
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.
NCSA’s Data Analytics Team Takes On Cancer
The Data Analytics team, led by Xiaoxia Liao, paves the way for more accurate breast cancer diagnosis.
Improving Research Through Software Sustainability
NCSA’s chief scientist, Daniel Katz, shares his vision for software sustainability and researcher engagement with NIH
NCSA Supercomputers Aid in Fighting Climate Change
UIUC researchers used NCSA Delta and Blue Waters to find more efficient ways to calculate carbon credits.
NCSA 2022 Year-end Highlights
A recap of the top NCSA stories that spoke to readers the most in 2022.
NFI, NCSA Win Second Place in AI Competition for Critical Mineral Assessment
A team of researchers from NFI, NCSA and CAII were awarded second place for their solution in the Map Feature Extraction challenge, co-sponsored by USGS and DARPA.
NCSA Industry Partners Receive Honors in 2022 HPC Innovation Excellence Awards
NCSA was recognized by Hyperion Research for its achievements in a collaborative project with Rolls-Royce and other industry partners.
Newly Formed IASC Connects Worldwide Supercomputing Centers
Together with co-founding institution NCSA, IASC hopes to unite nearly 100 publicly funded worldwide supercomputing centers.
NCSA Upgrades Taiga Speed, Capacity for First Time
The Center-wide file system nearly doubles its usable space and achieves a maximum throughput of 110 gigabytes per second.
NCSA Director Leads IEEE Awards Ceremony at SC22
IEEE Computer Society President Bill Gropp presided over the awards presentation for three awards at the 2022 Supercomputing Conference.
Undergraduate Students Excel in NCSA Summer Programs
SPIN interns and participants of a 10-week research experience in machine learning at NCSA were recognized for their outstanding research contributions at the end of the summer.
NCSA Student Researchers Lead Authors on Award-Winning Paper
Paper on FAIR principles for AI models wins HPCwire Readers’ Choice award for “Best Use of High Performance Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.”
When Technology and Art Unite
NCSA Affiliate and UIUC Dance Professor John Toenjes brings dance into the digital age using gamification and mobile apps.
Innovators Bridging Research and Software Engineering
Over the past 10 years, the field of Research Software Engineering has emerged at the intersection of software development and research. We spoke with NCSA Research Software Engineers to learn
NCSA Affiliate Halil Kilicoglu Awarded NIH Grant to Improve Randomized Clinical Trials
We see the results of randomized clinical trials every day, but how these trials are designed is as essential as the outcome.
New Grants Allow Parsl Project to Enter Its Next Stage
Parsl, software designed to help simplify supercomputing, will now focus on community outreach and sustainability.
Cybershuttle Project to Create Seamless System to Share Data, Tools
NCSA was awarded part of a five-year, $5 million NSF collaborative award to advance the Cybershuttle project.
NCSA Receives Honors in 2022 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
NCSA takes top honors in three different award categories announced at Supercomputing Conference 2022.
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.
Applications for 2023-24 New Frontiers Graduate Fellowships Open
NFI is seeking applications for its graduate fellowship program for next year.
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.
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.
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.
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
Kaiyu Guan Charts the Course from Blue Waters to Delta
We spoke with Kaiyu Guan about his research journey from Blue Waters to Delta.
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.
NCSA Hosts First-Ever Energy Datathon
UIUC students competed to solve examples of exciting and challenging energy problems at an NCSA weekend event.
Festival Goers Make Virtual Journeys with NCSA
NCSA shares virtual reality experiences with Pygmalion 2022 attendees.
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