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Breakthrough simulation: A supercell producing a long-track EF5 tornado

Thanks to access to Blue Waters, scientists from Central Michigan University have created the first simulation of a long-track EF5 tornado. Read more 

released on 06.18.14 

HPC Matters! (2)

Why does #HPCMatter? Watch (and like) this video about a world without supercomputers. Read more 

released on 06.16.14 

Minsker collaborates with NCSA on green design project

Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Barbara Minsker leads a team that is developing a framework to help urban planners and engineers design effective green infrastructure that has the maximum benefits for their cities. Read more 

released on 06.10.14 

Alabama researchers use Blue Waters to study solar winds

With the power of Blue Waters, Nikolai Pogorelov and his collaborators discovered why the Voyager 1 spacecraft penetrated interstellar space years earlier than predicted and examined the sun’s heliotail, calculating that it extends out to over 5,000 astronomical units. Read more 

released on 06.02.14 

XSEDE14 speakers finalized, schedule available

Six experts in various fields of science, technology, education, and cyberinfrastructure have been finalized as speakers for the XSEDE14 Conference. Read more 

released on 05.30.14 

Blue Waters Symposium a success

The symposium gathered many of the country’s leading supercomputer users to share what they have learned using Blue Waters and discuss the future of supercomputing. Read more 

released on 05.28.14 

Building better cybersecurity, one video at a time

NCSA is helping science and engineering build stronger cybersecurity with online tutorials through the CTSC. Read more 

released on 05.28.14 

Cloud and supercomputing cooperate in molecular dynamics research

Blue Waters is helping Vijay Pande's research group at Stanford tackle serious diseases at the molecular level. Read more 

released on 05.21.14 

NCSA to host XSEDE HPC Bootcamp

NCSA is one of several sites across the country offering students the opportunity to learn hybrid computing techniques through a four-day HPC Bootcamp. Read more 

released on 05.19.14 

From starlight to insight

The Dark Energy Survey data management system—led by NCSA—is in charge of the processing, calibration, and archiving of the vast quantity of data gathered by the DES. Read more 

released on 05.19.14 

NCSA’s Private Sector Program supercharges Abaqus performance with GPUs

Seid Koric says the performance of the Abaqus/Standard implicit finite element software on the Blue Waters supercomputer convinced him that 'GPU computing has a future for commercial codes.' Read more 

released on 05.19.14 

2nd Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences

Progress in scientific research is dependent on the quality and accessibility of software at all levels and it is critical to address challenges related to the development, deployment, and maintenance of reusable software as well as education around software practices. Read more 

released on 05.15.14 