand how human beings carve out cultural niches. 
Breaking business modelsAlmost as soon as NCSA opened, the center began collaborating with companies. 
User reflections: Al ValocchiLongtime NCSA partner Al Valocchi reflects back on 25 years of working with the center's resources. 
Leap to whole-cell simulationsResearchers have built a computer model of the crowded interior of a bacterial cell that—in a test of its response to sugar in its environment—accurately simulates the behavior of living cells. 
Bigger isn't betterResearchers team up to get a closer, longer look at the actions of smaller biological structures by preparing the AMBER code to take advantage of Blue Waters. 
News & notesNCSA adds systems, retires others · NCSA leads project on science gateway security · Illinois launches Parallel Computing Institute · Snir chosen to lead division of Argonne · NCSA Director Dunning elected ACS Fellow · NCSA awarded $7.7 million for DES data managment · Visualization team aids original movie · Koric, Thomas, receive IDC Innovation Award ACCESS MAGAZINE - SUMMER 2011 
A project designed to evolveJohn Towns, leader of the National Science Foundation's new Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment project, describes the vision for XSEDE and how it will build on the TeraGrid. 
"Things you couldn't do otherwise"The University of Illinois' Jon Thaler talks to J. William Bell about the relationships between physics and astronomy, between NCSA and other parts of the University, and the importance of both. 
Drug deliveryResearchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago rely on NCSA resources to develop nanocarriers that deliver drugs right to the affected area. 
Behind the scenes of NCSA: Data acesThe Storage Enabling Technologies group are responsible for reliably storing the data of NCSA's supercomputer users. They maintain the storage subsystems on the supercomputers and other research environments at the center which includes the hardware for the disk environment, the network that the storage environment may attach to, the host connection configurations, the file system and implementation, the backup and disaster recovery of that data, the archive connectivity and usability/performance for those systems. 
Eight is not enoughA team of Illinois chemists discovers that a previously unknown type of bond is responsible for the stability of molecules with more bonds than the Octet Rule predicts. 
Trying new thingsMelanie Loots looks back and talks about her time at NCSA. 
User reflections: John HawleyUniversity of Virginia astronomy professor John Hawley shares his thoughts on advances in high-performance computing. 
The eye of the stormWhat does a monster hurricane look like as it develops? NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory will show you.
News & notesEdee Wiziecki honored for education contributions · AVL team contributes to award-winning feature film · NCSA director Dunning wins ACS award · Gropp named SIAM Fellow · NCSA part of computational archive project 
User HighlightsMaterials morphology evolution - Philip Pritchett, University of California, Los Angeles · Understanding multiphase systems - Andreas Heyden, University of South Carolina ACCESS MAGAZINE - SPRING 2011 
The "most powerful supercomputer in the world"NCSA Director Thom Dunning considers whether the Linpack benchmark that determines placement on the Top500 list is really the best metric for evaluating supercomputers. 
A tremendous returnAn expert in building reliable computing systems, Ravi Iyer is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's vice chancellor for research. NCSA's J. William Bell talked to Iyer recently about the Blue Waters sustained-petascale supercomputer and the role of large projects like Blue Waters and interdisciplinary centers like NCSA at the University. 
'People's lives are affected'The Blue Waters sustained-petascale supercomputer will help researchers figure out ways to blunt climate change and develop local strategies for living with the changes that do occur. 
Medium actionUniversity of Colorado researchers study the chemistry of the interstellar medium with the help of NCSA's Abe. 
Free radicals—get them before they get you!Researchers from Long Island University use NCSA's Abe to provide a valuable clue in the hunt for more effective antioxidants. 
Behind the scenes of NCSA—Mission: securityNCSA's security operations team applies the latest cybersecurity advances to protect the center's high-performance resources. 
Going somewhereAtmospheric scientist Bob Wilhelmson has been with NCSA since before the beginning. As the center reaches its 25th anniversary, Wilhelmson looks back at its founding and how NCSA has evolved. 
User reflections: Michael NormanPreparations for observing NCSA's 25th anniversary this year revealed several users who computed at NCSA in 1986 who are still active users today. We invited them to share their thoughts on advances in high-performance computing. 
Contrail cloudsCommercial aircraft can affect climate by changing cloud cover through the production of contrails. Using large eddy simulations, Stanford University researchers are building better models of the contrail formation process to help understand the effect of these human-made clouds on climate.
News & notesResearchers to develop CyberGIS · ADM joins NCSA Private Sector Program · Blue Waters efforts earn awards at SC10 · More PRAC teams announced · Guide to being a 'Joyful Professor' · NCSA visualizations help tell 'Life: A Cosmic Story' · Grant expands text-mining research · Jongeneel drives biomedical program · DOE INCITE awards include Blue Waters staff, collaborators · NCSA, Mayo explore genetic visualization techniques
User HighlightsRapid intensification of hurricanes - Greg McFarquhar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Distributed visualization - Andrei Hutanu, Louisiana State University · Mechanisms of protein synthesis by the ribosome - Klaus Shulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Materials morphology evolution - James P. Sethna, Cornell University View previous Access Magazine issues from: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
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