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ACER Fall 2026 Webinar Schedule

Posted on September 02, 2026

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce ACER’s Fall 2026 webinar schedule. These training sessions will be held via Zoom and typically take place on Thursday afternoons. Topics range from introductory programming in…

Quantum computing simulation tools available now on Lakeshore!

Ana Marija Sokovic | Posted on May 15, 2026

Quantum computing simulation tools available now on Lakeshore!

Applications Open – Chicago WHPC Mentorship Program 2026–2027

Ana Marija Sokovic | Posted on April 08, 2026

Chicago WHPC Opens Applications for 2026–2027 Mentorship Program

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Save the Date: Computational Research Symposium 2026 -- Monday, April 20

Leonard Apanasevich | Posted on March 18, 2026

Dear Colleagues, UIC’s Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Research (ACER) is pleased to announce that our 3rd annual Computational Research Symposium will take place on Monday, April 20th, as part of UIC Research…

Data Bingo!

Posted on February 04, 2026

As part of UIC’s celebration of International Love Data Week, Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Research (ACER), the Data Science Hangout, and Chicago Women in High Performance Computing are hosting a beginner-friendly, hands-on…

AlphaFold 3 now available on Lakeshore

Posted on January 23, 2026

AlphaFold 3 is transforming the way researchers study biology by enabling high quality predictions of biomolecular 3D structure from sequence, dramatically accelerating the path from hypothesis to insight. By reducing the time and…

ACER Spring 2026 Webinar Schedule

Posted on January 20, 2026

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce ACER’s Spring 2026 webinar schedule. These training sessions will be held via Zoom and typically take place on Thursday afternoons. Topics range from introductory programming in…

Computational Research Symposium 2025: Save the Date & Call for Posters

Posted on March 21, 2025

UIC Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Research (ACER) and Argonne National Laboratory are happy to announce that Computational Research Symposium 2025 will take place on April 21st, as part of UIC Research Week.

New Storage Resource for Researchers Working with Sensitive Data

Posted on November 13, 2024

Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Research (ACER) is happy to announce that the Research Data Lake storage system can now store electronic personal health information (PHI) and other types of high-risk data.…

Secure data infrastructure project expands UIC research computing strengths

Rob Mitchum | Posted on September 05, 2024

Research runs on data, and data are increasingly complex. Running large-scale analyses and using new artificial intelligence tools requires advanced computational technologies and knowledge. Now, a year-long effort to securely relocate and store…