National Center for
Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The National Data Service Consortium is launching a materials data facility for the advancement of materials science research through open data access and sharing. Read more
Thanks to access to Blue Waters, scientists from Central Michigan University have created the first simulation of a long-track EF5 tornado. Read more
Why does #HPCMatter? Watch (and like) this video about a world without supercomputers. Read more
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
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
Six experts in various fields of science, technology, education, and cyberinfrastructure have been finalized as speakers for the XSEDE14 Conference. Read more
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
NCSA is helping science and engineering build stronger cybersecurity with online tutorials through the CTSC. Read more
Blue Waters is helping Vijay Pande's research group at Stanford tackle serious diseases at the molecular level. Read more
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
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
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
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
Visualizations created by NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory are featured in the Adler Planetarium's "Destination Solar System." Read more
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center and NCSA's Private Sector Program scaled the Alya multi-physics code to 100,000 cores on Blue Waters. Read more
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