Final Call for Submissions: ISC’14 Student Cluster Competition

isc14_competitionThe HPC Advisory Council and the International Supercomputing Conference have issued their final call for submissions the ISC’14 Student Cluster Competition, with applications due November 1, 2013.

The HPCAC-ISC Student Cluster Competition is designed to introduce the next generation of students to the international high performance computing (HPC) community. This is an excellent educational opportunity for students around the world to showcase their knowledge and skillsets and to engage with leading commercial vendors. Students who participate in these competitions find it jumpstarts their careers in technology and research. The major players in the HPC industry will also be at this event, seeking young people for their training programs and to help develop the next generation of HPC experts. The organizers have also witnessed universities using this event as a way to increase the breadth and depth of their HPC curriculums.

Out of the received applications, 11 teams will be chosen and given the task to build a small cluster of their design and run a series of benchmarks and applications in real-time on the ISC’14 exhibition floor.

Read the Full Story or check out the ongoing history of the competition at the Student Cluster Blog.