Project / Engineering

ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge (Global Finals)

Built and tuned a multi-node HPC cluster, executed benchmarks and scientific/AI workloads, and presented results to an international panel. The Wits HPC ASC25 site records Wits as a Top 25 finalist for the 2025 final round at Qinghai University in Xining, China.

Date: Mar 2025
Category: Engineering
Stage: Completed
Funding: None

Project Note

Wits qualified as a Top 25 finalist for the 2025 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge final round in Xining, China.

Work Involved

Built and tuned Linux-based HPC systems under competition constraints.
Ran benchmarking and scientific workloads using Slurm, MPI, and performance-tuning workflows.
Prepared technical results and presented them in an international student supercomputing context.

2025 Context

The Wits HPC ASC25 site records Wits as a Top 25 finalist for the ASC25 final round at Qinghai University. Local Wits HPC materials list Talhah Patelia as part of the 2025 Wits team.

Stack

LinuxSlurmMPIBenchmarking