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NCSA releases 2017 Blue Waters Project Annual Report detailing innovative research and scientific breakthroughs

Blue Waters has accelerated research and impact across an enormous range of science and engineering disciplines throughout its more than 4-year history covered by the report series. This year is no different.

NCSA at SC17: It’s Time to Change the World Again

NCSA advocating for support of world-changing research at largest annual supercomputing event.

With help from XSEDE, ArcticDEM completes Presidential Order

XSEDE connects people and resources to accelerate national initiative.

NCSA calls on HTCondor partnership to process data for DES

The images from the Dark Energy camera were processed using the Dark Energy Survey data reduction pipelines at NCSA using HTCondor.

Blue Waters supercomputer research call for proposals

The Great Lakes Consortium for Petascale Computation is soliciting research proposals, due November 15, 2017.

Fourth gravitational wave found

NCSA and Blue Waters supercomputer aid a new era for gravitational wave astrophysics.

NCSA has been nominated for HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards 2017!

The HPCwire Readers' Choice Awards nominations are out, and NCSA is excited to announce that this year we have received six different nominations. We would be honored to have your vote. Please vote today!

NCSA hosts 2017 Blue Waters Graduate Fellows

On September 19-20, 2017, NCSA will welcome the newest cadre of Blue Waters Graduate Fellows, from nine universities across the country, to the University of Illinois campus.

Blue Waters processes final installment of ArcticDEM mapping initiative

Through partnerships with NSF and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, ArcticDEM was born and this month it has released the sixth and final installment of some of the most accurate digital elevation data for 32% if the Arctic.

A new cosmic ‘lab’

Researchers linked together the Blue Waters and MIRA supercomputers, and then transferred 1.8 PB of data 1,200 miles.

Illinois faculty and staff can request time on Blue Waters supercomputer

University of Illinois faculty can submit a proposal until Sep. 15.