The center, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, provides high-performance computing, data, and networking resources for the nation's scientists and engineers. Highlights of the NCSA booth include: - The dawn of petascale computing. Work begins now on the world's first sustained petascale system for open scientific and engineering research. NCSA will host a birds-of-a-feather session on "Developing Applications for Petascale Computers" from 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13 in rooms A2 / A5. The discussion will be led by NCSA Director Thom Dunning, Dan Reed (Renaissance Computing Institute), and Ed Seidel (Louisiana State University).
- Artful visualizations of scientific phenomena on high-definition displays. High-resolution animations provide insights into complex systems and share the thrill of discovery with a broad audience. Included will be visualizations of TeraGrid usage data.
- Exploration of innovative architectures. NCSA staff will be on hand to discuss their work with scientific applications on FPGAs and the Cell Broadband Engine.
NCSA will also provide information on its program to partner with business and industry, opportunities for faculty fellowships, how to access the center's advanced resources, cybersecurity research and development activities, and more.