Trio names new supercomputer after NCSA pioneer
By Don Dodson
Saturday August 16, 2008
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Larry Smarr chats with state Sen. Michael Frerichs, D-Champaign, before a dedication ceremony Friday at iCyt atrium in Champaign. "R" Systems named a supercomputer after Smarr.
CHAMPAIGN – If you're going to name something after Larry Smarr, why not a supercomputer?
Smarr – best known in Champaign-Urbana as the founding director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications – returned to town this week for a ceremony dedicating a supercomputer in his honor.
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