AI Unlocked provides a unique opportunity for researchers, educators and students to learn how to integrate #AI tools in research and classroom settings. Registration is free but space is limited to 150 participants so apply now!
Today is the final day to register to attend "AI Unlocked: Empowering Higher Education through Research and Discovery" in person on June 2-3 in Denver.
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Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign used NCSA’s Delta supercomputer to help prove that sometimes less data is better when training AI chatbots. Their new framework DELIFT trains AI to be “smarter” about what data is used in the training.
www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/03/04/l...
"NCSA’s Delta system provided the #GPU capability, scale and support we needed to survey physically realistic simulations of the galactic center. Access to these resources made an otherwise computationally prohibitive study feasible." - Vedant Dhruv, research fellow
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Join NCSA on Friday, April 10 for the 2026 Engineering Open House (EOH)! Organized by engineering students on campus, EOH is your opportunity to learn about the cutting-edge research taking place at NCSA and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
More info: www.eohillinois.org
4th Annual NCSA Students Research Conference on April 23. Register by April 1.
Register by April 1 to attend and participate in the 4th Annual NCSA Students Research Conference on April 23! This event will feature oral presentations, a poster session and the opportunity to interact with industry partners at an industry panel and dinner.
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A picture is worth a thousand words or, in this case, billions of calculations.
With help from @ncsaatillinois.bsky.social, Drs. Emad Tajkhorshid, Hale Şiir Hasdemir, and PhD candidates Yupeng Li and Carlos Cuellar revealed how membrane transport proteins in E. coli function.
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Researchers at the University of Illinois used NCSA’s Delta supercomputer to run simulations of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A*. It's “quieter” than simulations normally indicate. Find out why!
#DataScience
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We recommend perusing this interesting piece featuring NCSA's @caps-ncsa.bsky.social Director Joaquin Vieira and the 10-year anniversary of the monthly public lecture series Astronomy on Tap! Congratulations on a decade of engaging #astronomy discussion!
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NCSA is a familiar place for its new director, R. Srikant. His countless research collaborations between his home department in @uofigrainger.bsky.social and the high-performance computing experts at NCSA set the stage for a successful tenure.
www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/02/10/s...
NCSA and the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) helped power the Dark Energy Survey's most comprehensive expansion history analysis. NCSA provided infrastructure to manage and store images and data, quality control and extensive compute resources.
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Here’s to a future filled with more visionary science, pioneering partnerships and discovery!
This month, NCSA celebrated its 40th anniversary! In 1985, Illinois astrophysicist Larry Smarr and 7 colleagues submitted an unsolicited proposal to the National Science Foundation asking for funding to launch supercomputing centers. NCSA “opened for business” in early 1986.
We look forward to continuing conversations and partnerships that strengthen NCSA's capabilities and have a lasting impact on the state of Illinois and beyond!
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker with NCSA and University leadership in front of the Delta supercomputer
Many thanks to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for taking some time last week to tour the National Petascale Computing Facility and discuss #AI, #quantum computing, facilities and more with NCSA and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leadership.
University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Innovation or Translational Research. Technology Entrepreneur Center and Grainger Engineering. $10,000 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship. Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Innovation. NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
ONE WEEK LEFT to submit nominations for the $10,000 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Innovation. Open until this Sunday, February 1 for University of Illinois undergraduate and graduate students. #illinois #HPC
More info: emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/8...
Through ACCESS allocations, "NCSA resources helped our team fast-track the algorithm development and data analysis of both machine learning and deep learning models for use in state anxiety detection." - Manuel Hernandez, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
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Governor Pritzker tours the NCSA.
Illinois is renowned worldwide as a hub of scientific research, education, and innovation.
It’s in no small part thanks to the work being done here at the UIUC’s National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Researchers at the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) used the #SouthPoleTelescope to probe the crowded inner #MilkyWayGalaxy. They uncovered powerful, short-lived bursts of light from two known accreting white dwarf systems. Read the story!
www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/01/20/r...
Researchers at the University of Illinois used NCSA’s #Delta supercomputer to develop wearable technology to monitor anxiety in real-time. The research processed data from wearable devices, such as ECGs, which enabled the analysis of months of data in minutes.
www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/01/13/u...
Call for nominations. Deadline: February 1, 2026. $20,000 Illinois Innovation Award. University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Innovation or Translational Research. Technology Entrepreneur Center and Grainger Engineering. $10,000 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship. Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Innovation. NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Nominations for the $10,000 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Innovation are open until February 1 for University of Illinois undergraduate and graduate students.
More info: emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/8...
Happy holidays and all the very best in the New Year!
A colorful vinyl wrap for NCSA's DeltaAI system.
Check out DeltaAI's new look! An impactful vinyl design for an impactful #AI system.
The Download: A Thought Leadership Series with NCSA Director Bill Gropp
As the end of 2025 nears, NCSA Director Bill Gropp reminisces on his noteworthy career in high-performance computing and computer science, which includes nearly a decade of leading NCSA, and takes a hopeful look into the future of #HPC in The Download:
www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2025/12/15/n...
Researchers at the University of Illinois used NCSA’s #Delta supercomputer to model and understand soccer ball flight, exploring how the perfect arc can lead to a goal. Learn how Delta made this research possible in this story!
www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2025/12/10/t...
Researcher and professor Stephen Boppart provides an update on the MarginDX prototype, an optical imaging technology, funded by ARPA-H, that uses #AI screening tools in real time to ensure that tumor tissue and cells are completely removed during surgery.
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ACCESS is helping maximize genetic research through large allocations on a number of #supercomputing systems across Researchers used ACCESS allocations to explore a breakthrough in capturing and controlling the movement of genes.
#HPC #EnablingDiscoveryForAll
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After some additional digging, we're now up to 36 accepted conference submissions of research that utilized Delta and/or DeltaAI!
Theo Long and his family at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
NCSA is proud to welcome Director of Administration and Operations Theo Long to the Center Stage! Learn all about Theo's role, hobbies and family in this profile of this member of NCSA's leadership team.
Meet Theo: www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2025/12/01/n...
Researchers who utilized Delta and DeltaAI for their work – through allocations awarded by @accessforci.bsky.social, NAIRR and Illinois Computes – are sharing their conclusions in posters, spotlights or workshops at #NeurIPS, while discovering new methods in #AI and #MachineLearning.
