Advanced Visualization Lab NCSA’s Advanced Visualization Laboratory works in close collaboration with scientists to create high-resolution, cinematic, data-driven scientific visualizations for planetariums, museums, IMAX films and TV documentaries. Explore Advanced Visualization Laboratory
Data Exploration Lab (DXL) The Data Exploration Lab (DXL) explores the intersection between data, analysis, visualization and computational science. Using the power of data, visualization and computing to explore from the byte to the Big Bang. Explore DXL
Data Analysis and Visualization The Data Analysis and Visualization (DAV) group helps craft science-oriented, analytics-based visualizations both terrestrial and cosmic, including visual simulations of wind turbine, aircraft pressure, supernovae, and even the magnetohydrodynamics of black holes. More on DAV
Visual Analytics Group Focusing on the visualization necessitated by human health and biological wellness, our Visual Analytics Group uses machine learning and interactive visual diagrams to study complex medical and genomic data. Explore Visual Analytics
Atlas of a Changing Earth With stunning visuals created by AVL, this fascinating documentary explains how a revolution in map making is shedding new light on global warming and its impact on the planet.
Tumor Phylogeny Find out how visualizing the progression of tumors can help clinicians provide more targeted treatment for patients with cancer.
Reciprocal Space X-ray Diffraction This project integrated automatic generation of imagery using VisIt into the GridChem Computational Chemistry Grid to simulate diffraction in alumina.
CADENS CADENS (The Centrality of Advanced Digitally ENabled Science) is a National Science Foundation-supported project to increase digital literacy and inform the general public about computational and data-enabled scientific discovery.
Profiles The Donna Cox Legacy: Inspiring and Visualizing the Future NCSA celebrates and honors its Chief Scholar and Illinois Professor Donna J. Cox as she retires after nearly four outstanding decades of contributions to art, science, research, technology, and society. July 30, 2021
Profiles NCSA Students Pushing Innovation Program Celebrates Success Amid COVID-19 This spring, NCSA’s SPIN program went completely virtual. Despite the circumstances, the program completed a successful virtual session and recognized notable projects, interns and mentors for the 2020-21 academic year. June 15, 2021
Announcements NCSA Awards Scholarship to Winner of Social Hack 2021 Essay Contest NCSA’s eDream Institute partners with Design for America to award a scholarship to a UIUC undergrad for an essay on human-centered design thinking. May 13, 2021
Announcements NCSA’s Stuart Levy Wins Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence Award Levy, a Senior Research Programmer in NCSA’s Advanced Visualization Lab, received a campuswide honor for his decades of service and groundbreaking work in the realm of scientific visualization. April 17, 2020