
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.

Srikant Named NCSA’s New Director
R. Srikant took over responsibilities as NCSA director at the start of 2026.
C3.ai DTI Announces AI to Transform Cybersecurity and Secure Critical Infrastructure Awards
The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute announced advanced research awards for 24 projects focused on using AI to harden information security and secure critical infrastructure.
Looking to the Past to Save the Oceans Now
NCSA helps tap historic oceanographic data so scientists can learn more about the current state of oceans and how they might be affected by climate change.
Get Ready for Delta
NCSA’s newest advanced computing resource is on the floor and will be launching soon. Researchers should start planning to utilize this new resource.
NCSA’s Daniel Katz named IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor
NCSA Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz was named one of the 66 inaugural IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors in honor of his contributions to the society and the profession.
NCSA Software Helps Monitor Arctic Permafrost and Climate Change
A team of researchers uses deep learning, satellite imagery, software and supercomputers to make permafrost data more accessible, leading to insights on climate change.
William Patterson Sends the Hip Hop Xpress Across Illinois and the U.S
Fiddler Fellow William Patterson’s Hip Hop Xpress Innovation Lab fuses STEM and hip-hop to inspire and encourage students across the country.
NCSA Helps NASA Develop Visualization Prototype for Earth Data
NCSA’s Advanced Visualization Lab worked with researchers and scientists to make Earth data more accessible and easier to process.
FAIR Guidelines Set the Tone for Data Accessibility and Reusability
NCSA researchers use high-energy physics and AI to develop FAIR guidelines that drive discovery and innovation through improving data management and stewarding best practices.
Delta Illinois Allocation Award Requests Open
UIUC researchers are invited to apply for time on NCSA’s newest computing and data resource.
NCSA Reflects on 35 Years as a Supercomputing Powerhouse
Witnessing the rise of supercomputing over the years, NCSA leaders share milestones and fond memories in this retrospective feature.
Cover Crop Tool Update Helps Illinois Farmers and Soil Health
The free tool now includes enhanced weather forecasting and nitrogen estimation, leading to better-informed decisions in farming.
Dark Energy Survey Releases More Data
NCSA has processed and extracted more than 390 million astrophysical sources, most of them corresponding to galaxies.
Dark Energy Survey Verifies Supervoid
NCSA-supported research helps map the Eridanus supervoid near Earth. Verifying its existence could mean that the universe is expanding faster than expected.
Register for NCSA’s Virtual Research Network Engineering Open House
Network Engineer positions. Join us February 1 via Zoom to learn more about our center and how you can join our Integrated Cyberinfrastructure team.
NCSA Contributes to the Most Extensive Free-Floating Planet Collection To Date
Through the Dark Energy Survey, astronomers discovered more than 70 Jupiter-sized exoplanets in the Milky Way.
Apply Now to Use Delta, NCSA’s New Advanced Computing and Data Resource
NCSA is pleased to announce an allocation award opportunity on Delta, NCSA’s new advanced research-computing and data resource that is launching in just a few weeks.
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces Call for Proposals for AI to Transform Cybersecurity and Secure Critical Infrastructure
C3.ai DTI invites scholars, software developers, and researchers to advance the science of digital transformation with artificial intelligence (AI) designed to harden information security (Infosec) and secure critical infrastructure.
Historic Blue Waters Supercomputer Ceasing Operations
NCSA and UIUC made history with the Blue Waters computing system. Now, after nearly 10 years, that system is coming to an end.
NSF Awards $405,000 to NCSA for Research Experience for Undergraduates Site Program
Through NCSA and its Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation, the REU program provides specialized hands-on training to students across the nation.
NCSA Researchers Co-Author Article on the Damaging Effects of COVID-19 on Lung Tissue
Working closely with the Center’s Healthcare Innovation Program Office, the NCSA Visual Analytics team and faculty affiliates collaborate with NIH and ISB scientists to gain insight into future COVID-19 treatments.
Blue Waters Aids in Identifying Individual Proteins Using Nanopores
Using supercomputers across the nation, including NCSA Blue Waters, researchers used nanopores to identify proteins with single amino acid resolution.
NCSA Awards 20 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois Students and Faculty
NCSA’s eDream Institute awarded Illinois students and faculty for innovative multidisciplinary research projects in 2021. Fellows were honored in a virtual awards ceremony.
NCSA Blue Waters and Advanced Visualization Lab Co-Produces Award-Winning Documentary “Atlas of a Changing Earth”
Using collaboration, satellite imagery, supercomputers, and advanced visualization, ACE sheds light on the effects of rising global temperatures to help guide and inform possible solutions.
NCSA’s Blue Waters Supercomputer Helps Map the Earth
A small project to track melting in one section of polar ice is now mapping the entire Earth.
NCSA Receives Honors in 2021 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
Eleventh Year NCSA is Recognized by HPCwire Awards, Given to Leaders in the Global High-Performance Computing Community.
Volodymyr Kindratenko Named Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation at NCSA
Dr. Kindratenko, an NCSA veteran, brings decades of institutional knowledge, teaching, research and computing experience to the director role.
NCSA Introduces a New Way to Manage Data
Taiga system offers more affordable, seamless moving and storage.
NCSA Software Fits Many Research Toolboxes
A global leader in open-source software development, NCSA ramps up its software directorate to do even more.
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