Honors and Awards Seven Future Stars Awarded Fellowships Introducing the 2022-23 CAPS Fellows – seven new scientists with accomplishments from working on the James Webb telescope project to studying black holes. November 11, 2022
Announcements Applications for 2023-24 New Frontiers Graduate Fellowships Open NFI is seeking applications for its graduate fellowship program for next year. November 9, 2022
Honors and Awards NCSA Awards 24 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois Students, Faculty Students and faculty of three NCSA programs were recognized for their outstanding work and contributions to computational research in a variety of fields. November 7, 2022
Research NCSA Project Expands Toolbox for Understanding Cancer Evolution NCSA Visual Analytics Group works with scientists to make tumor phylogeny data more intuitive and detailed, improving research and prognoses. November 2, 2022
Publications Greg Bauer presents at Gateways 2022 NCSA’s own Greg Bauer knows that building and supporting a supercomputer is only part of the work. Getting the word out is just as essential. October 28, 2022
Announcements Major Milestone Machine Retires As the iForge machine retires, we give it the send-off it deserves. October 27, 2022
In the News Advancing Medical Diagnosis with Machine Learning and Digital Cameras What if you could diagnose MS or Parkinson’s by taking a walk in front of a camera? NCSA affiliate Richard Sowers is part of a research team that’s done just that. October 25, 2022
Science Features Kaiyu Guan Charts the Course from Blue Waters to Delta We spoke with Kaiyu Guan about his research journey from Blue Waters to Delta. October 19, 2022
Announcements 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. October 13, 2022
Announcements NCSA Hosts First-Ever Energy Datathon UIUC students competed to solve examples of exciting and challenging energy problems at an NCSA weekend event. October 11, 2022
In the News Festival Goers Make Virtual Journeys with NCSA NCSA shares virtual reality experiences with Pygmalion 2022 attendees. October 7, 2022
Profiles 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 founder Larry Smarr, Marc Andreessen and why she recently returned to NCSA. October 5, 2022
Announcements Delta Now Fully Operational NSF approves Delta for full production following review. October 3, 2022
Funding 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. September 30, 2022
Announcements 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. September 26, 2022
Announcements NCSA Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows A dozen NCSA Fellows are part of nine different projects funded by the NCSA Fellowship program. September 23, 2022