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A wintery mix with a chance for scattered dependencies was the forecast as students tackled the NASA WRF Challenge in the 2023 Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition. In this challenge, the students not only have to run WRF, but they have to build it up from scratch as well. It’s a tall mountain to…

The close of the 2023 Winter Classic Invitational Student Cluster Competition is coming up fast, and I have to get some material out to you, our vast viewing audience, as quickly as possible, if not quicker. I’ve been traveling a lot recently, which has delayed my reporting on the event. In this edition of the…

This is the second team from Cal State University Channel Islands and the second time the school has fielded two teams in the Winter Classic. So that’s four times all together if you’re doing the math. One of the members of this four-person team was also in the Winter Classic last year, so they have…

This is a small team with only three members. However, all three members are graduate students in computer science, which makes a big difference. This is the first time that Cal Poly has competed in any cluster competition and they’re doing a great job so far. Nailing down second place in the HPC Pop Quiz…

This is the second year that Texas Tech University has formed a Red Raiders team for the Winter Classic. It’s an interesting team, all seniors, with a couple of entrepreneurs who have written their own apps, but didn’t have VC’s toss them millions of dollars in cash, awwws… The other two students are interested in…

This is the first time University of New Mexico has competed in any student cluster competition, but they’re definitely rising to the occasion. Currently sitting in fifth place, they’re just a handful of points out of fourth. The team is composed of four seniors and two sophomores, all majoring in computer science. They have a…

This is the second time we’ve seen a team from Morehouse College. The majority of the team is interested in cybersecurity, with one lone member looking towards machine learning as a career. Most of the members are part of the Morehouse HPC Research team, which is working with the computer science department to build their…

Hailing from El Paso, Team UTEP is competing in the Winter Classic for the third straight year, albeit with a team of newbies. This is a junior and senior team, nearly all of whom are majoring in electrical engineering. So far, the toughest task for these students was the Oak Ridge Blast Challenge, which was…

This is the second time we’ve had two teams from California State University Channel Islands. This team features not one, but two veterans from both last year’s competition, but also from SC22. They’re unique for another reason as well – they feature the very first married couple to compete in any student cluster competition, wow.…

One thing we needed for this interview – more bandwidth and lower latency, just like HPC. We interviewed three members of the FAMU team and learned how they’re learning all about HPC through hands on experience through the competition. During the conversation, we talk about student career plans, they’re an ambitious bunch. We also discuss…