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NCSA Launches DeltaAI 

DeltaAI will enable the nation’s scientists and researchers to address the world’s most challenging problems.

Illinois Computes Providing Researchers with Jupyter Notebooks

The campus-funded program is making accessible and nimble computing available to Illinois researchers free of charge.

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NCSA Welcomes Jessica Saw to the Center Stage!

Get to know some of our amazing staff in our profile series.
SPIN students David Zhu (L to R), Varenya Jain, Will Hunter and Kaiyan Wang pose with Olena Kindratenko during the 2nd Annual NCSA Student Research Conference in April, 2024.

SPIN Offers Real-World Applications to Students

NCSA’s Students Pushing INnovation (SPIN) lets undergraduates get involved, be valued and work with researchers on projects with wide-ranging applications.
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Homecoming

NCSA celebrates the return visit of the Center’s founder, Larry Smarr, with a retrospective look at his many accomplishments in cyberinfrastructure and research computing.
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Gropp Invested as Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering

NCSA Director Bill Gropp received investiture as Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering during ceremony April 30.
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NCSA Upgrades Granite to Expand Availability to ACCESS, Illinois Researchers

Granite’s capacity will increase 4.5 times and nearly double its performance thanks to a $500,000 NSF grant.
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NCSA’s Delta Prominent Choice of NAIRR Pilot Researchers

Delta will be used by a majority of the AI research projects utilizing NSF-funded advanced computing systems.
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DeltaAI Utilized in Groundbreaking Research Project to Democratize AI

NCSA’s new AI system will support Northeastern University researchers in their National Deep Inference Fabric project.
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Astrofest at NCSA

Researchers explored the cosmos at this annual CAPS event hosted by NCSA.
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Upcoming Seminar by NCSA Founder Larry Smarr

Join NCSA for a special seminar with founding director Larry Smarr.
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NCSA Awards 2024 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship

Carle Illinois College of Medicine student Nellie Haug wins $10,000 award for rapid cervical cancer screening test.
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Illinois Computes Adds GPUs to Radiant

The additional hardware strengthens the cloud-like system, offering greater capabilities to ICRN and University of Illinois researchers.
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NCSA Director Bill Gropp on What’s Next for Illinois Computes

The Download: A Thought Leadership Series.
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NCSA and I-Sci Explorers Inspiring Kids in STEAM

Illinois Science Explorers teams up with NCSA and four other campus institutes to get local kids excited about science.
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EOH 2024 at NCSA

NCSA hosted award-winning exhibits, scavenger hunts and future STEM researchers at this year’s Engineering Open House.
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Illinois Computes Hitting Its Stride

One year removed from its public announcement, Illinois Computes is establishing itself as a critical computing and support resource for University of Illinois researchers.
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Training Better STEM Communicators

Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub’s robust science writing internship program gives students hands-on experience creating engaging content.
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Bill Gropp Elected to AAAS Council

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recently announced a new leadership slate for the coming year.
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NCSA Welcomes Keith Norton to the Center Stage!

Get to know some of our amazing staff in our profile series.
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The Future of Digital Agriculture

The Center for Digital Agriculture showcased the many advancements in digital agriculture during its annual conference.
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Defensive Gaming

NCSA Affiliate and UIUC iSchool research scientist Anita Nikolich is leading an effort to help you identify online scams through gamification.
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Mapping the Arctic with Delta

Researchers from the University of Connecticut use NCSA resources to help better understand how permafrost thaw will affect structures.
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Chancellor Announces Funded Projects for 2024-25

Several NCSA staff and affiliates were awarded funding in this year’s Chancellor’s Call to Action Initiative.
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Creating a Network of Cancer-Fighting Researchers

NCSA’s Health Innovation Program Office brings together the Mayo Clinic and UIUC researchers to foster the creation of a new, impactful methodology for treating pancreatic cancer.
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NCSA Aids Researchers with AI on Multiple Fronts

Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory, Beckman Institute, UIC and Chicago University use Delta to power their research and pay it forward with NCSA-hosted AI training series.
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Simulating Tiny Invaders

Researchers Use Delta to study the life cycle of Hepatitis B in hope of stopping this serious infection in its tracks.
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NCSA Director Bill Gropp on SC23, Future Path of HPC

The Download: A Thought Leadership Series.
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NCSA Joins Newly Launched NAIRR Pilot

A new NSF-led pilot launches an expansive effort to strengthen responsible AI development and research.
REU FoDOMMaT students, mentors and program administrators standing in front of NCSA’s plaque celebrating the creation of Mosaic. Photo credit: Priyam Mazumdar, REU graduate research mentor

Applications Open for NCSA’s Summer REU Program

Undergraduate students nationwide can apply to study, train and work full-time on cutting-edge machine-learning projects in NCSA’s paid, 10-week program.

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