Blue Waters User Portal

Apply for undergraduate internships by March 20

Undergraduate students from across the country are invited to apply for year-long Blue Waters internships. Interns will gain experiences in applying high-performance computing to problems in science, mathematics, and engineering.

New capabilities make data on Blue Waters shareable and moveable

The prototype Blue Waters Data Sharing Service is now available for Blue Waters users to share data sets with their research community or the broader public.

Q&A for Illinois proposals to be held March 5

Proposals from Illinois faculty and staff interested in using the Blue Waters supercomputer are due March 15. A Q&A on the supercomputer & the proposal process will be 3-5pm March 5 at the NCSA Building, Room 1040.

Mapping atoms

"Blue Waters was essential" for Illinois researchers to simulate DNA moving through a graphene nanopore.

Blue Waters research featured on cover of Nature

Nature featured a visualization from Warren Mori's research group on the cover of the Nov. 2014 issue. The image, by Frank Tsung and Weiming An, shows a high-efficiency plasma wakefield accelerator, which may be a milestone in the development of affordable and compact accelerators for many applications.

Cloud + Supercomputing = Results

Blue Waters is helping Vijay Pande’s research group at Stanford tackle serious diseases at the molecular level.

Do the wave

The SCEC PressOn project is leading the charge in more physically realistic, wave-based earthquake simulations.

Many problems, many objectives

Patrick Reed's team at Cornell University created a new algorithm to solve problems that require optimization of many conflicting objectives. His team focuses on managing droughts, but their methodology can be used in many other fields.

Understanding Alzheimer's

Mayo Clinic researchers use the Blue Waters supercomputer to understand gene expression in the brain.

Unlocking the mysteries of the most devastating thunderstorms

Leigh Orf, a professor in atmospheric sciences Central Michigan University, talks about his early interest in severe weather and how he's advancing our understanding of some of the most devastating thunderstorms and tornadoes on Earth.

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