Have you checked out the ballot yet? We are proud to say that CAII has another affiliate, Prof. Seid Koric and his NCSA and University of Illinois colleagues and collaborators, were nominated for their projects in HPC in Energy, AI in HPC and HPC in Industry.
4. Best Use of HPC in Energy
Researchers at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a deep learning operator, based on a virtual sensing digital twin and trained on the NVIDIA GH200-powered DeltaAI HPC cluster, to monitor inaccessible nuclear reactor locations in real time. The work delivers predictions of critical and previously unmeasurable parameters 1,400× faster than traditional simulations, surpassing the limits of conventional sensors and AI methods.
5. Best Use Of AI Methods for Augmenting HPC Applications
Researchers from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the University of Illinois have developed a video diffusion Generative AI workflow, trained on DeltaAI, to design innovative meta-materials made of multiple material components, a challenge that classical computational design methods currently deem unsolvable. This project is set to revolutionize functional material design, enabling the creation of customized materials with unprecedented mechanical properties and behaviors, and driving innovation across industries.
7. Best Use of HPC in Industry (Automotive, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Chemical, etc.)
Researchers from the University of Illinois, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) have developed a novel generative AI model, trained on NCSA’s Delta system. The model enables inverse design of complex patterned polymers by rapidly generating multiple high-fidelity manufacturing solutions from desired pattern images, and advances AI-driven materials design through HPC.
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