Join the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in welcoming NCSA Founding Director Dr. Larry Smarr back to campus for a special seminar "From NCSA to the National Research Platform" on May 9 at 12 p.m. Smarr will trace the technological roots of the NRP back to NCSA, the Alliance and I-Wire over 25 years ago, which led to Smarr's last 22 years of NSF cyberinfrastructure grants.