XSEDE

Project Profile

The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) was a powerful collection of integrated digital resources and services – things like supercomputers, visualization and storage systems, collections of data, software, networks, and expert support – that scientists, engineers, social scientists and humanities experts around the world use to advance understanding of our world and to make our lives healthier, safer and better. XSEDE integrates these resources and services, makes them easier to use, and helps more people use them. The five-year, $121 million project was supported by the National Science Foundation and led by NCSA.

NCSA Leadership

NCSA’s John Towns was the principal investigator and project director for XSEDE. Finance, communication, accounting and account management services were also provided by NCSA staff.

News

Honors and Awards

NCSA Receives Honors in 2022 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

NCSA takes top honors in three different award categories announced at Supercomputing Conference 2022.

November 15, 2022

Thought Leadership

NCSA Executive Associate Director of Engagement John Towns Presents Keynote Address at PEARC22

Project leader attributes XSEDE success, in part, to community-building

July 25, 2022

Research

NCSA Researchers Use XSEDE to Accelerate Star Merger Simulations

A team from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) used artificial intelligence on XSEDE systems to obtain a correction factor for merger simulations.

June 30, 2020

Research

A New Way of Designing Global Satellite Missions

A Cornell University researcher taps work he did using NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer to fix a problem that’s puzzled researchers for nearly 40 years.

June 26, 2020

All News

XSEDE was supported by National Science Foundation through award ACI-1053575.