Record Number of Student Teams to Participate in the APAC HPC and AI Competition
The HPC-AI Advisory Council (HPCAIAC) in collaboration with the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore today announced the teams competing in the co-organized, third annual APAC HPC-AI Competition supporting ongoing student development and mastery in high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) disciplines. Comprised of undergraduate and graduate competitors from some of Asia Pacific’s leading academic institutions, thirty teams complete the 2020 roster and will compete across the region in an all remote contest. Winning teams will be announced in November, during the US’ SC20 Conference, followed by an official award ceremony in the new year at the SupercomputingAsia 2021 (SCA21) Conference which is scheduled for March 2021 in Singapore. The champion team will go on to compete in the 2021 ISC-HPCAIAC Student Cluster Competition in Frankfurt, Germany next June.
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Record Number of Student Teams to Participate in the APAC HPC and AI Competition
Representing nine of the region’s kingdoms, republics, city-states, nations and many of its ‘Ivy League’ equivalent institutions, colleges and universities, the thirty academic ambassador teams for 2020 include:
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Australia
University of New South Wales
Bangladesh
KUET: Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
Bhutan
CST: College of Science and Technology
China (8)
Fudan University
NANDA: Nanjing University
SJTU: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
SUSTech: Southern University of Science and Technology
THU: Tsinghua University (x2)
USTC: University of Science and Technology of China
DUT: Dalian University of Technology
Hong Kong
IVE: Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
India
IITGN: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Malaysia (2)
CU: Curtin University Malaysia
UPM: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Singapore (5)
A*STAR: Graduate Academy of Scholars
NTU: Nanyang Technological University (x4)
Sri Lanka (5)
UOM: University of Moratuwa (x4)
UOP: University of Peradeniya
Taiwan (4)
NCKU: National Cheng Kung University (x2)
NCNU: National Chi Nan University
NTHU: National Tsing Hua University
Thailand
TU: Thammasat University
“We are extremely encouraged by the response to this year’s competition, which shows the growing interest and advancements in HPC and AI skillsets of the region’s student communities,” said Associate Professor Tan Tin Wee, Chief Executive at NSCC. “The competition is continuously evolving to teach and train these students about the relevance and benefit of HPC and AI in helping provide viable solutions to some of humanity’s greatest challenges, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.”
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