National Center for Supercomputing Applications - NCSA

05/28/2026

“I write with enthusiasm – maybe even delirium – on how successful this project has been.” Prof. Jacob Sherkow, College of Law and Carle Illinois College of Medicine

When 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.

When he showed colleagues at Stanford? “They were green with envy.”

Ready to make your colleagues jealous? Contact Illinois Computes today. computes.illinois.edu

05/27/2026

Congratulations to the Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois research team, including NCSA Cyber Security Research Specialist Phuong Cao, for its work on KNEESENSE, a low-cost, wearable wireless system designed to monitor the human knee during rehabilitation.

An international team that includes MechSE Prof. Liz Hsiao-Wecksler has developed KNEESENSE, a device that uses a custom-designed wearable hydraulic filament sensor (WHFS) to monitor the angle of the knee joint during real-time rehabilitation work. The project is supported by the VinUni-Illinois Sma...

05/26/2026

Researchers from Yale University are using NCSA’s Delta supercomputer to build AI tools to decode individual genetic blueprints and map gene interactions in tissue over time. Learn how the team's efforts have enhanced the performance of gene expression prediction models.

This research was made possible through an allocation from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program.

https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/05/26/new-frontiers-in-precision-medicine/

05/21/2026

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. Illinois Computes has been a partner at every level, from accelerating the development of her data pipeline to designing user interfaces that make the research more accessible for participants.

In Prof. David's words: “The synergy between our project team and Illinois Computes has accelerated the development of our genetic genealogy reconstruction pipeline...Illinois Computes is playing an instrumental role in our efforts to harness genomic technology for restorative justice and cultural reclamation.”

Ready to find out how research computing can support your work? Contact Illinois Computes today! computes.illinois.edu

05/14/2026

Not sure where to start with research computing? That’s why we’re here.

Illinois Computes offers:

🔸 No-cost computing & storage resources
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Reach out at computes.illinois.edu and accelerate your research today.

05/13/2026

Researchers use their ACCESS allocation on DeltaAI to train AI agents more effectively by pitting them against each other in competition.

05/11/2026

NCSA and the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) are helping map the cosmos with the power of supercomputing. “NCSA’s leadership in advancing computing capabilities has been critical to solving the data challenges that would otherwise be a bottleneck to fully utilizing survey data of this scale,” said Britt Lundgren, U. of I. alumnus and Philip G. Carson Distinguished Professor in the Sciences at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Read the story!

https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/05/11/a-new-era-of-astrophysics-discovery/

05/07/2026

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. Whether you're a social scientist wrestling with a massive dataset, a biologist running complex models, or a humanities scholar trying to make sense of thousands of documents, we have the tools and the people to help.

All disciplines. All levels of experience. All researchers at Illinois.

Visit computes.illinois.edu to submit your request today.

05/05/2026

A doctoral student in computer science at The Grainger College of Engineering, Hajara-Yasmin Isa, was awarded the 2026 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship by NCSA on April 17.

The $10,000 fellowship is part of a $2 million endowment from Jerry Fiddler and Melissa Alden to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to support the Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media Institute (eDream). Based at NCSA, the eDream Institute awards exceptional, creative, and interdisciplinary students and faculty who propose significant projects that address cultural and global challenges using art, science and technology.

Learn how Isa’s work is breaking down language barriers in technology education across West Africa.

https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/05/04/ncsa-awards-2026-fiddler-innovation-fellowship/

05/01/2026

NCSA Chief Scientist Daniel S. Katz offered his expertise on the research reproducibility problem in this piece by the Communications of the ACM - Association for Computing Machinery.

Katz: "Are we reproducing a scientific conclusion or a set of bits that came out of a computer? Is the goal a pass/fail test or reaching useful conclusions that scientists and readers can trust?"

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