The second team from Chanel Islands, Nautical Processing, brings six newbies to the world of HPC/AI. One funny thing that comes up in the interview is that two of the team members couldn’t say for sure if they were juniors or seniors right now. Seems like it’s a topic of debate with school administration. I offer to throw the full weight of the Winter Classic behind them if needed.
During the interview, I shared some of their scores with them for the first time. They came in fifth on LINPACK and a close second on HPCG and were fourth overall after that first module. We talked about their HPC Crash Course exam, but I didn’t have their score fully baked at that point. However, they did well and after the exam was factored in, they were sitting pretty in third place overall. We also talked about what they wanted to do career-wise, so employers pay close attention.