NCSA Video on Demand

How do scientists use supercomputers?
Posted: February 27, 2013

Sure supercomputers are fast and powerful, but what do they really DO? This video explains how scientists and engineers use mathematical models to understand galaxies, viruses, earthquakes, tornadoes, and more.

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How to create a scientific visualization
Posted: June 6, 2012

AJ Christensen from NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory describes the process the group goes through to transform scientific data into data-driven visualizations for IMAX films, planetarium shows, and documentaries.

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Peter Ungaro: The Changing Landscape of High Performance Computing
Posted: April 3, 2012

Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray Inc., gave a talk on "The Changing Landscape of High Performance Computing" at NCSA on March 14. This talk was co-sponsored by NCSA and the Illinois Parallel Computing Institute.

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iForge: a supercomputer for industry
Posted: March 20, 2012

Merle Giles, Evan Burness and Seid Koric from NCSA's Private Sector Program explain how the center's industry partners benefit from iForge, a supercomputer specifically designed for their needs.

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Behind Blue Waters, volume 9
Posted: March 6, 2012

Cray's Steve Samse showed NCSA the compute blades that include Blue Waters' processors, interconnect, and memory�the heart of what will be one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.

Full-length Quicktime .mov (~23 MB)
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