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
In the News Back-to-School Tech for Families in One Illinois School District NCSA’s Community Data Clinic helps provide laptops and internet access. September 7, 2021
Announcements Five PhD Students Named New Frontiers Graduate Fellows The early career researchers receive substantial support and time on NCSA’s sustained-petascale performance Blue Waters supercomputer. August 24, 2021
Profiles 2021 NCSA Summer Internships Provide Valuable Experiences to Undergraduates International and domestic students participated in various NCSA projects, working alongside experts and mentors to address real-world challenges using advanced digital resources. August 20, 2021
Research Helping Teens Study the Universe High school students got first-hand experience studying space and the Universe last week through the Girls’ Astronomy Summer Camp run by Illinois’ Department of Astronomy and NCSA’s Center for Astrophysical Surveys. July 20, 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
Profiles NCSA Students Pushing Innovation Program Celebrates Success Amid COVID-19 This spring, NCSA’s SPIN program went completely virtual. Despite the circumstances, the program completed a successful virtual session and recognized notable projects, interns and mentors for the 2020-21 academic year. June 15, 2021
Profiles NCSA Gravity Group Prepares Students for Their Futures Seven NCSA Gravity Group interns share bright post-graduation plans. May 18, 2021
Announcements NCSA Awards Scholarship to Winner of Social Hack 2021 Essay Contest NCSA’s eDream Institute partners with Design for America to award a scholarship to a UIUC undergrad for an essay on human-centered design thinking. May 13, 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
Announcements NCSA Groups Sweep Original Undergraduate Research Award Again at EOH 2021 NCSA’s Student Cluster Competition, Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation, and Students Pushing INnovation teams win first, second and third place at this year’s Engineering Open House. April 14, 2021
Announcements Applications Open for New Frontiers Initiative Graduate Research Fellowships The fellowship will provide PhD students with a year of full-time research support, including a $38,000 stipend, up to $12,000 in tuition allowance, and an allocation up to 100,000 node-hours on the powerful Blue Waters petascale computing system. February 3, 2021
Announcements NCSA Awards 16 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois Students and Faculty Interdisciplinary research projects that create innovative solutions for real-world challenges rewarded during the virtual award ceremony. November 11, 2020
Research Deep Learning Model Opens Doors for Innovation in Complex Materials Design A diverse NCSA research team, which includes an Illinois MechSE undergraduate, uses AI and HPC to train a model capable of deploying metamaterial design with topology optimization on laptops that produce accurate and rapid results. September 29, 2020
Profiles Sustaining Diversity and Inclusion Throughout a Summer of Social Distancing NCSA’s REU-INCLUSION fellowship and SPIN internship programs were held virtually this summer and continued to promote collaboration, diversity, and inclusion. August 25, 2020
Profiles NCSA Gravity Group Interns Build Strong Foundation for Their Futures Four NCSA Gravity Group interns share bright plans for their futures post graduation. May 21, 2020