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🌎 The International Climate Computer Summit is Coming to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! 🌎

From September 29 to October 2, 2024, NCSA & the Illinois Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences (CliMAS) will host 100+ global experts to explore how cutting-edge climate models & can transform our understanding of Earth’s .

The summit will tackle the challenge of creating the computational systems needed for high-resolution climate to help communities make informed decisions on climate risk, & more.

🌐 Read more: https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/international-summit-seeks-to-harness-supercomputing-power-for-climate-decision-making/
🌐 Join virtually for FREE—the summit is invite-only, but all plenary sessions will be live-streamed. Register now: https://climatecomputer.ncsa.illinois.edu/attend-virtually/

👋 Lavanya Podila of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications - NCSA and Cindy Wong of the San Diego Supercomputer Center are having a terrific time representing ACCESS at the 2024 Tapia Conference this week! If you're also attending, come say hello at Booth 622!

SkAI Launched to Further Explore Universe - NCSA NCSA and partner institutions received a $20 million grant to create new artificial intelligence tools for space exploration.

Of interest to everyone pushing the boundaries of research & innovation at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & beyond—

Research Park's Founders Week is one month away!

This three-day celebration, happening October 17-19, will highlight entrepreneurial achievements, innovative ecosystems, and groundbreaking ventures. Together, we’re building a legacy of innovation and growth, and Founders Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate and strengthen our shared commitment to shaping the future of Illini Entrepreneurship.

Learn more, register, and view a detailed schedule of Founders Week on the Research Park website: https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/founders-week/

Unified framework for open quantum dynamics with memory - Nature Communications The Feynman-Vernon Path Integral and the Generalized Quantum Master Equation are the two main and oldest approaches to open quantum system dynamics modelling. Here, the authors discover a formal link between them, and use it to find a Hamiltonian learning method that can extract environmental spectr...

Meet Ja Nelle Davenport-Pleasure!

A Champaign-based poet, artist, dancer & community advocate, Ja Nelle brings her creative brilliance to this year's "Words + Wizardry: You've Never Seen Poetry Like This" at Pygmalion.

Her vibrant energy shines through everything she does, from leading dance classes & designing unique jewelry to captivating audiences with her powerful poetry.

Join us as the NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab teams up with local artists to blend stunning visual art, ambient music & spoken word. You won’t want to miss it!

📅 Thursday, 9/19 at 7:30 PM
📍 Channing-Murray Foundation
🎟️ Learn more: https://thisispygmalion.com/ncsa-words-wizardry/

Words + Wizardry Spotlight: Poet Amie Whittemore

This Thursday at Pygmalion: Prepare to be spellbound! ✨ Amie Whittemore, an award-winning poet & author of Glass Harvest, will be bringing her unique poetic magic to Words + Wizardry.

Join us for a mesmerizing evening where the boundaries of poetry & technology blur, and you’ll experience poetry like never before. Amie’s evocative work is known for its rich imagery and emotional depth—and the NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) will be providing stunning visual artistry to back her up.

We're proud to sponsor this unforgettable event:

📅 Thurs, 9/19, 7:30 PM
📍 Channing-Murray Foundation
🎟️ Learn more: https://thisispygmalion.com/ncsa-words-wizardry/

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More about Amie Whittemore (she/her): A creative writing professor at Eastern Illinois University, she is the author of three poetry collections, including Nest of Matches (Autumn House Press). She was the 2020–2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro, Tennessee & a The Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her poems have won multiple awards, including a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize, and her poems & prose have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Nashville Review, Smartish Pace, Pleiades & elsewhere.

Join us for Words + Wizardry at Pygmalion!

Experience an extraordinary blend of poetry, ambient music & stunning visuals courtesy of the NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab. Showcasing the dynamic interplay between science & art, visualizations will support readings by three local poets.

It's all happening Thursday, 9/19 at 7:30 p.m. as we kick off with Michael VanCalbergh, a Pushcart-nominated poet whose work has appeared in Apex Magazine (Apex Books & Zine) & Chicago Reader.

