Latest News

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…

We catch up with the UC Santa Cruz team live from their campus media complex, with one student coming in virtually. It’s a young team, with four freshmen, which makes them the youngest team in the tournament. In the video, we meet the team, plus one of their advisers, and learn about their backgrounds. We…

Defending Winter Classic champs Prairie View A&M are back in the competition, but with a mostly rookie team this year. Tyler Mannings, who has experience in the Winter Classic, but also as part of team TexaCal from the SC22 competition, provides cluster competition veteran experience to Team Prairie View. In the video, we talk to…

In our most recent update, “Triumph and Tragedy with HPL/HPCG”, we detailed how our dozen 2023 Winter Classic Invitational cluster competition teams dealt with their LINPACK/HPCG module, mentored by HPE. In this episode of our incredibly popular 2023 Winter Classic Studio Update Show, we interview the mentors behind the event, the folks who readied the…