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 NCSA Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows A dozen NCSA Fellows are part of nine different projects funded by the NCSA Fellowship program. September 23, 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
Publications NCSA, Illinois Campus Cluster Aid Research on Early COVID Mitigations SHIELD researchers utilized NCSA expertise in combating virus early in pandemic. July 6, 2022
Profiles SPIN Interns Garner Achievements, Success Over Academic Year NCSA’s SPIN program continues to attract and retain outstanding UIUC undergraduates June 3, 2022
Funding NSF Awards $40M to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Research NSF director, Senator Dick Durbin speak about societal and economic impacts. April 25, 2022
Science Features New in ’22: Three New Supercomputing Resources and More Our center’s introducing new resources and advancements this year that targets research, academic and industry needs. April 13, 2022
In the News NCSA Researchers Co-Author Article on the Damaging Effects of COVID-19 on Lung Tissue Working closely with the Center’s Healthcare Innovation Program Office, the NCSA Visual Analytics team and faculty affiliates collaborate with NIH and ISB scientists to gain insight into future COVID-19 treatments. December 14, 2021
Announcements NCSA Awards 20 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois Students and Faculty NCSA’s eDream Institute awarded Illinois students and faculty for innovative multidisciplinary research projects in 2021. Fellows were honored in a virtual awards ceremony. December 3, 2021
Honors and Awards NCSA Receives Honors in 2021 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards Eleventh Year NCSA is Recognized by HPCwire Awards, Given to Leaders in the Global High-Performance Computing Community. November 15, 2021
Announcements NCSA Welcomes 2021-22 Faculty Fellows The NCSA Faculty Fellowship program awarded 15 University of Illinois faculty funding for 10 interdisciplinary research projects involving our center. July 21, 2021
Profiles NCSA Student Spotlight: Fiddler Fellow Ariana Barreau Learn more about her journey and what inspired her to co-found ProteCKD and AxisMED in this Q&A. June 30, 2021
Research Big Data Aids PPE Research University of Illinois professor awarded a $200,000 RAPID grant to design a 3D-printable medical mask inspired by the nasal structures of animals. May 26, 2021
Science Features NCSA Teams Contribute to Return-to-school Planning Leveraging diverse expertise, researchers and designers from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications collaborated with the University of Illinois on two tools to help schools safely transition back to in-person learning. April 26, 2021
Announcements NCSA Announces 2021 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Recipient Ariana Barreau receives NCSA’s eDream Institute’s Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Award at the Illinois Innovation Prize virtual ceremony on April 15, 2021. April 19, 2021