Profiles Maria Jaromin Brings Together People, Tools and Resources to Make Research Pay Off Senior Research Coordinator brings tech and engineering expertise to Healthcare Innovation Program Office. May 17, 2023
Honors and Awards NCSA Awards 2023 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Carle Illinois College of Medicine student Bara Saadah wins $10,000 award for anti-fatigue surgeon’s vest design. May 9, 2023
Funding NCSA Affiliates Receive Funding For AI-Powered Brain Mapping The project is one of three funded by Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology’s new research seed grants program. April 27, 2023
Funding CDA To Create Profitable Food Oases In Urban Ecosystems The project will use AI-powered robotics to automate operations for high tunnels at UIUC’s Sustainable Student Farm. April 12, 2023
In the News Inside NCSA’s Nightingale Cluster Designed for Sensitive Data NCSA developed Nightingale to help with the explosion of HPC-powered health research following the emergence of COVID-19. March 20, 2023
Thought Leadership NCSA Director Bill Gropp on the ‘State of Supercomputing at NCSA’ The Download: A Thought Leadership Series March 6, 2023
Research 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. February 9, 2023
Honors and Awards 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. November 29, 2022
Funding 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. November 18, 2022
Research 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. November 2, 2022
In the News 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 that. October 25, 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 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