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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 02/10/2026

NCSA's Phuong Cao presented research he co-authored with Matthew Chou titled "Network Impact of Post-Quantum Certificate Chain sizes on Time to First Byte in TLS Deployments" at IEEE Quantum Week in Toronto: arxiv.org/abs/2604.24869 #IEEEQuantumWeek #QuantumComputing #QuantumTechnology

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 29/09/2026

Register by Thursday, October 1 for the 2026 Ashby Prize in Computational Science Hackathon! More than $5,000 in prizes is available to participants so register today! Details: cancer.illinois.edu/2026-ashby-p...

Hackathon: Ashby Prize in Computational Science October 17-18 at NCSA. Register today for a hackathon that merges AI and cancer research!

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 23/09/2026

Spots are filling up for NCSA's regional, in-person machine learning (ML) workshop Oct. 5-6 designed to support academic researchers across disciplines who are either new to AI/ML or looking to build intermediate skills. NCSA encourages researchers from across the Midwest to join!

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 14/09/2026

NCSA is hosting an in-person “Regional Workshop on AI” on October 5-6 on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, designed to help researchers from around the Midwest move from AI curiosity to practical capability. #AI #Midwest #workshop More info: www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/09/14/t...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 10/09/2026

Women@NCSA invites you to join "WHY did they do that? Generational Differences," featuring Professional Speaker Faith Bresnan Roberts, RN, MSN, NEA-BC on Thursday, September 17 from 2-3 p.m. Event details and links: emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/8...

Women@NCSA: "WHY did they do that? Generational Differences" on September 17, 2026 at 2 p.m. by Faith Bresnan Roberts.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 01/09/2026

Faculty, researchers and graduate students of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are invited to join NCSA on September 29 for a showcase of cutting-edge research and services during the 2026 NCSA Research Open House! Details: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5001?...

NCSA Research Open House 2026. September 29 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at NCSA.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 26/08/2026

Students in the Center for Digital Agriculture Research Experience for Undergraduates learned what collaboration looks like at a research-driven university. Read more: www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/08/26/c...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 20/08/2026

NCSA is one of five institutions assisting a new national initiative headed by UCLA to create iDLab, a unified environment for research computing, data and scientific applications across several NSF-supported national computing centers and two cloud platforms. www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/08/20/n...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 07/08/2026

NCSA is pleased to host a regional, in-person machine learning (ML) workshop Oct. 5-6 designed to support academic researchers across disciplines who are either new to AI/ML or looking to build intermediate skills. Details: publish.illinois.edu/regional-ai/

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 06/08/2026

Women@NCSA invites you to join us August 17 at 3 p.m. via Zoom for "Tick Tock…Important Time for a Tick Talk," featuring @extension.illinois.edu Horticulture Educator Nancy Kuhajda. Details: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7363/...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 04/08/2026

Scenes from outside the conference center during #PEARC26 last week. #HPC #research #innovation #Minneapolis

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 03/08/2026

The Personalized Nutrition Initiative has moved its home to NCSA thanks to a new two-year memorandum of understanding between the two groups designed to expand interdisciplinary research, strengthen industry partnerships and position the initiative to become a self-sustaining campus center.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 30/07/2026

As #PEARC26 wraps up today, we want to give a special thank you to Aliya Yabekova and Stacy Walker for organizing and facilitating the NCSA booth in the exhibitor hall. Congratulations on a successful conference!

Aliya Yabekova and Stacy Walker at the NCSA booth at PEARC26

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 29/07/2026

How high up the (pancake) stack, indeed! Just things at #PEARC26.

Panel discussion about "How high up the stack?"

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 28/07/2026

The NCSA booth at #PEARC26 is off to a busy start during the first open day in the exhibitor hall! Come find us and pick up some swag if you're also in Minneapolis this week. #HPC #AI #research

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 30/06/2026

For astronomers, researchers and space lovers across the globe, the wait is over. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time began its mission to create a decade-long movie of the southern sky by capturing large volumes of images and data from the Rubin Observatory. www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/06/30/c...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 09/06/2026

NCSA researchers hosted an innovative workshop series to make high-performance computing education more accessible for practitioners with disabilities and the broader research community. Learn about their research in this story! www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/06/08/n...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 04/06/2026

No experience necessary. Just bring your curiosity. Illinois Computes can help students navigate daunting technical resources and learn essential computing skills. Take Prof. Benjamin Van Doren’s “data skills” course in the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 28/05/2026

When Prof. Jacob Sherkow wanted to analyze years’ worth of documents from federal patent trials and appeals, Illinois Computes built the tools to make it happen, including an AI-powered chatbot that lets anyone ask questions and get instant answers.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 26/05/2026

Researchers at Yale University are using NCSA’s Delta supercomputer to build AI tools to decode individual genetic blueprints and map gene interactions. Learn how their efforts have enhanced the gene expression prediction models. @accessforci.bsky.social www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/05/26/n...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 21/05/2026

Data can tell us a lot about people, history, and healing. Professor LaKisha Tawanda David's genetic genealogy project uses genomic technology to support restorative justice and cultural reclamation for African American communities.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 14/05/2026

