Student Cluster Competition
SessionStudent Cluster Competition
Event Type
Student Cluster Competition
Education
Student Program
TimeTuesday, November 14th10am -
6pm
LocationBooth 796 - Exhibit Floor
DescriptionThe Student Cluster Competition (SCC) was developed in
2007 to immerse undergraduate and high school students
in high performance computing. Student teams design and
build small clusters with hardware and software vendor
partners, learn designated scientific applications,
apply optimization techniques for their chosen
architectures, and compete in a non-stop, 48-hour
challenge. During the competition, each team races to
complete a real-world scientific workload while
impressing interview judges and conference attendees
like you with their HPC knowledge.
For the competition, teams of up to six students partner with vendors to design and build cutting-edge clusters from commercially-available components, and teams work with application experts to prepare for the competition. With a catch! - Clusters must not exceed a 3000-watt power limit.
The winning team will have the highest aggregate score on these three criteria:
The SCC committee would like to thank those who have given their money, time and hardware to support the SCC.
For the competition, teams of up to six students partner with vendors to design and build cutting-edge clusters from commercially-available components, and teams work with application experts to prepare for the competition. With a catch! - Clusters must not exceed a 3000-watt power limit.
The winning team will have the highest aggregate score on these three criteria:
- Throughput, correctness, and understanding of real application workload
- Demonstrated understanding and performance of benchmark and mystery applications
- HPC presentation, conference engagement, and interviews. Recognition will be given for the highest HPL result.
The SCC committee would like to thank those who have given their money, time and hardware to support the SCC.
- Platinum Level: Microsoft, Geist
- Gold Level: SAIC
- Silver Level: ARM, Google
- Bronze Level: NVIDIA, Schlumberger
