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SUMMARY:ThreadShredders
DESCRIPTION:Student Cluster Competition\n\nThreadShredders\n\nThomas, Gupt
 a, Kong, Mikhailov, Ge...\n\nThe SDSC/UCSD SCC21 team is self-motivated, t
 echnically competent, highly interested in HPC, and have multiple experien
 ces using supercomputers in research or projects. We have team members fro
 m the SCC20 virtual cluster competition, where we placed 4th overall. Two 
 SCC20 team members have chosen to join the SCC21 team, and two have return
 ed as mentors. With this team we feel we have the “right stuff” to succeed
  at SCC21, whether virtual or in person. Our team training activities are 
 fully supported, sponsored and mentored by SDSC through the HPC Students P
 rogram. We mentors from SDSC, UCSD CSE, and vendors to train the team and 
 answer questions, ensuring our team’s success in the competition. \n\nOur 
 team members are majoring/minoring in a variety of fields including Comput
 er Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, and Physics. 
 In total, our technical stack includes: major programming languages (C/C++
 , Python, Java); parallel programming (MPI, CUDA, OpenMP); scientific appl
 ications (LAMMPS, Exciting, Avogadro, Quantum Espresso); hardware descript
 ion languages (Verilog);  and Machine Learning (Pytorch, TensorFlow). Many
  team members also have experience doing scientific computing applications
  from working in  research internships.\n\nWe asked team members to explai
 n why they wanted to participate and how HPC would impact their careers:\n
 \nGrant Castaneda worked in an oceanography lab doing scientific computing
  and modeling using HPC. He joined SCC to learn more so he can be more pro
 ductive in his career, where he will focus on bioinformatics, oceanography
  and data analysis.\n\nJohn Ge has been taking HPC training and interns at
  SDSC. He wants to compete at SCC21 where he can apply his middleware skil
 ls. He wants to apply his HPC knowledge to cyberinfrastructure. \n\nArunuv
  Gupta was on our SCC20 team, and hopes to gain more HPC experience throug
 h the competition, which, coupled with his education in Data Science, will
  help him build large-scale machine learning systems during his career\n\n
 Zihao Kong competed at SCC20, and wants to be the go-to person for the tea
 m. He has a passion for knowledge in computer architecture and HPC. He can
 ’t wait to join the competition so he can conquer more challenges in the f
 ield and apply this knowledge to his research.\n\nJohn Li brings a strong 
 Linux System administration and cybersecurity background to the team. He w
 anted to join the team so he could gain experience with HPC and parallel c
 omputing and apply that knowledge into other fields in the future.\n\nMatt
 hew Mikhailov studies materials science and runs Quantum Espresso.  He saw
  that it is one of the applications and that made him want to join the tea
 m. He hopes HPC will help him to develop the next generation of processors
  for scientific computing.\n\nTeam advisor Dr. Mary Thomas has degrees in 
 physics and computational science, has taught parallel computing for 16 ye
 ars, and is the HPC Training lead at SDSC. She also enjoys the SCC program
  -- she has led three SCC teams: SCC16, SCC17 (San Diego State University)
  and SCC20 (UCSD). Her enthusiasm, knowledge, practical experience will be
 nefit the team.\n\nTag: Career Development, Diversity Equity Inclusion (DE
 I), Education and Training and Outreach, HPC Training and Education, Syste
 m Administration, Workforce\n\nRegistration Category: Tech Program Reg Pas
 s, Exhibit Hall Only
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