Sponsored by China, ASC is one of the world’s three major supercomputer contests, alongside the US’ SC and Germany’s ISC. Held annually since 2012, the competition is devoted to cultivating young talent in the field of supercomputing. The 2018 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge (ASC18) has released its competition timeline, with a starting date set for January 16, 2018. Making the announcement, the ASC18 organizers also promised that the upcoming competition would include a well-known AI application in one of its challenges, a tantalizing clue to the dozens of entrants from China, America, Europe and around the world who are expected to attend.
The timeline sets January 15, 2018, as the deadline for registration, before which all entrants must submit an application on the ASC website. Each team entering the competition must include one mentor and five undergraduate students, with multiple teams from a single university allowed. Competition will begin with the preliminary round, set to kick off on January 16 and conclude on March 20. Within this timeframe, participating teams must submit their written solutions and application optimization according to ASC requirements. Each entry will be scored by the judging panel. With the top 20 teams advancing to the final round. For five days, from May 5 to May 9, these teams will compete face-to-face for the ASC18 Grand Prix.
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