National Center for Supercomputing Applications - NCSA

The Personalized Nutrition Initiative at Illinois has moved its home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications 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.

Welcome to NCSA!

https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/2026/08/03/pni-moves-to-ncsa-under-new-2-year-agreement/

As 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!

How high up the (pancake) stack, indeed!

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The NCSA booth at 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.

In a new Chicago Tribune Opinion section piece, Grainger Engineering Dean and Vice Chancellor for Chicago Strategic Partnerships Rashid Bashir explores how the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park will help the state of Illinois transform groundbreaking research into lasting economic growth.

The first-of-its-kind Chicago campus will bring together universities, national laboratories and industry partners to advance quantum research, commercialization, manufacturing and workforce development.

Through the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute, Grainger Engineering and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications are helping build the research infrastructure needed to accelerate quantum-centric computing.

By connecting discovery with commercialization, Illinois can ensure that the technologies, companies, talent and opportunities developed here continue to grow here.

🔗 Learn more about Dean Bashir’s vision for Illinois’ quantum future in his full Chicago Tribune op-ed: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/27/opinion-illinois-quantum-future-keeping-it/

As AI becomes an essential part of scientific discovery, how can researchers trust the models and data behind their results?

Research Scientist and Director of Research and Technology Innovation Anita Nikolich is leading VERITAS, a new project funded by an $896,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, to strengthen the security and trustworthiness of AI in scientific research.

The project will develop AI Assurance to identify poisoned datasets, compromised AI models, and weaknesses in scientific AI workflows to ensure scientific discoveries are built on trustworthy AI.

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“There is something about building, solving problems and navigating setbacks that is a tremendous asset to NCSA and campus. We are more than a place that runs big machines, we are a place that builds applications. We are a place that brings people and tools together to solve problems.” - Bill Gropp, former NCSA director

Listen to Bill's thoughtful remarks during NCSA's 40th anniversary celebration.

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Using NCSA's Delta supercomputer, researchers built a model that is five times faster at simulating a deadly, unpredictable stage of tropical cyclones.

“We used Nvidia A100 GPUs that are available on NCSA’s Delta machine,” said Soonpil Kang. “When comparing four GPUs to 128 CPUs, the GPU simulation time is about five times faster and five times more energy efficient than the CPU. This presents a compelling case for using GPUs in weather prediction models; however, not all weather centers have fully embraced this technology for a variety of reasons, and we would like to help change that.”

Modeling Rapid Intensification of a Tropical Cyclone with GPUs | NCSA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications | Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation | Illinois Modeling Rapid Intensification of a Tropical Cyclone with GPUs Posted on July 13, 2026July 10, 2026 by Megan Meave Johnson Tropical cyclones are known by many names – hurricanes in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, and typhoons in the Northwest Pacific. They are some of the most powerful weather...