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Tag: Delta and DeltaAI
The Perfect Kick
Researchers at the University of Illinois utilized NCSA resources to model and understand soccer ball flight, as well as how the perfect arc can lead to a goal.
NCSA Receives Honors in 2025 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
NCSA was recognized by the HPCwire community for its outstanding work in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Capturing and Controlling the Movement of Genes
Researchers use supercomputers, including Delta, to build an atom-thin platform to film DNA in real-time.
It is Rocket Science
Using a new algorithm and NCSA’s DeltaAI, a team of researchers reduced the energy cost of simulations by over 500% to help design safer and more efficient spacecraft.
NCSA’s Delta Assists Potential Staph Infection Breakthrough
Computers sometimes have their own bugs to deal with, but the GPU-based Delta system at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications chipped in to help researchers learn more about what makes staph infections so resilient and challenging to treat. Auburn University biophysicists relied on the Delta supercomputer at NCSA to uncover new details on the […]
Breaking Barriers – Delta Helps Reveal the Brain’s Gatekeeper
Researchers from Cornell University use Delta to explore how a protein in the blood-brain barrier could be the key to better deliver treatments to the brain.
Protecting Your Beating Heart
NCSA resources assist a researcher from Ohio State University in studying atrial fibrillation in order to create better treatments for this deadly condition.
Partnerships with National Impact
NCSA is part of the ACCESS program, which offers more than computing power to a nationwide network of researchers and educators.
A Fond Farewell
NCSA’s Director, Bill Gropp, announces his retirement.