National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Since being founded by the National Science Foundation and the state of Illinois in 1986, NCSA has been a leader in advanced computing, software, data, networking, and visualization resources.
A Center for Scientific and Engineering Supercomputing
An unsolicited proposal to the NSF to create the first academic research center for scientific and engineering supercomputing. (1983).
Extraterrestrial Computing: Exploring The Universe With A Supercomputer
Chapter 8 of the book Very large Scale Computation in the 21st Century, edited by Jill P. Mesirov for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), (1991).
Life After Internet: Making Room For New Applications – Information Technology Quarterly
Harvard University Information Technology Quarterly issue on Building an Information Infrastructure, Vol. IX, No. 2, 12-21, with C. C. Catlett. Summer 1991.
Supercomputing Opportunities For The Protein Sciences
In Protein Folding: Deciphering the Second Half of the Genetic Code, eds. L. M. Gierasch and J. King (AAAS: Washington D.C., 1990).
Supercomputers, Workstations, And Visualization
In NCAR-41 Proceedings 1988, (Pechnomic Publishing Co., Inc.: Lancaster, PA). (1989).
The Computational Science Revolution: Technology, Methodology and Sociology
In High-Speed Computing: Scientific Applications and Algorithm Design, ed. R. B. Wilhelmson (Univ. of Illinois Press: Urbana). (1988).
1989 National Science Foundation Authorization
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, research and technology of the Committee on Science, space, and technology. House of representatives. March 22, 23, 24, 1988.
Federal Supercomputer Programs and Policies
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy development and applications and the Subcommittee on Science, research, and technology Of the Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Ninety-ninth Congress First session June 10, 1985.
The Supercomputer Famine in American Universities
In The Report of the Panel on Large Scale Computing in Science and Engineering, P. D. Lax, Chairman. (1982).
Prospectus for Computational Physics
Report by the Subcommittee on Computational Facilities for Theoretical Research to the Advisory Committee for Physics, Division of Physics National Science Foundation, March 15, 1981.
Homecoming – NCSA
Larry Smarr, NCSA’s founder, recently came home to NCSA to give a talk on his journey from founding the Center to his work with the National Research Platform (NRP). Smarr was on campus to accept an honorary Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC) during this year’s commencement.
NCSA Reflects on 35 Years as a Supercomputing Powerhouse
But 1986 did have some bright spots. IBM introduced the world’s first laptop computer. Author and humanitarian Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize. And the National Science Foundation established the National Center for Supercomputing Applications as part of its Supercomputer Centers Program.Larry Smarr: A U.S. Academic Supercomputing Program is Born
I had been using supercomputers since the early-mid 1970s but to do so I had to get a top secret nuclear clearance.Building Mosaic – IEEE Computer Magazine
Charles Severance, University of Michigan - April 2013, pp. 6-8, vol. 46 IEEE Computer Magazine. (2013).