OpenACC GPU Application Hackathon Starts

On Aug 13, 2019, a grand openning of GPU Hacktheon Accelerated Computing Programming Conference was organized by National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen (Shenzhen Cloud Computing Center). As SUSTech CCES is a main co-organizer, Dr. Wang Lianping, director of CCSE, and Dr. Fan Jing, chief engineer of CCSE, attended the opening of the hackathon together.

Mr. Wu Jincheng, dean of Department High-Performance Computing of National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, gave a speech in the openning ceremony, in which he introduced the agenda of the hacktheon. He expressed that high-performance computing will inject new momentum into Shenzhen's innovative and creative industries and hoped the hackathon can contribute to the exchange and development of GPU-accelerated high-performance computing technology.

Mr. Wu Jinchang (dean of Department High-Performance Computing) speaking

Dr. Wang Lianping, director of SUSTech CCSE, delivered his speech in the hackathon, introducing the good development status of supercomputing at SUSTech and anticipating HPC promoting fundamental research and solving application problems. Dr. Wang Lianping also wished the OpenACC GPU Application Hackathon a great success.

Dr. Wang Lianping (director of SUSTech CCSE) speaking

The Hackathon also invited Mr. Liu Yongchi, sales director of NVIDIA, and multiple tech exports in GPU programming from NVIDIA. This GPU Hackathon will last for 5 days (from Oct 12, 2019 to Oct 16, 2019), during which tech experts will be assigned to each group to provide students with guidance on OpenACC-based GPU porting of HPC applications. This Hackathon will improve users’ ability on GPU utilization within a short period, laying a foundation for their future in-depth study of GPU-accelerated computing and eventually promoting the independent GPU application development level nationwide.

After the opening, all participants took a group photo together.

Group photo of all participants