HPC-AI Advisory Council and ISC Group Announce Winners of the 9th Annual Student Cluster Competition
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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The HPC-AI Advisory Council (HPCAIAC) in collaboration with the ISC Group revealed the teams topping the 2020 leaderboard for the ninth annual ISC-HPCAIAC Student Cluster Competition (SCC). “We hope their biggest take-away from competing is confidence, knowing they possess the capabilities and promise needed to conquer any challenge that comes their way. We’re pleased to be able to support the competition and to help guide students become contributing members within HPC and their own communities.” The National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore provided HPC system resources that allowed the international teams to coordinate and demonstrate their proposed solutions to complex real-world scenarios in a completely virtual setting. “The mission of the student cluster competition is to help foster the next generation of researchers and scientists, by teaching the students how to take advantage of high-performance computing and deep learning technologies for scientific simulations and the understanding of world phenomena,” said Gilad Shainer, chairman of the HPC-AI Advisory Council. Founded in 2008, HPC-AI Advisory Council (HPCAIAC) is a community benefit organization with over 400 members committed to promoting HPC and AI through education and outreach.