SUSTech Team Enrolled in ASC19 Student Supercomputer Challenge Finals
Results of the preliminary round of the 2019 ASC Student International Supercomputer Challenge (ASC19) was published on Mar 12, 2019. Three SUSTech student teams obtained the best results ever since SUSTech participated in the competition.
Among the 3 teams, the one led by Year 2016 undergraduate Zhao Jiahua from Dept. of Ocean Science & Engineering was ranked No. 2 in the list of the top 20 teams, entering the final round. Members of the team also include Year 2016 undergraduate Zheng Shuxin from Dept. of Mechanical & Engineering, Year 2016 undergraduates Lyu Junyan and Cheng Pujin from Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, and Year 2017 undergraduate Wang Ziqin. Two other SUSTech teams who participated both received Global Second Prizes.
Zhao Jiahua's team with CCSE Chief Engineer Dr. Fan Jing
In the competition, the team members successfully implemented their AI algorithm for the Image Super-Resolution task, and ported and optimized CESM, an earth system model for global climate change research, with which they managed to project how global climate evolves in the first 10 years of the industrial revolution and the first 10 years of the 21st century within a time limit of two days.
The list of top 20 teams entering ASC19 Finals
Zhao's team will participate the finals at Dalian University of Technology from April 21 to April 25, to compete with other 19 teams from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg, etc. and strive for the championship.
The ASC19 Student Supercomputer Challenge attracted more than 300 teams from 6 continents to participate. Jointly called the Three World-Wide Supercomputer Challenges together with ISC and SC, so far the ASC Supercomputer Challenge has been held for 8 times. In 2018, SUSTech undergraduates participated ASC, in which they got a result of 23rd place.
Source: Center for Computational Science and Engineering