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Simulating the Life Cycle of a Cell with NCSA’s Delta

Researchers gained new insights into the essential processes of life by simulating the full cycle of a bacterial cell on NCSA’s Delta supercomputer.

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Srikant Named NCSA’s New Director

R. Srikant took over responsibilities as NCSA director at the start of 2026.

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Kaiyu Guan Charts the Course from Blue Waters to Delta

We spoke with Kaiyu Guan about his research journey from Blue Waters to Delta.
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NCSA Leaders Share Their Vision for Future of Computational Research

Director Bill Gropp and Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz offered their expertise on DEI in the supercomputing community and software sustainability at multiple conferences around the world.
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NCSA Hosts First-Ever Energy Datathon

UIUC students competed to solve examples of exciting and challenging energy problems at an NCSA weekend event.
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Festival Goers Make Virtual Journeys with NCSA

NCSA shares virtual reality experiences with Pygmalion 2022 attendees.
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Meet Alaina Kanfer, NCSA’s Great Connector

Alaina Kanfer is back at NCSA working with the Healthcare Innovation Program Office and the Industry Program Office. We spoke at length with her about her time at NCSA with
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Delta Now Fully Operational

NSF approves Delta for full production following review.
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NCSA Leading $3.2 Million Project To Make Scientific Data More Discoverable

A collaborative research award between NCSA and six other institutions will take on an effort to standardize how scientific data is described.
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NCSA Reorganizes User Services to Better Serve Research Community

With these changes, NCSA is committing to end-to-end guidance for supercomputing research community members of all experience levels.
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NCSA Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows

A dozen NCSA Fellows are part of nine different projects funded by the NCSA Fellowship program.
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NCSA Affiliate Ben Grosser Named as a Harvard Fellow

What if instead of limiting your characters to 280 per tweet, Twitter limited how many tweets you could post to 280…for life. That’s the crux of an experiment that got
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Digital Ag Programs Prepare Candidates for Highly Skilled Technology Careers

The Center for Digital Agriculture at NCSA partners with Illinois College of ACES and The Grainger College of Engineering to launch Digital Ag M.Eng and certificate programs.
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NCSA Involved In Two Projects To Receive Sloan Foundation Funding

Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz will lead a project to study the role of policy in sustaining research software.
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As COVID-19 Gripped the World, NCSA Stepped Up to Make SHIELD a Success

How NCSA Research Software Engineers and teams helped keep COVID-19 at bay.
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Improving the World Through Agriculture

CDA REU students get valuable experience from UIUC research mentors over the summer
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Visualizing the Future

Our Advanced Visualization Lab showcases its hard work and expertise in visualization and computer graphics at SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver.
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Kindratenko Receives The George Anner Excellence In Undergraduate Teaching Award

CAII Director Volodymyr Kindratenko is honored for his teaching excellence in student-juried selection.
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NCSA and UChicago Receive NSF Funding For Software Sustainability

A collaborative research award between NCSA and the University of Chicago will undertake a community-centered approach for supporting and sustaining Parsl.
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Amy Schuele: Tireless Worker, Loyal Friend, and New Retiree

We spoke with Amy Schuele about experiences, highlights and memorable moments throughout the 31 years she spent working and learning at NCSA.
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NCSA Executive Associate Director of Engagement John Towns Presents Keynote Address at PEARC22

Project leader attributes XSEDE success, in part, to community-building
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A Fruitful Partnership

Center for Digital Agriculture partners with robotics manufacturer EarthSense to develop scalable autonomous solutions for farmers.
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NCSA Alum Donna Cox Presents Keynote at PEARC22

The scientific visualization legend spoke on her career and the importance of “Renaissance Teams” at the Boston conference, July 13.
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NCSA, Illinois Campus Cluster Aid Research on Early COVID Mitigations

SHIELD researchers utilized NCSA expertise in combating virus early in pandemic.
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NCSA Supercomputers Help Accurately Predict Volcanic Eruption

Using NCSA’s iForge and Blue Waters, UIUC researchers predicted a volcanic event at the Sierra Negra Volcano five months in advance.
SPIN Interns Garner Achievements, Success Over Academic Year

SPIN Interns Garner Achievements, Success Over Academic Year

NCSA’s SPIN program continues to attract and retain outstanding UIUC undergraduates
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NCSA’s McGinty Leading Proposal for New Network of Supercomputing Centers

The International Association of Supercomputing Centers would serve centers worldwide.
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USDA NIFA Awards U of I Research $3.9M for I-FARM

The Center for Digital Agriculture at NCSA and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment collaborate to pioneer I-FARM, NIFA’s Farm of the Future Project.
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Meet HOLL-I: NCSA Unveils New Artificial Intelligence Machine

NCSA unveils new system, HOLL-I, equipped with Cerebras CS-2 for public and industrial artificial intelligence research and development.
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Exploring the Universe Through Gravitational Physics

CAPS and ICASU fellow Scott Perkins explains his passion for astrophysics

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