Don’t miss his captivating words:
📅 Thurs, 9/19, 7:30 PM
📍 Channing-Murray Foundation
🎟️ Learn more: https://thisispygmalion.com/ncsa-words-wizardry/

: When Caterpillar's Champaign Simulation Center opened in 1999, it began with just four engineers & four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students.

Today, the Caterpillar Champaign Innovation Center at University of Illinois Research Park employs around 80 people, plus 20 students at any given time, all working on cutting-edge & to ensure the highest quality products.

What grew out of an initial partnership between Caterpillar & has evolved into something truly remarkable—this 25-year partnership highlights the powerful collaboration between Caterpillar & Illinois, shaping future talent & driving .

🔗 Read more at The News-Gazette: https://ow.ly/ST5U50TlCy6

📸 Photo Credit: News-Gazette, "Susan Martinis, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, speaks during the 25th anniversary celebration of the Caterpillar Champaign Innovation Center at the University of Illinois Research Park on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024."

Five years ago, a group of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign grad students started something incredible in their ASTRO 596 class.

Today, that project has evolved into DeepDISC—an NCSA-supported, AI-powered tool revolutionizing how we identify stars & galaxies in telescope images.

Take a look at the comparison below of the untouched image (left) and the image showing the objects detected by DeepDISC (right). Green boxes indicate that DeepDISC thinks the object is a galaxy & red boxes indicate that DeepDISC thinks the object is a star. Cool, right?

Led by Prof. Xin Liu & grad student Grant Merz, is paving the way for breakthroughs in astronomical research, with future applications in & environmental science.

Find out more: https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/astronomers-use-ai-to-more-clearly-observe-space/

Image courtesy of Grant Merz & Xin Liu

Imagine discovering a cloud of water v***r 140 trillion times the entire volume of water on Earth—floating in space, surrounding a massive black hole about a billion light years away!

This fascinating cosmic fact is just one of the many mind-blowing discoveries explored in this Bright Side video.

NCSA Advanced Visualization Lab is proud to have contributed to the visualizations in collaboration with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration & others. From the largest water reservoir ever detected to the re-ionization era of the universe, the imagery provides a stunning glimpse into the mysteries of space.

If you love learning about space, black holes & the unimaginable scale of the universe, don't miss this deep dive!

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxc3wODUlmg

Big congrats to NCSA Faculty Affiliate JooYoung Seo!

Assistant Professor JooYoung Seo has been awarded a four-year, $459,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create inclusive learning environments and advance workplace equity for persons with disabilities in STEM fields. Congratulations, JooYoung! ▶️ bit.ly/4cK04Mw

Last fall, NCSA's brought whales to life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign through an extraordinary multimedia performance, blending art and tech like never before.

Curious how this collaboration happened? Explore the full story here: https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/illinois-computes-helps-bring-a-whale-of-a-story-to-life/

Go "Beyond the Boardroom" with Bill Gropp, NCSA's award-winning director, with the The News-Gazette to find out what he's most proud of & what's he's been reading on his Kindle—

Beyond the Boardroom: National Center for Supercomputing Applications' Bill Gropp Bill Gropp's favorite moment as NCSA director? "When I convinced campus to support my vision of computing for all researchers, which will transform both NCSA and research at Illinois."

Announcing the Office of Data Science Research (ODSR) at Illinois!

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—with support from the Provost, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation (OVCRI) & —is proud to announce the establishment of the Office of Data Science Research (ODSR).

This new office is set to transform the landscape of data science research on campus by fostering connections, enhancing communication & aligning research opportunities.

Building on the successes of the Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub (MBDH), ODSR will act as a coordination platform, helping researchers find synergies, start new projects & connect with external stakeholders. John MacMullen, MBDH Executive Director, & Bill Gropp, NCSA Director, will lead the initial efforts & strategic planning for ODSR.

As a member of the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA), ODSR will represent , expanding our engagement with leaders and offering a vital resource for faculty, staff, postdocs & students, supporting their research efforts & amplifying their impact.