Not sure where to start with research computing? We’re here to help! Illinois Computes offers: 🔸 No-cost computing & storage 🔹 One-on-one services 🔸 Expert staff support & project evaluations 🔹 Training to build your computing skills Reach out at computes.illinois.edu and accelerate your research.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 11/05/2026

NCSA and the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys are mapping the cosmos with the power of supercomputing. Three projects provide evidence of a computational revolution, demonstrating how high-performance computing powers the next wave of cosmic breakthroughs. www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/05/11/a...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 07/05/2026

Illinois Computes provides University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers across every discipline with no-cost computing resources, storage solutions, and one-on-one consulting services. All disciplines. All levels of experience. All researchers at Illinois.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 05/05/2026

Hajara-Yasmin Isa, a doctoral student in computer science at the Grainger College of Engineering, was awarded the 2026 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship by NCSA on April 17. Learn how Isa’s work is breaking down language barriers in technology education across West Africa.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 01/05/2026

NCSA Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz (@danielskatz.org) offered his expertise on the research reproducibility problem in this piece by the Communications of the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery (@acm.org). cacm.acm.org/news/is-ther...

Illustration of a person walking in along a circular path representing reproducibility.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 30/04/2026

Today, we celebrate 40 years of innovation at NCSA while the creators of our remarkable past and present look upward on onward to the amazing possibilities that await in the future! #hpc #illinois #computing

Group photo at the NCSA 40th anniversary event

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 29/04/2026

When Grace Tan's biology application stopped working after a system upgrade, she worried she'd have to start over. But Illinois Computes had her back, building a custom way to keep using the same software her research depended on, without changing platforms, updating software, or rewriting any code.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 23/04/2026

Accelerate your research – no matter your field, no matter your experience level. Illinois Computes provides University of Illinois researchers with no-cost access to cutting-edge computing resources, expert consultants, software, and technical support, to take your work further than you imagined.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 20/04/2026

🚀 Celebrate 40 Years of Innovation at NCSA! 🎉 📅 Thursday, April 30, 2026 ⏰ 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT 📍 NCSA Auditorium (1205 W. Clark St., Urbana) + Virtual 👉 Mark your calendar and be part of the celebration. Refreshments and lunch included! More info: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7097?...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 14/04/2026

Poster presentations, crafts and hands-on discovery were all part of NCSA’s participation in this year’s Engineering Open House. See everything that happened in this photo essay! www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/04/14/e...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 13/04/2026

Last Friday, NCSA participated in the 2026 Engineering Open House, the annual outreach event organized by students from The Grainger College of Engineering. We're so glad so many stopped by to interact with NCSA researchers and students and learn about cutting-edge research!

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 06/04/2026

Researchers used advanced computing at NCSA to determine how carbon atoms behave under different pressures and temperatures. #HPC Read: www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/04/06/n...

Evolution pathways of post-detonation nanodiamonds into carbon nano-onions and carbon dots under extreme thermodynamic conditions following a detonation event. Structures are based on exascale molecular dynamics simulations and visually enhanced with AI to optimize the spatial arrangement, lighting and aesthetics. Credit: Eliu Huerta & Xiaoli Yan (Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory) and the ALCF Visualization and Data Analysis Team.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 01/04/2026

🖥️DeltaAI Transforms Imaging into Rapid Diagnosis🖥️: A collaboration of researchers from around the country used NCSA’s DeltaAI to create OPENPROS, the first large-scale, public dataset designed to improve prostate cancer detection. Read the story! www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/03/31/f...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 25/03/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER for the 4th annual NCSA Students Research Conference on April 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. at NCSA! This event is also a great opportunity to explore NCSA research areas and connect with NCSA researchers and students, just register to attend! calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5001?...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 23/03/2026

Researchers used NCSA’s Delta & DeltaAI supercomputers to test a new AI-powered framework that analyzes data from gravitational waves and radio astronomy. It could transform how we study cosmic events like neutron star mergers. Read the story! www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/03/23/t...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 17/03/2026

Learn how NCSA has implemented Open OnDemand, a browser-based interface designed by the Ohio Supercomputer Center, to simplify access to high-performance computing systems across a national research community. www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/03/17/s...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 12/03/2026

Researchers at the University of Illinois and the Science and Technology Center for Quantitative Cell Biology have gained new insights into the essential processes of life by simulating the full cycle of a bacterial cell on NCSA’s Delta supercomputer. www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/03/10/s...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 11/03/2026

Join us for the 4th annual NCSA Students Research Conference on April 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. at NCSA! Undergraduate and graduate students working with NCSA researchers or NCSA faculty affiliates are invited to present! Register by April 1. #HPC #students calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5001?...

Join us for the 4th annual NCSA Students Research Conference on April 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. at NCSA! Register by April 1.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 05/03/2026

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...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 03/03/2026

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

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 25/02/2026

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. calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5001?...

4th Annual NCSA Students Research Conference on April 23. Register by April 1.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 19/02/2026

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 www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/02/18/d...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 11/02/2026

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...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 04/02/2026

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. www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/02/03/n...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 29/01/2026

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.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 28/01/2026

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.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker with NCSA and University leadership in front of the Delta supercomputer

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 26/01/2026

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...

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.

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 20/01/2026

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...

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NCSA @ncsa.illinois.edu · 14/01/2026

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...

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