Register now for Virtual School summer courses on data-intensive and many-core computing Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Graduate students, post-docs and professionals from academia, government, and industry are invited to sign up now for two summer school courses offered by the Virtual School of Computational Science and Engineering. Data Intensive Summer School (July 8-10, 2013) Proven Algorithmic Techniques for Many-core Processors (July 29-Aug. 2, 2013) These Virtual School courses will be delivered … Continued May 6, 2013
NCSA’s Slagell guest blogs on Blue Waters and Bro Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email April 26, 2013
Blue Waters to help team better understand global precipitation Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email April 23, 2013
Undergraduate SPIN fellows to present their NCSA projects on May 1 Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email University of Illinois faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the SPIN Fellows Symposium from 3:30 to 5:30 pm May 1 at the NCSA Building, Room 1040. Students participating in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications’ SPIN Fellows program will present their work, and a pizza reception will follow. NCSA SPIN (Students Pushing Innovation) … Continued April 19, 2013
Gropp discusses Blue Waters on WILL Focus Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email April 16, 2013
XSEDE, Blue Waters help team improve earthquake simulation code Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email April 3, 2013
Blue Waters supercomputer now open for 24/7 science! Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email March 28, 2013
NSF spotlights power of supercomputers Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email March 26, 2013
Great Lakes Consortium awards Blue Waters time to 10 projects Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email March 21, 2013
What is a petaflop?! Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email A petaflop is a measure of a supercomputer’s calculating speed—it refers to the completion of 1 quadrillion calculations per second. NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer can provide a petaflop and more for a wide range of science and engineeering problems. 1 peta = 1 quadrillion = 1015 = 1,000,000,000,000,000 42,000,000,000: 1 quadrillion kernels of wheat would … Continued March 8, 2013
See Blue Waters March 9! Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Saturday, March 99 am – 3 pmSelf-guided tours National Petascale Computing Facility1725 S. Oak St, Champaign Come to the National Petascale Computing Facility for a first-hand look at Blue Waters, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world! With a sustained speed over 1 petaflop, Blue Waters is capable of performing more than 1 quadrillion … Continued March 5, 2013
Extreme Scaling Workshop calls for presentations by May 15 Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email February 28, 2013
How do scientists use supercomputers? Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email 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. A transcript of this video is available (PDF) February 26, 2013
NCSA gifts supercomputer to Illinois genomic research center Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email February 18, 2013
Bill Gropp named Illinois’ first Siebel Chair in Computer Science Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email February 13, 2013