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Big Data Aids PPE Research

Posted on May 26, 2021October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

University of Illinois professor awarded a $200,000 RAPID grant to design a 3D-printable medical mask inspired by the nasal structures of animals.

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Center for Digital Agriculture Contributes to Launch COALESCE

Posted on April 29, 2021October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

Co-led by NCSA’s Girish Chowdhary, the COALESCE initiative will help make field management more efficient and tactical.

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C3.ai DTI Announces Call for Papers to Advance AI for Energy and Climate Security

Posted on February 2, 2021October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

Funded proposals will receive up to $5M and include unlimited free access to the C3 AI Suite hosted on the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

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NCSA Faculty Fellows Gain Nutritional Insights from Biomarkers

Posted on December 2, 2020October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

A research team led by NCSA Faculty Fellows were able to apply machine learning to human nutrition research.

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NCSA Contributes to Development of Safer Illinois App

Posted on October 20, 2020October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

Multiple NCSA staff members joined a campuswide collaboration to create the Safer Illinois app, that allows students and faculty to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

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NCSA Houses New DOE-funded Center Led by Illinois Aerospace Engineering

Posted on October 1, 2020October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

DOE awards $16.5M to NCSA and AE to develop Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design at UIUC.

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NCSA Supports IGB’s New NSF-funded Molecule Maker Lab Institute to Accelerate AI Research

Posted on September 4, 2020October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

NCSA’s Software Associate Director Kenton McHenry collaborates and shares expertise with MMLI team to advance molecular science.

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NCSA to Be Data Management Partner for New NSF CINet Grant

Posted on August 21, 2020October 6, 2025 by NCSA News Staff

This project will use two software tools developed by NCSA: the Clowder Framework and the Geostreaming Data Framework.

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DOE Awards $2.2M to Project at the Intersection of AI and High-Energy Physics Led by NCSA’s Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation

Posted on August 11, 2020October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

Illinois’ CAII leads a team of experts from UMN, MIT and UC San Diego for DOE-funded FAIR Framework for Physics-Inspired Artificial Intelligence in High Energy Physics project.

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C3.ai DTI Awards $5.4 Million for AI Research to Mitigate COVID-19

Posted on June 26, 2020October 6, 2025 by Meg Severson

The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards funding to 26 projects for research about COVID-19 and its impact on racial, economic, and healthcare disparities.