STUDENT CLUSTER
COMPETITION
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
June 10-12, 2025
STUDENT CLUSTER COMPETITION
As part of our mission to expose young people to high performance computing, ISC High Performance and the HPC-AI Advisory Council will host another exciting international Student Cluster Competition. This annual competition introduces student teams to the HPC community, including the systems and the applications that are being used by scientists and researchers.
Visit the competition home page for detailed information and follow the development of the competition on X. #ISC25_SCC #ISC25
AUGUST 1, 2024
Team Submission is Open
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Submissions Ends
DECEMBER 9, 2024 9:00 AM PT
Team Announcement
APRIL 1, 2025
Virtual Opening Ceremony
MAY 9, 2025
Virtual Competition Ends
MAY 12 to May 23, 2025
Virtual Team Interviews
JUNE 10, 2025 3:00 PM CEST
In-Person Opening Ceremony
JUNE 12, 2025 5:15 PM CEST
Award Ceremony
iMPORTANT Dates
AUGUST 1, 2024
Team Submission is Open
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Submissions Ends
DECEMBER 9, 2024 9:00 AM PT
Team Announcement
APRIL 1, 2025
Virtual Opening Ceremony
MAY 9, 2025
Virtual Competition Ends
MAY 12 to May 23, 2025
Virtual Team Interviews
JUNE 10, 2025 3:00 PM CEST
In-Person Opening Ceremony
JUNE 12, 2025 5:15 PM CEST
Award Ceremony
Teams
The competition consists of virtual and in-person segments.
- 24 teams from different continents will connect to remote clusters, run HPC applications, perform benchmarks, and participate in the assigned challenges.
- 10 teams will travel to Hamburg for the in-person competition. From Tuesday, June 10, to Thursday, June 12, they will assemble their clusters and run the micro-benchmarks and HPC applications.
The competition will close with an award ceremony on June 12, announcing the virtual and in-person winning teams.
VIRTUAL TEAMS
- AAlto University (Aalto), Finland
- CIUK Team (CIUK), UK
- China University of Petroleum-Beijing (CUP), China
- Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), South Africa
- EAFIT University Team (EAFIT), Colombia
- ETH Zurich (RACKlette), Switzerland
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (ExaDecimals), India
- Lanzhou University (LzuPenguins), China
- Nanyang Technological University (Supernova), Singapore
- National Chi Nan University (NCNU-1), Taiwan
- National Chi Nan University (NCNU-2), Taiwan
- National Tsing Hua University (NTHU-KFC), Taiwan
- National University of Defense Technology (64b brainstorm), China
- National University of Singapore (Kent Ridge), Singapore
- Otto von Guericke U. and Dresden U. of Tech (OVGU-TUD), Germany
- Pittsburgh U. and Carnegie Mellon U. (PSC), USA
- Southern University of Science and T. (SUSTech), China
- Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSUSCC), China
- Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University (Texas AM), USA
- Tokyo University (U-TOKYO), Japan
- Tsinghua University (Diablo), China
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (NotOnlyFLOPs), Spain
- University of Helsinki (CSC-IT), Finland
- University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa
- Zhejiang University (ZJUSCT), China
IN-PERSON TEAMS
- Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), South Africa
- ETH Zurich (RACKlette), Switzerland
- FAU/USI (FAU/USI), Germany/Swiss
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
- National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
- Pittsburgh U. and Carnegie Mellon U.(PSC), USA
- Tsinghua University (Diablo), China
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (NotOnlyFLOPs), Spain
- University of Bristol (Bristol), UK
- University of Helsinki (CSC-IT), Finland
THE 2024 COMPETITION
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More InformationVIRTUAL
COMPETITION TEAMS
Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC),
South Africa
CIUK, UK
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Jinan University, China
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
National University of Defense Technology, China
North Carolina State University, USA
ShanghaiTech University, China
IN-PERSON COMPETITION TEAMS
Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC),
South Africa
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Tsinghua University, China
University Hamburg + Otto von Guericke
University Magdeburg, Germany
University of Edinburgh, UK
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
