Cluster Challenge Teams
Via Paul Lu (who is coaching the University of Alberta‘s team), a nice writeup on the teams competing in this year’s Cluster Challenge:
…teams are made of…six of undergraduate students, a supervising professor and a partnering HPC vendor. The students will architect a machine with the support of their respective vendor organization…constrain[ed] to a single rack powered by two 120-volt, 20-amp circuits… The teams are required to run a series of standard applications and benchmarks [and are] judged on based on workload accomplishment, benchmark performance and the overall system architecture.
It’s a pretty cool project, and it says a lot about the pace of change in our business that what was once a publication-worthy venture is now something that undergrads can do for fun. I wish all the teams the best of luck.
And speaking of the University of Alberta, I’ll be speaking there on Monday, November 24 — look forward to seeing some old students and friends.
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