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Hawai'i H2O

XSEDE Campus Champion introduces XSEDE resources to multi-institution collaboration aimed at helping the island paradise ensure its water security.

EMPOWERing Students to Discover More

Apply by November 23, 2018 for Spring 2019 XSEDE EMPOWER Internships

11/9/18 success student successes internships

Discover More with XSEDE at SC18

XSEDE will be at booth #3935 all week – stop by during exhibit hours and talk with our project staff to learn about XSEDE's opportunities for you to Discover More.

11/1/18 successes sc18 supercomputing conference

Simulations Show New Phenomenon with Nanopore DNA Sequencing

XSEDE nanopore simulations could help improve medical diagnostics

10/31/18 successes genetics ui

SUPERCOMPUTER SIMULATIONS SHOW NEW TARGET IN HIV-1 REPLICATION

XSEDE Anton2, Stampede2 systems model Inositol phosphate interactions with HIV-1 structural proteins

9/21/18 successes biology tacc medicine disease

XSEDE researchers visualize massive Joplin, Missouri tornado

Using XSEDE services and resources and the power of NCSA’s Data Analysis and Visualization group, a pair of Illinois researchers were able to accurately simulate an EF-5 tornado in Joplin, MO from...

9/6/18 successes weather meteorology tornadoes ncsa university of illinois

Function Follows Form

Simulations on XSEDE Resource plus Lab Work on Frog Neuromuscular Junction Sheds Light on Human Diseases

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9/5/18 successes psc biology bridges

Testing the Footing

XSEDE Resources Help Univ. of Chicago Team Simulate Cell Movement, Upending Scientific Expectations

Putting Neutrinos on Ice

Identification of Cosmic-Ray Source by IceCube Neutrino Observatory Depended on Global Collaboration, XSEDE Resources

8/29/18 successes astrophysics

Ruby Mendenhall Charts Progress Using HPC, Big Data to Flag Unidentified Historical Sources on African American Women’s Lives

Using HPC resources allocated to researchers through XSEDE, Mendenhall and a multidisciplinary team are gleaning lessons on how Black women related to and affected the larger society

7/27/18 successes pearc keynote

XSEDE announces 2018-2019 Campus Champions Fellows

XSEDE has selected five Campus Champions Fellows for the next year, studying everything from agriculture to computer science.

7/27/18 successes campus champions

Campus Champions Celebrate 10 Years

Thanks to sustained funding from XSEDE and the National Science Foundation (NSF) over the last ten years, Campus Champions have helped support research that will change the world