Here's more on what to expect:

Hub to Connect Illinois’ Data Science Research Community Launched - NCSA New Office of Data Science Research will connect the campus data science research community.

From the comments: "I came to look for [the] creation date of this video when I saw [W]indows [XP] running there..." 😅

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yvbSX--LOko

How to use a supercomputer How do researchers from across the country use NCSA's supercomputers for astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, and a host of other challenges?

While the corn is still weeks away, robots in are already hard at work seeding cover crops!

At the intersection of & cutting-edge technology, NCSA's Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA) is driving innovation with autonomous cover crop seeders. These robots, still in development, have the potential to revolutionize early planting, offering significant benefits like reduced seeding rates & better biomass production.

Dennis Bowman, Illinois Specialist with & , shared insights on this exciting technology at the Illinois Soybean Association field day. As research continues, we’re eager to see how these advancements will shape the future of farming.

Learn more about this groundbreaking work & what’s next for robot seeders: https://ow.ly/pRpf50T89An

Welcome back to campus, . Here’s to a great semester ahead!

President Biden announced another step toward his administration’s goal of “Curing Cancer Faster” with new ARPA-H funding for 8 research centers, including the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

NCSA is proud to be a part of this cancer moonshot: pioneering cutting-edge precision cancer surgery technology that could change lives.

🔗 Find out how NCSA will support this national push to end cancer as we know it: https://ow.ly/sIOc50T4BNc

🔗 NYT coverage: https://ow.ly/TivQ50T4BMK

📸 Credit: https://ow.ly/3yJZ50T4BMJ

We can't wait to see everyone back on campus!

The Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) at NCSA recently hosted an inspiring CMB-S4 meeting featuring talks from two leading voices in astrophysics!

Dr. Kartik Sheth from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration delivered an impactful talk on the importance of inclusion in science, reminding us that diverse perspectives drive innovation. Prof. Abigail Vieregg from The University of Chicago captivated the audience with her public lecture, “Observing the Beginning of the Universe,” offering a glimpse into the mysteries of our cosmos.

Check out the photos from the event and join us in celebrating the incredible work being done at CAPS!

Learn more about CMB-S4: https://cmb-s4.org

Looking forward to a great fall semester!

It all starts THIS WEEK ‼️

You can find welcome events happening across campus all week, but here are a few big ones, especially for our newest Illini.

🔸 : Wednesday - Friday
🔹 Sights & Sounds: Thursday evening
🔸 New Student Convocation: Friday morning
🔹 Quad Day: Sunday afternoon
🔸 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES: Monday morning, bright and early
🔹 And so much more: newstudent.illinois.edu/orientation/welcomeweek

Welcome back, Illini. It's so good to have you.

This summer, the Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA) hosted its largest cohort yet for its REU program, tripling the number of students from last year! These 22 bright minds from across the country dove into real-world research, gaining hands-on experience in digital agriculture, AI & more.

Whether identifying respiratory illness in pigs, helping robots navigate fields, or using AI to fight weeds, these students pushed the boundaries of what technology can do in agriculture.

Read more about their incredible work & how this program is shaping the next generation of innovators: https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/where-technology-agriculture-and-young-minds-meet/

Where Technology, Agriculture and Young Minds Meet - NCSA Summer CDA REU students learn how advanced technology is transforming traditional agricultural practices.

“Investing in our world-renowned medical research facilities and institutions plays a critical role in the pursuit to end cancer for good,” said [U.S. Senator Tammy] Duckworth.

Find out more about the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Precision Surgical Interventions program—

U of I getting almost $33M in cancer research funds SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — $32.6 million in federal funding is going to the University of Illinois to help advance cancer research. The money comes through the Advanced Research Projects Agen…

NCSA's Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) Girls Astronomy Summer Camp brought together bright young minds in July to delve into the wonders of astrophysics & survey science.

Together, we're inspiring the next generation of astronomers in a diverse & inclusive environment. 🌕✨🔭

Registration • SC24 Registration opens July 10. Come see your friends and colleagues, explore incredible learning experiences in HPC, and walk the exhibit floor.