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CIUK 2020 Cluster Challenge

Prepare your team for the CIUK 2020 Student Cluster Challenge!


The annual HPC conference Computing Insight UK (CIUK) is launching its Student Cluster Challenge at CIUK 2020 in Manchester this December.

The Cluster Challenge provides a platform for students to showcase their skills to the UK and International HPC and AI communities. Each student team will comprise six students with up to two advisors. The competition is focused on hardware and software optimisation on selected key applications within a 3kW power envelope.

The CIUK 2020 competition will take place in Manchester over 3 consecutive days in December, finishing at the end of the first day of CIUK 2020 – the winners will be announced at the start of the evening reception.

Further information can be found on their website . The winning team will be chosen to represent CIUK at the ISC Cluster Challenge in Frankfurt in 2020. If you would like to enter a team please email for more information.