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
Honors and Awards 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 the attention of Harvard and helped win Ben Grosser his fellowship. September 20, 2022
Announcements 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. September 14, 2022
Funding 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. September 13, 2022
Science Features 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. August 30, 2022
Research Improving the World Through Agriculture CDA REU students get valuable experience from UIUC research mentors over the summer August 24, 2022
Science Features Visualizing the Future Our Advanced Visualization Lab showcases its hard work and expertise in visualization and computer graphics at SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver. August 19, 2022
Honors and Awards Kindratenko Receives The George Anner Excellence In Undergraduate Teaching Award CAII Director Volodymyr Kindratenko is honored for his teaching excellence in student-juried selection. August 10, 2022
Funding 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. August 2, 2022