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NCSA welcomes you to the Illinois Research Computing initiative! We invite you to submit a request briefly describing your intended use of computation, data, or support resources, and we will get back to you within 3 business days: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPb9IMd4o1Rv8KO70GYa7lacIiwm7Hw4V-bBazixKyhBjE-A/viewform 

(internal note: changing to the Research Software Collaborative Support Services webform)

See below for a list of NCSA resources, expertise, and systems for your reference.

Access to computing resources and user support is . . . easy, free, for researchers across UIUC

Available Resources 

  • AI and Machine Learning
  • Simulation
  • Data Science
  • Secure computing (HIPAA, CUI, and FERPA)

Available Systems

  • High Performance Computing
  • CPUs
  • GPUs
  • HIPAA compliant
  • Mass storage
  • On-prem cloud

Support personnel are available to help

  • answer questions about how to get started
  • explain the technologies available
  • optimize codes
  • work in a range of programming environments such as C/C++, Python, Java, Pearl, MPI, OpenMP, Pthreads, Charm++, Containers, SQL, Jupyter, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, Pytorch, Jax, OpenACC, I/O
  • install software
  • consult on scientific applications and codes
  • support advanced visualization for data


Get Started

Interested in getting started, but not sure what you need: Contact us here

Interested in getting started and you already know what you need: Contact us here



Available Systems: NCSA Allocations

Computing Resources

  • Campus Cluster - CPU and GPU batch-submission environment plus storage
  • Delta - GPU-rich supercomputer for simulation, AI/ML, Data Science
  • Nightingale -  HIPAA secure computation environment
  • Radiant -  private cloud computing service
  • HOLL-I -  batch computing cluster which provides access to a Cerebras CS-2 Wafer Scale Engine for high performance Machine Learning work
  • HAL - GPU-rich cluster for AI/ML

Storage Resources

  • Granite - Tape Archive system, for storing longer term archive datasets.
  • Taiga - Global File System that is able to integrate with all non-HIPAA environments


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