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Jellyfish: Networking data centers randomly

By Kirsten Keller, Computer Science   ::  
05/15/2012 - 09:01

While a move towards more organization tends to be the trend in modern network programming, a team of computer science researchers at the University of Illinois are proposing the exact opposite: complete randomization. Ph.D.

Nahrstedt’s QoS routing achievements honored by IEEE Computer Society

By Jenny Applequist   ::  
04/24/2012 - 13:27

PCI researcher Klara Nahrstedt has been named the winner of a prestigious IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award for 2012.

PCI affiliate Torsten Hoefler wins 2012 SIAG/Supercomputing Junior Scientist Prize

By insideHPC   ::  
02/28/2012 - 09:18

NCSA's Torsten Hoefler, who leads application and system performance modeling and simulation efforts for the Blue Waters project, has been selected as the recipient of the2012 SIAG/Supercomputing Junior Scientist Prize.

Snir named HPC person to watch in 2012

By Computer Science Communications   ::  
02/28/2012 - 08:57

University of Illinois computer science professor Marc Snir has been named one of HPCWire’s People to Watch in 2012.

PCI research affiliate named one of Tomorrow's PIs by Genome Technology

By Greta Weiderman, Bioengineering   ::  
12/06/2011 - 20:53

Genome Technology will feature Bioengineering Assistant Professor Jian Ma as one of Tomorrow's PIs in the December 2011/January 2112 issue.

Every December, the magazine profiles the work of up-and-coming young investigators who've been nominated by senior principal investigators in the field.

GPUs: Path into the future

By Barbara Jewett, NCSA   ::  
12/06/2011 - 16:54

With the announcement of a new Blue Waters petascale system that includes a considerable amount of GPU capability, it is clear GPUs are the future of supercomputing.

Building a Better Internet

By Computer Science Communications   ::  
11/14/2011 - 14:32

University of Illinois computer science professor Brighten Godfrey was among a select group of academic researchers and Internet visionaries chosen to participate in Verisign's "Building a Better Internet Symposium."

Gropp co-founds ACM high performance computing group

By Computer Science Communications   ::  
11/14/2011 - 10:51

University of Illinois computer science professor Bill Gropp was one of the driving forces behind the launch of a new ACM Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing.

NCSA, Cray partner on sustained-petascale Blue Waters supercomputer

By NCSA Communications   ::  
11/14/2011 - 09:40

The University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has finalized a contract with Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY), to provide the supercomputer for the National Science Foundation's Blue Waters project. PCI Director Bill Gropp and Chief Scientist Wen-mei Hwu are both co-PIs of Blue Waters.