Thought Leadership NCSA Director Bill Gropp on the ‘State of Supercomputing at NCSA’ The Download: A Thought Leadership Series March 6, 2023
Announcements NCSA Facilitating Access to IBM Quantum Computing for UIUC Researchers Via IQUIST, NCSA and the Chicago Quantum Exchange, campus researchers have enhanced access to IBM Quantum Computing systems. February 20, 2023
Honors and Awards 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. December 19, 2022
Announcements Newly Formed IASC Connects Worldwide Supercomputing Centers Together with co-founding institution NCSA, IASC hopes to unite nearly 100 publicly funded worldwide supercomputing centers. December 16, 2022
Announcements Major Milestone Machine Retires As the iForge machine retires, we give it the send-off it deserves. October 27, 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
Science Features A Fruitful Partnership Center for Digital Agriculture partners with robotics manufacturer EarthSense to develop scalable autonomous solutions for farmers. July 22, 2022
In the News NCSA Supercomputers Help Accurately Predict Volcanic Eruption Using NCSA’s iForge and Blue Waters, UIUC researchers predicted a volcanic event at the Sierra Negra Volcano five months in advance. June 6, 2022
In the News NCSA’s McGinty Leading Proposal for New Network of Supercomputing Centers The International Association of Supercomputing Centers would serve centers worldwide. June 3, 2022
Funding USDA NIFA Awards U of I Research $3.9M for I-FARM The Center for Digital Agriculture at NCSA and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment collaborate to pioneer I-FARM, NIFA’s Farm of the Future Project. June 1, 2022
Announcements Meet HOLL-I: NCSA Unveils New Artificial Intelligence Machine NCSA unveils new system, HOLL-I, equipped with Cerebras CS-2 for public and industrial artificial intelligence research and development. May 31, 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
Profiles NCSA Reflects on 35 Years as a Supercomputing Powerhouse Witnessing the rise of supercomputing over the years, NCSA leaders share milestones and fond memories in this retrospective feature. February 2, 2022
Announcements NCSA Introduces a New Way to Manage Data Taiga system offers more affordable, seamless moving and storage. October 27, 2021
In the News NCSA AI and Industry Team at 2021 ML4I Forum NCSA’s Seid Koric, Brendan McGinty, and Shirui Luo participated in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Machine Learning for Industry Forum in August. September 21, 2021