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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.

NCSA’s DeltaAI System to be Powered by NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip

NCSA’s DeltaAI System to be Powered by NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip

The artificial intelligence-focused advanced computing and data resource is set to come online in 2024.
NCSA Helps Found Trillion Parameter Consortium

NCSA Helps Found Trillion Parameter Consortium

The new international consortium was formed to create trustworthy and reliable generative AI models for science.
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Showcasing the Versatility of Parsl

ParslFest 2023 brought researchers, developers and cyberinfrastructure experts together to share their knowledge.
NCSA Receives Honors in 2023 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

NCSA Receives Honors in 2023 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

NCSA takes top honors in three different award categories announced at Supercomputing Conference 2023.
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Esteemed Alumnus Returns to the Center

Bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience, Kelvin Droegemeier joins NCSA as a faculty affiliate.
Delta Helps Promote Open Science in Pre-training Speech Models

Delta Helps Promote Open Science in Pre-training Speech Models

Researchers utilized the power and speed of Delta to reproduce the development methodology for speech recognition applications.
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NCSA Wins Big at Hackathon

The Center took home two prizes at this year’s Big Q Hackathon in Chicago
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Supporting Women in HPC

NCSA staff attend Grace Hopper to help build a strong foundation for supporting women in computing.
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Driven by Impact

NCSA, Mayo Clinic have collaborated for over a decade to leverage data for better health outcomes
NCSA Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz on 'Open Science'

NCSA Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz on ‘Open Science’

The Download: Expert Viewpoints
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The State of HPC in Industry

NCSA’s Brendan McGinty sees HPC as essential to industry and NCSA as a leader that can help
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NCSA Welcomes 2023-24 Fellows

A dozen NCSA Fellows are part of eight different projects funded by the NCSA Fellows program.
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Five Years of Success with CDA

Since its launch in 2018, the Center for Digital Agriculture has grown tremendously
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Illinois Computes Providing Researchers with Jupyter Notebooks

The campus-funded program is making accessible and nimble computing available to UIUC researchers free of charge.
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NCSA Welcomes Jeff Carpenter to the Center Stage!

Get to know NCSA’s Jeff Carpenter in our October edition of Center Stage
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Santiago Nuñez-Corrales Set to Lead NCSA Into the Quantum Future

Quantum Computing lead works to enable impactful science in a more accessible way
Arushi Jain performs at Krannert during Pygmalion 2023. She's standing in front of a large technical device with a lot of wires called a modular synthesizer. The screen behind her is full of purple tinted stars.

Music to Your Eyes

Mixing sight and sound, NCSA’s AVL team joined musician Arushi Jain to create a concert experience like no other
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Delta Powers Student Research

Student researchers at UIUC use their allocated time on Delta to refine Federated Learning models
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NCSA Director Bill Gropp on the ‘Future of AI’

The Download: A Thought Leadership Series
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NCSA Hosts ACCESS Interns

The STEP program brought their interns a number of exciting opportunities, including getting immersive cyberinfrastructure training right here at NCSA
NCSA’s New Proposal Development Office Open for Business

NCSA’s New Proposal Development Office Open for Business

PDO to offer expanded research services to NCSA staff and faculty affiliates.
NFI Selects 2023-24 New Frontiers Graduate Fellows

NFI Selects 2023-24 New Frontiers Graduate Fellows

Power grid infrastructure and autonomous vehicle simulation research the focus of the two NFI fellowship recipients.
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Illinois Computes Providing Free Access To Illinois Campus Cluster

A portion of the ICC will be completely funded by Illinois Computes, allowing campus researchers access at no cost.
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NCSA’s SMM Software Tools Aim to Make Sense of Social Media Data

A software team bridges the gap between easy – but expensive – analytics tools and more technical open-source tools
This year’s CDA REU Students

Summer Interns Experience the Future of Agriculture

An all-women cohort of young researchers joins CDA’s REU program this year, and they share their experiences
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

Undergraduate Researchers in Action

Through NCSA’s expansive REU program, students get hands-on experience working on projects to solve current real-world problems.
NCSA Welcomes J.D. Graham to the Center Stage!

NCSA Welcomes J.D. Graham to the Center Stage!

Get to know NCSA’s J.D. Graham in our August edition of Center Stage
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NCSA Joins New Phase of Climate Project to Track Arctic Permafrost Thaw

Led by the Woodwell Climate Research Center, the $5 million grant from Google.org will fund the expansion of a new, open-access resource that will use satellite data and AI/ML technology

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