In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC recaps the recent CHPC National Conference in South Africa. “Now a 5-day conference with two days of workshops as book-ends, multiple tracks and many speakers, and yes, a very exciting Student Cluster Competition, the CHPC National Conference has developed into a very important event in the HPC/AI world. Dan Olds takes us through what he saw, who won, and what we can expect at the competition at ISC in 2020, and just how impressive the whole thing was.”
Registration Opens for CHPC National Conference in South Africa
October 15, 2019 by
Registration is now open for the CHPC National Conference. The event takes place Dec. 1-5 in Johannesburg, South Africa. “The National Integrated Cyber Infrastructure System (NICIS) promotes scientific and industrial development through the provision of high-performance computing capability, high-speed network capacity and a national research data infrastructure integrated hierarchically into globally connected systems and into local system systems, providing seamless access for the research and education communities of South Africa.”
Meet the Winners of the Student Cluster Competition from CHPC in South Africa
July 24, 2019 by
In this video, Dan Olds interviews the overall winners of the ISC 2019 Student Cluster Competition from CHPC in South Africa. “With this win, CHPC has now taken home the ISC Overall Championship an astounding four times, pulling even with Tsinghua in number of ISC championships. CHPC also maintained their record of reaching the podium in each of their seven cluster competition outings.”
ISC19 Student Cluster Competition: Apps to Confuse & Confound
June 24, 2019 by
If you’re looking for the big news, the team from CHPC in South Africa won the ISC 2019 Student Cluster competition this year. In this special guest feature, Dan Olds from OrionX shares first-hand coverage of the competition last week in Frankfurt.
Radio Free HPC Reviews Highlights from the CHPC Conference in South Africa
December 31, 2018 by
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks back at the highlights of the 2018 CHPC Conference in South Africa. With over 500 attendees, the event featured a set of keynotes on high performance computing as well as a Student Cluster Challenge and a Cyber Security Competition.
Video: How Intel is Advancing High Performance Computing at CHPC in South Africa
December 19, 2018 by
In this video from the 2018 CHPC Conference in South Africa, Trish Damkroger from Intel describes how the company is advancing the use of high performance computing on the African Continent. “In her Keynote talk at CHPC, Trish described the changing landscape of HPC, key trends, and the convergence of HPC-AI-HPDA that is transforming our industry and will fuel HPC to fulfill its potential as a scientific tool for insight and innovation.”
Video: South Africa to Compete in ISC 2018 Student Cluster Competition
December 19, 2017 by
In this video, Happy Sithole from CHPC introduces the team from South Africa that will travel to the Student Cluster Competition at ISC 2018 in Frankfurt. “Last week the local students came first in a national competition at the annual Centre for High Performance Computing conference in Pretoria. They will now compete next year with 11 other teams from abroad including China, Singapore, Thailand, Poland, and Germany.”
Firing up a Continent with HPC
October 25, 2017 by
In this special guest feature from Scientific Computing World, Nox Moyake describes the process of entrenching and developing HPC in South Africa. “The CHPC currently has about 1,000 users; most are in academia and others in industry. The centre supports research from across a number of domains and participates in a number of grand international projects such at the CERN and the SKA projects.”
CHPC Takes Top Honors Once Again at ISC-HPCAC Student Cluster Competition
July 6, 2016 by
Today the HPC Advisory Council announced the final results of the ISC 2016 Student Cluster Competition and the opening of 2017 team submissions. For the third time, South Africa’s Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) student team came away as the SCC Grand Champions, the first ‘three-peat’ in the history of the competition. The overall winners […]
Video: Student Cluster Competition Awards Ceremony at ISC 2016
June 30, 2016 by
In this video from ISC 2016 in Frankfurt, Gilad Shainer from the HPC Advisory Council hosts the Student Cluster Awards Ceremony. “The overall winning team this year was from CHPC in South Africa. As repeat winners, CHPC is establishing a bit of dynasty in this competition that is really fun to watch.”
