
NCSA Launches DeltaAI
DeltaAI will enable the nation’s scientists and researchers to address the world’s most challenging problems.

Illinois Computes Providing Researchers with Jupyter Notebooks
The campus-funded program is making accessible and nimble computing available to Illinois researchers free of charge.
Radiant Takes on the Cloud
NCSA’s Radiant system helps researchers manage data through the cloud, offering significant cost savings.
Researchers Selected for Delta External Advisory Committee
Group will help guide project’s growth and development
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.
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.
Katz Named Inaugural ReSA Steering Committee Chair
ReSA, the Research Software Alliance, has named Daniel S. Katz as its inaugural Steering Committee Chair.
The Donna Cox Legacy: Inspiring and Visualizing the Future
NCSA celebrates and honors its Chief Scholar and Illinois Professor Donna J. Cox as she retires after nearly four outstanding decades of contributions to art, science, research, technology, and society.
NCSA Welcomes 2021-22 Faculty Fellows
The NCSA Faculty Fellowship program awarded 15 University of Illinois faculty funding for 10 interdisciplinary research projects involving our center.
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
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.
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.
From Planets to Galaxies and Gravitational Waves
The international DES collaboration uses a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images compiled with the help of NCSA to make remarkable discoveries about our Universe.
C3.ai DTI Announces AI for Energy and Climate Security Awards
The consortium awarded $4.4M in funding and advanced computing resources to 21 projects at partner institutions.
NCSA’s CILogon Selected for Incommon Catalyst Program
The Catalyst Program brings identity and access management expertise, support to the InCommon community.
How Do You Train a Supercomputer to Learn?
NCSA’s Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation uses COVID-19 chest x-rays to explore best methods.
Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution
The Dark Energy Survey collaboration has created the largest ever maps of the distribution and shapes of galaxies, tracing both ordinary and dark matter in the universe out to a
NCSA Researcher Ben Grosser Is Breaking the Internet
Ben Grosser, an NCSA affiliate and University of Illinois professor, is using social media to reveal truth, and art, in the digital world.
Big Data Aids PPE Research
University of Illinois professor awarded a $200,000 RAPID grant to design a 3D-printable medical mask inspired by the nasal structures of animals.
NCSA Gravity Group Prepares Students for Their Futures
Seven NCSA Gravity Group interns share bright post-graduation plans.
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.
Center for Digital Agriculture Contributes to Launch COALESCE
Co-led by NCSA’s Girish Chowdhary, the COALESCE initiative will help make field management more efficient and tactical.
NCSA Teams Contribute to Return-to-school Planning
Leveraging diverse expertise, researchers and designers from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications collaborated with the University of Illinois on two tools to help schools safely transition back to in-person
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.
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.
NCSA Team Contributes to Cover Crop Decision Support Tool
The Cover Crop Analyzer tool will use simulation to help farmers take the guesswork out of crop selection.
Scientists Monitoring Magnetic ‘Pothole’ in Space
Geomagnetic field forecasting models run on NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer identify new variations in the South Atlantic Anomaly.
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
C3.ai DTI Announces Call for Papers to Advance AI for Energy and Climate Security
Funded proposals will receive up to $5M and include unlimited free access to the C3 AI Suite hosted on the Microsoft Azure Cloud.
Dark Energy Survey Makes Public Catalog of Nearly 700 Million Astronomical Objects
The international collaboration that includes NCSA, releases a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of surveys. This data release is one of the largest
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