National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NCSA provides powerful computers and expert support that help thousands of scientists and engineers across the country better understand our world.
With the computing power available at NCSA, researchers simulate how galaxies collide and merge, how proteins fold and how molecules move through the wall of a cell, how tornadoes and hurricanes form, and other complex natural and engineered phenomena.
For more than 20 years, NCSA has been a leader in deploying robust high-performance computing resources and in working with research communities to develop new computing and software technologies.
The center focuses on:
- Developing and supporting powerful, reliable computing, data, and networking resources that enable researchers to solve demanding science and engineering problems. We develop and explore innovative architectures and techniques to accelerate scientific computing.
- Working with research communities to help them fully exploit the extraordinary resources available on the Internet (computing systems, data sources and stores, and tools) with cyberenvironments.
- Developing software, techniques, and tools to improve national cybersecurity and to help law enforcement better respond to cyberattacks.
- Providing insights into complex systems and sharing the thrill of scientific discovery with the broadest possible audience through artful visualizations of scientific phenomena.
- Preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers to effectively use computational tools and techniques.
Learn more about NCSA at www.ncsa.uiuc.edu.