Thought Leadership NCSA Director Bill Gropp on What’s Next for Illinois Computes The Download: A Thought Leadership Series. April 22, 2024
Science Features Illinois Computes Hitting Its Stride One year removed from its public announcement, Illinois Computes is establishing itself as a critical computing and support resource for University of Illinois researchers. April 9, 2024
Research NCSA Aids Researchers with AI on Multiple Fronts Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory, Beckman Institute, UIC and Chicago University use Delta to power their research and pay it forward with NCSA-hosted AI training series. February 23, 2024
Announcements Illinois Computes Providing Researchers with Jupyter Notebooks The campus-funded program is making accessible and nimble computing available to UIUC researchers free of charge. October 9, 2023
Research Bringing the Sky Down to Earth NCSA’s Advanced Visualization Lab strives to make complicated science more accessible to audiences June 22, 2023
Thought Leadership NCSA Director Bill Gropp on the ‘Vision for Illinois Computes’ The Download: A Thought Leadership Series May 31, 2023
Funding UIUC, U of I System Commit $50 Million to Support NCSA Services for Campus Researchers The five-year funding agreements allow faculty and students access to advanced research computing and data resources through the new Illinois Computes program. April 5, 2023
Announcements Delta Project Team Welcomes Allocation Requests Through ACCESS Need time on Delta? Applying for allocations through NSF’s ACCESS program gives you quick entry to NCSA’s computing resource. March 10, 2023
Profiles NCSA Welcomes Tamara Roosevelt to the Center Stage! Get to know NCSA’s Tamara Roosevelt in our inaugural edition of Center Stage March 2, 2023
Announcements NCSA Upgrades Taiga Speed, Capacity for First Time The Center-wide file system nearly doubles its usable space and achieves a maximum throughput of 110 gigabytes per second. December 14, 2022
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 New Grants Allow Parsl Project to Enter Its Next Stage Parsl, software designed to help simplify supercomputing, will now focus on community outreach and sustainability. November 23, 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 Reorganizes User Services to Better Serve Research Community With these changes, NCSA is committing to end-to-end guidance for supercomputing research community members of all experience levels. September 26, 2022
Thought Leadership NCSA Executive Associate Director of Engagement John Towns Presents Keynote Address at PEARC22 Project leader attributes XSEDE success, in part, to community-building July 25, 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