High Performance Computing (HPC) Knowledge Sharing to BIT Students at Kathmandu University Information Technology Center (KUITC)

High Performance Computing (HPC) Knowledge Sharing to BIT Students at Information Technology Center (ITC), Kathmandu University

Students from fourth semester Bachelors in Information Technology (BIT) Program, DoCSE visited the High Performance Computing (HPC) facility located at Kathmandu Information Technology Center. This visit was a part of their Software Engineering course by Mr. Saugat Singh , Lecturer, DoCSE to gain hands-on exposure to hardware infrastructure, system architecture, and the practical considerations of designing high-performance and scalable software systems.

In today's knowledge sharing session, I took the computation node's motherboard and displayed how our HPC facility incorporates huge processing capacity. With reference to a single computer, I tried explaining how HPC scales, connects, and computes.

Students got an overview of how a large scale computation facility like HPC is built from individual pieces of computer/server, how multiple computation node, storage nodes are assembled in a server rack via high bandwidth network switches and routers. Later an overview was provided about HPC application and usage of such large scale computation and where student's engineering project can be scaled in order to run it in a HPC facility.

About High Performance Computing (HPC) Unit at Kathmandu University Information Technology Center (KUITC)

This is the third event by HPC Unit at KUITC after a knowledge sharing session to 90+ students from National College, and HPC Fundamental training to 25 faculties of different schools and departments of Kathmandu University (KU). Since the incubation of KUITC we are able to educate 125 students, faculties and researchers about High Performance Computing.

Our major goal at HPC Unit is to share knowledge about high performance computing, as well as building technical capacity in Nepal who can leverage large and scalable systems in their research projects. We are exploring opportunities to collaborate with partners in scaling the training, certification and workshops, as well as making a sustainable business model to maintain and upgrade the HPC Facility.

If your department, college, institution is willing to visit the HPC facility at Kathmandu University, learn its application and importance, you are welcome to the Kathmandu University Information Technology Center.