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 Welcomes Back Larry Smarr to Share Insights on Nationwide Cyberinfrastructure Development – HPC Wire
May 3, 2024 — High-Performance Computing (HPC) luminary and NCSA founding director Larry Smarr will be returning to the Center to give a talk titled “From NCSA to the National Research Platform” on May 9 at 12 p.m. in the NCSA auditorium on the first floor.
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.