ATLANTA: #ASC--The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge 2025 (ASC25) kicked off its inaugural briefing session at SC24, unveiling an exciting timeline for the upcoming competition. Aspiring undergraduate teams from around the world are encouraged to register by January 5, 2025, through the official website. (http://www.asc-events.net/StudentChallenge/ASC25/Register.php)

ASC25 will uphold its renowned format, featuring three key stages: registration, preliminaries, and finals. During the registration phase, colleges and universities are invited to form teams and submit their applications through the official competition website by January 5, 2025. Institutions may register multiple teams, with each team consisting of one advisor and five undergraduate students.

The excitement continues with the preliminary stage, running from January 6 to February 21, 2025. During this phase, participating teams will submit their innovative proposal results for the tasks outlined by the organizing committee. After a rigorous evaluation by the judging committee and preliminary jury, the most outstanding teams will earn their spot in the finals, scheduled for May 10–14, 2025.

In this ultimate final showdown, teams will design and build cutting-edge clusters, optimize HPL and HPCG benchmarks, and tackle designated AI and HPC applications. Their efforts will culminate in presentations delivered in English to an expert panel of judges. Prestigious awards, including the Champion, Silver Prize, Group Competition Award, e Prize, and the Highest LINPACK, await the top performers!

About ASC

The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge stands as the globe's premier student supercomputer competition, with the generous support of experts and institutions spanning Asia, Europe, and America. ASC boasts a noble mission: to foster the exchange and cultivation of young supercomputing talent across borders, enhance supercomputing applications and research and development capabilities, propel the advancement of supercomputing technologies, and stimulate technical and industrial innovation. Since its inception in 2012, the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge has grown every year, attracting over 10,000 undergraduates from every corner of the planet. To discover more about this impactful endeavor, visit the website http://www.asc-events.net/StudentChallenge/index.html.

Fonte: Business Wire