DeltaAI will enable the nation’s scientists and researchers to address the world’s most challenging problems.
The campus-funded program is making accessible and nimble computing available to Illinois researchers free of charge.
NCSA Welcomes Theo Long to the Center Stage!
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NCSA Receives Honors in 2025 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
NCSA was recognized by the HPCwire community for its outstanding work in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Capturing and Controlling the Movement of Genes
Researchers use supercomputers, including Delta, to build an atom-thin platform to film DNA in real-time.
NCSA Awards 38 Students Fiddler Innovation Fellowships
Students in NCSA programs were recognized for their outstanding work and interdisciplinary contributions to various fields of research.
Bill Gropp Named Chair of CRA’s Computing Community Consortium
National Center for Supercomputing Applications Director Bill Gropp was selected as the next chair of the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC). Gropp will formally begin his term following
It is Rocket Science
Using a new algorithm and NCSA’s DeltaAI, a team of researchers reduced the energy cost of simulations by over 500% to help design safer and more efficient spacecraft.
Illinois Chat Is Launched For Campus Community
An official University of Illinois tool, Illinois Chat allows campus members to create their own AI-powered chatbots to enhance their work.
Breaking Barriers – Delta Helps Reveal the Brain’s Gatekeeper
Researchers from Cornell University use Delta to explore how a protein in the blood-brain barrier could be the key to better deliver treatments to the brain.
Designed for Better Scientific Software
NCSA’s UI/UX team helps researchers create intuitive user experiences for even the most complex science applications.
Building the Future of Digital Agriculture
This year’s group of summer CDA REU students learn about robotics, biotechnology, animal science and more.
University of Illinois Receives $25 Million Contract from NGA
NCSA strengthened its longstanding partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency through a new agreement.
Protecting Your Beating Heart
NCSA resources assist a researcher from Ohio State University in studying atrial fibrillation in order to create better treatments for this deadly condition.
Shaping the Future of Quantum Computing
Experts from NCSA help host a daylong quantum computing workshop at this year’s PEARC conference.
NCSA Supporting Georgia Tech in New AI Venture
The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded $20 million in funding for Nexus, a next-generation, national-scale computational resource housed at Georgia Tech.
Partnerships with National Impact
NCSA is part of the ACCESS program, which offers more than computing power to a nationwide network of researchers and educators.
NCSA Welcomes Aliya Yabekova to the Center Stage!
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Harvesting the Data in the Stars
NCSA’s Stephen Pietrowicz works with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Management team to help them manage the mountains of data they find in the night sky.
A Successful Year for Student Research
SPIN closes out a year of accomplishments and recognizes the outstanding work of the program’s interns and mentors.
NCSA Shapes Students’ Computing Dreams
Former NCSA student researchers win the Cozad New Venture Challenge for their innovative software solution designed to help democratize artificial intelligence computing resources.
CDA Executive Director John F. Reid on ‘Agricultural Productivity, Convenience’
The Download: Expert Viewpoints
NCSA Awards 2025 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship
Carle Illinois College of Medicine student Mahima Goel won a $10,000 award for developing a scalp-cooling system to prevent hair loss in cancer patients.
NCSA Director Bill Gropp Honored with Prestigious ACM Award
The Association for Computing Machinery recognized Gropp for his work on MPICH, a high-performance and portable implementation of the Message Passing Interface.
Using AI to Help Find Missing Persons
Researchers from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, use NCSA’s Delta to help train and build an AI application for use in the field during search and rescue missions.
CAII Receives NASA Funding to Assist Euclid Space Mission
NASA awarded the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation $1 million to support the exploration of dark matter and dark energy.
NCSA Welcomes Chris Keeley to the Center Stage!
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Sharing Science With the Community
NCSA participated in this year’s Engineering Open House, showing the power of scientific research to visitors of all ages.
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