National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is a leading U.S. research institution known for pioneering high-performance computing technologies and software, including early web browser development.


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instanceOf research institute
supercomputing center
abbreviation NCSA
affiliatedWith University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
collaboratesWith U.S. universities
industry partners
national laboratories
coordinates 40.113°N 88.224°W
country United States
developed NCSA Mosaic
field computational science
computer science
data-intensive computing
high-performance computing
focusesOn advanced cyberinfrastructure
big data
petascale computing
scientific computing
foundedBy National Science Foundation
fundedBy National Science Foundation
State of Illinois
federal research agencies
hasMission to enable breakthrough research through advanced computing
hasProgram Blue Waters supercomputer project
XSEDE participation
cyberinfrastructure development
data analytics program
scientific visualization program
hasSupercomputer Blue Waters
Delta supercomputer
headquartersLocation Urbana, Illinois
inception 1986
knownFor development of Mosaic web browser
high-performance computing software
parallel computing research
scientific visualization
supercomputing resources for research
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Urbana, Illinois
locatedOnCampusOf University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
operatedBy University of Illinois System
partOf U.S. national supercomputing infrastructure
provides supercomputing resources to academic researchers
training in high-performance computing
website https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/


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