SALT LAKE CITY, Utah–Despite a strong effort by the hometown University of Utah team, students from the University of Science and Technology of China took top honors in the tenth running of the Student Cluster Competition at the SC16 conference. For the first time in the history of the event, one team won both categories: […]
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The Latest News from the Student Cluster Competition in Salt Lake City
With this year marking the tenth year of the Student Cluster Competition (SCC) at the SC conference, it’s a good time to look both forward to this year’s event, as well as look back at the history of this competition that has been adopted by organizations in Europe, Asia and Africa. It all traces back […]
#SCC #SC16: Welcome to Northeastern University/Auburn University
Although they’re teaming up for the first time, the team from Northeastern University/Auburn University is not entirely new to the SCC. Two-thirds of the team was at SCC at SC15 in Austin last year and that was their first experience with the conference and competition, as well as with HPC in general. The other third […]
#SCC #SC16: Welcome to “Team Texas” from University of Texas at Austin/Texas State University
The SC16 SCC marks the fifth time students from the University of Texas at Austin have competed and this year they are teaming up with Texas State University. To reflect their interschool association of the two schools and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), they named their group “Team Texas”, and extended the theme to […]
#SCC #SC16: Welcome Team SwanGeese from China’s University of Science and Technology
After their attendance at SC12 and SC14 China’s University of Science and Technology (USTC) “SwanGeese” team is making their third appearance in the SC conference Student Cluster Competition this year. In traditional Chinese culture, the rare Swan Goose stands for teamwork, perseverance and bravery. Since these spirits well represent the characteristics of the team, and […]
#SCC #SC16: Meet Columbia’s Team EAFIT
When Team EAFIT boards their first flight en route to Salt Lake City at 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 (after driving an hour to the airport), they will not only have several members from last year’s team, but they will also be bringing insight gleaned from members of Universidad EAFIT’s first foray in the Student […]
#SCC #SC16 #Huazhong: Meet Team Heptagon from Huazhong University in China
Team Heptagon from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China is making their second appearance in the SCC. The team name represents the seven members who together form a whole unit. Team Heptagon is banking on the experience of current and past members in student cluster competitions at SC, ISC, ASC in China and […]
#SCC #UniversityofUtah #SC16: Meet Utah’s Team “SupercompUtes”
The University of Utah is fielding a team for the first time and expect to have a couple of home-field advantages. First, their “secret sauce” is Utah fry sauce, a mix of mayonnaise, ketchup and seasonings. Second, they say “But our real edge is that we trained at this altitude!” They are also guaranteed to […]
Recommend Someone for ‘Dinner with Interesting People’
The SC16 Students@SC Program is hosting a “Dinner with Interesting People” on Wednesday, November 16. But it’s more than just dinner—it is a networking event designed to help students hone their networking skills by interacting with these Interesting People. Interesting People could be from our HPC community or other interesting fields. We are especially interested […]
Don’t Miss Out on the SC16 Student/Postdoc Job Fair!
The SC16 Students@SC Program will again host the Student/Postdoc Job Fair. The SC16 Student/Postdoc Job Fair will be open to all students and postdocs attending SC16, giving them an opportunity to meet with potential employers. Participating organizations will have the opportunity to interact with students in fields related to computer science, information systems, scientific computing, […]
