NCSA Video on Demand

Building Solutions with Modeling, Simulation & HPC
Posted: November 17, 2009

Cynthia McIntyre, the senior vice president of the non-profit Council on Competitiveness, describes the significance of high-performance computing for the competitiveness of U.S. businesses.

Running time: 39:16
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Where future is leading (Petascale and beyond)
Posted: October 27, 2009

Chris Maher, director of HPC Development for the IBM Systems & Technology Group, speaks at the 2009 NCSA Private Sector Program Annual Meeting.

Running time: 55:43
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Opportunities and challenges of new computing technology
Posted: October 13, 2009

NCSA Director Thom Dunning discusses the opportunities in computational modeling and simulation offered by new technologies and the challenges involved in realizing the full potential of these new computing systems.

Running time: 50:08
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Behind Blue Waters, volume 6
Posted: September 29, 2009

NCSA's John Melchi highlights progress made on the Illinois Petascale Computing Facility, focusing on the energy efficiency of the building's electrical system. The Petascale Computing Facility will house Blue Waters, the world's first sustained-petascale supercomputer for open scientific research.

Running time: 3:32
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Behind Blue Waters, volume 5
Posted: September 16, 2009

NCSA's Bob Fiedler talks about scaling up scientific codes to run on the massive Blue Waters supercomputer by working with those codes' developers. He also discusses the National Science Foundation's Petascale Computing Resource Allocations program, which supports these efforts.

Running time: 4:35
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Institute for Chemistry Literacy Through Computational Science
Posted: September 1, 2009

As part of the ICLCS, rural school teachers refresh their chemistry skills and learn to use computational tools in the classroom. Teachers in the program discuss their experiences.

Running time: 6:02
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