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2016

Undergraduate internship applications open for Blue Waters

To help prepare the next generation of supercomputing researchers, the Blue Waters project offers paid internships to undergraduate students across the country. Applications are now being accepted for internships that begin May 2017. Interns participate in a two-week hands-on workshop in late May 2017 introducing them to the basics of high-performance computing. After the workshop, … Continued


Graduate fellowships applications now open to use Blue Waters

“Blue Waters adds this whole new dimension to the research that otherwise wouldn’t have been possible.” That’s how Joshua Mendez described his yearlong experience as a 2016 fellow in the Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship Program, a prestigious and unique program funded by the National Science Foundation. As part of this program, several graduate students from … Continued


How layout of urban areas affect supercell thunderstorms

Urban areas can have a tremendous impact on atmospheric conditions. Blue Waters Graduate Fellow Larissa Reames is working to understand how the shape of a city plays a role in extreme weather events. Many things go into consideration when planning a city layout, roads, transportation needs, location relative to natural features. However, one thing has … Continued


NCSA’s Gabrielle Allen Named Associate Dean for the U of I College of Education

Dr. Gabrielle Allen, founding leader of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)’s Research and Education (R&E) directorate and professor of Astronomy, has been named Associate Dean for Research and Research Education at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Allen, who is a professor in the department of astronomy, will … Continued


NSF awards connect Midwest Big Data Hub and scientists to solve regional challenges

Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced $10 million in “Big Data Spokes” awards to initiate research in specific areas identified, supported, and organized by the Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs (BD Hubs). $2.4 million in Big Data Spoke, Early­ Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) and planning awards will connect the Midwest Big Data … Continued


Blue Waters Graduate Fellow: Paul Hime

The Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship was awarded to ten outstanding Ph.D. students in computational science. In this series we’re featuring brief introductions to who they are and what they’re trying to accomplish. This program serves to prepare the next generation of science researchers to solve the world’s problems. Follow along as we highlight these young … Continued


Researchers using Blue Waters supercomputer make strides in researching treatment for Ebola, other p

by Susan Szuch Who would have thought that a method that enabled the automatic firing of anti-aircraft guns in World War II would be applicable over 70 years later? This time, though, instead of protecting London’s citizens from German warplanes, it’s creating antibodies to protect humans from infectious viruses. Even the method of viral infection … Continued


Blue Waters Graduate Fellow: Erin Teich

The Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship was awarded to ten outstanding Ph.D. students in computational science. In this series we’re featuring brief introductions to who they are and what they’re trying to accomplish. This program serves to prepare the next generation of science researchers to solve the world’s problems. Follow along as we highlight these young … Continued


NASA Career Award winner uses Blue Waters supercomputer to mine crop yield data

Assistant professor Kaiyu Guan’s work builds off his previous research with satellite and earth system modeling. Prior to coming to Illinois, his PhD and postdoc work focused mostly on how rainfall and other components of the hydrological cycle control plant growth in tropical forests, savannas and farms. He used some brand new capabilities of satellites … Continued


Blue Waters Graduate Fellow: Iryna Butsky

The Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship was awarded to ten outstanding Ph.D. students in computational science. In this series we’re featuring brief introductions to who they are and what they’re trying to accomplish. This program serves to prepare the next generation of science researchers to solve the world’s problems. Follow along as we highlight these young … Continued


Profiles series: Six questions for the 2016 NCSA Blue Waters Graduate Fellows

The Blue Waters Graduate Fellowships hosted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a year-long opportunity for Ph.D. students around the country to gain valuable experience with supercomputing and the chance to perform research on the fastest supercomputer on a university campus anywhere in the world. … Continued


GODAN Summit: Can supercomputers and visualization help solve the global food crisis?

by Austin Keating The first ever Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Summit taking place in New York this week has one major goal—to craft open data-driven solutions in the face of rising world hunger. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s plant biology department are … Continued


Blue Waters supercomputer used to develop a standard for partisan gerrymandering, generates 800 mill

by Hannah Remmert (story) and Austin Keating (video) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers, Professor Wendy K. Tam Cho and Yan Y. Liu recently won 1st place in the Common Cause 2016 First Amendment Gerrymander Standard Writing Competition with their proposal of a novel method for identifying partisan gerrymandering, which they created using the Blue … Continued


Larry Smarr to present ’50 Years of Supercomputing: From Colliding Black Holes to Dynamic Microbiome

Larry Smarr, Founding Director of NCSA, will give a talk titled “50 Years of Supercomputing: From Colliding Black Holes to Dynamic Microbiomes to the Exascale” at 10 a.m. in the NCSA Auditorium on September 16. The talk, which will stream live and is open to the public, is part of NCSA’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. Smarr … Continued


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