{"597895":{"#nid":"597895","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Participate for the First Time in Supercomputing Student Cluster Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time, a team of students from Georgia Tech will participate in the annual\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc17.supercomputing.org\/studentssc\/student-cluster-competition\/\u0022\u003EStudent Cluster Competition\u003C\/a\u003E, at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc17.supercomputing.org\/\u0022\u003ESupercomputing Conference 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SC17). The team is supported by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computational Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CSE) and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for\u0026nbsp;Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E. The team of six is also supported via a sponsorship by IBM, Flagship, and Tech Data\u0026nbsp;for a loan of the latest hardware equipment to target the best performance metrics on various tasks involved in the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Cluster Competition is a high-performance computing (HPC) multi-disciplinary experience integrated within the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/news\/532371\/cse-confronts-hpc-and-big-data-challenges-new-partnership-program\u0022\u003EHPC community\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;biggest gathering, SC\u0026#39;17. The event is a real-time, non-stop, 48-hour challenge that demonstrates the breadth of skills, technologies and science required to build, maintain, and utilize a computer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeams of six comprising undergraduate and high school students are selected via a team proposal. The groups then assemble a small cluster on the exhibit floor as they race to complete a real-world workload across a series of applications while rotating personnel to accomplish the varying tasks associated with the competition agenda.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s conference takes place November 12-17 in Denver, Colorado. Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s team, Team Swarm, is ready to compete against the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc17.supercomputing.org\/2017\/05\/04\/sixteen-teams-chosen-to-compete-in-student-cluster-competition-at-sc17\/\u0022\u003E16 others selected from across the globe\u003C\/a\u003E, each ranging in age, experience, and nationality. The team is advised by CSE Research Scientist\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EOded Green\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ealongside co-advisors,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EChirag Jain\u003C\/strong\u003E, fourth-year CSE Ph.D. student, and CSE Research Technologist\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWill Powell\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore 2015, the competition was mostly about throughput and judging was based primarily on how many datasets could be computed in the shortest amount of time. Since then, more elements that replicate what scientists and staff at research centers contend with every day have been included into the completion scorecard and agenda.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two-day competition is now scored on a number of categories including the ability to describe methods used during an interview and in written format, group engagement in the conference, a poster presentation, benchmarking, reproducibility and a number of apps, as well as a surprise competition. Teams can expect more datasets than would be possible to compute within their power budget, timeframe and cloud resources. This is meant to encourage teams to make decisions based on their architecture and how to best use their resources in live time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccoridng to Green, students have been preparing for the competition since last January through a mix of weekly meetings, registering for advanced classes, and gaining valuable insight through hands on experience. While these students are still in their undergrad, the training and education they have received in preparation for this competition expands well beyond HPC and produces an educational foundation they will continue using for years to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This may be Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s first year participating, but our first-rate dedication and preparation certainly makes me confident that our students will succeed far beyond the competition itself,\u0026rdquo; said Green.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Team Swarm includes\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EPetros Eskinder\u003C\/strong\u003E, a fourth year computer science major;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDezhi \u0026ldquo;Andy\u0026rdquo; Fang\u003C\/strong\u003E, a second year science major;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Fahrenkrog\u003C\/strong\u003E, a fourth year electrical engineering student;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EManas George\u003C\/strong\u003E, a third year computer science student;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Meyer\u003C\/strong\u003E, a third year computer science major;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJessica Rosenfield\u003C\/strong\u003E, a third year computer science major; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAlok Tripathy\u003C\/strong\u003E, a second year computer science major.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Each year,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc17.supercomputing.org\/organization\/?inst=Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s presence at the Supercomputing Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is felt: from papers in the main conference and workshops, to faculty participation in panels and keynotes, to students presenting at poster sessions and exhibition booths,\u0026rdquo; said Jain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;However, up until this year, we have been absent from the Cluster Competition. Now, with our team competing, we believe Georgia Tech has officially swarmed SC17 from all fronts. It also helps that our mascot is a yellow jacket.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students from Georgia Tech will participate in the annual SC \u002717 Student Cluster Competition for the first time."}],"uid":"34540","created_gmt":"2017-10-26 16:17:15","changed_gmt":"2019-08-29 12:32:36","author":"Kristen Perez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597558":{"id":"597558","type":"image","title":"Supercomputing Conference 2017 Logo","body":null,"created":"1508347144","gmt_created":"2017-10-18 17:19:04","changed":"1508347144","gmt_changed":"2017-10-18 17:19:04","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227782","name":"supercomputinglogo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/supercomputinglogo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/supercomputinglogo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":76694,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/supercomputinglogo.png?itok=bKteQvvL"}}},"media_ids":["597558"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"624060","name":"Center for High Performance Computing (CHiPC)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7041","name":"computational science \u0026 engineering"},{"id":"167322","name":"supercomputing"},{"id":"78621","name":"Big Data; materials; HPC"},{"id":"181217","name":"cse-hpc"},{"id":"702","name":"hpc"},{"id":"3427","name":"High performance computing"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kristen.perez@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}