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High-speed computing advances innovation and boosts competitiveness across sectors in Singapore, propelling the nation’s technological advancement and economic growth. Telecom Review connects with Tan Tin Wee, chief executive, National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), to learn about Singapore’s supercomputing landscape and initiatives to impact sectors. Read the interview piece here.

The SupercomputingAsia Conference recognised key high performance computing (HPC) pioneer-leaders with its annual SCA23 Awards. The international Data Mover Challenge 2023 (DMC23) was also launched at the conference. Find out more in the
Media Release.

The continuation of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) School in 2023 to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia was announced during the EU-ASEAN-Japan Symposium at the Supercomputing Asia Conference (SCA) 2023. The school will be held in-person and will welcome back international luminaries to teach the fundamentals of HPC and its applications to critical domains to students from all ASEAN Member States. For the first time, the school director will be an ASEAN scientist. Find out more in the Media Release.

NSCC, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, Institute of Technical Education, Singapore Institute of Technology, AI Singapore and the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, sign MOUs to explore new training methods, courses and curricula which will leverage the power of a supercomputer. Singapore’s newest national supercomputer, the ASPIRE 2A, is also now ready to support this initiative as well as meet the advanced research needs of Singapore’s scientific community across a wide array of fields. Find out more in the Media Release.

The HPC-AI Advisory Council, National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore and National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) Australia, today announced the results of the fifth iteration of the regional APAC HPC-AI student competition. The jointly organized 2022 APAC HPC-AI Competition included tasks and challenges focusing on three of the hottest research topics and mission critical issues that leverage the power of HPC and AI technologies to develop more in-depth understanding of the tasks and find solutions to help improve the issues of human health as well as the sustainability of our planet’s resources and environment. Find out more in the Media Release.

The National Quantum Office of Singapore, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, IQM Quantum Computers and CSC – IT Center for Science (Finland) agree to explore and promote research and development collaboration in the areas of quantum technologies. Under the MoU, the parties aim to accelerate the development of quantum technology hardware components, algorithms and applications, and collaborate in the areas of quantum-accelerated high-performance computing and both terrestrial and satellite quantum communications. The MoU will also pave the way for knowledge exchange on national strategic roadmaps for quantum technologies. Find out more here.

Organisations need to make important, timely and informed decisions to stay competitive and relevant. Businesses will increasingly leverage shared IT operations in data centres that will help store, process and disseminate critical and proprietary digital assets with powerful computing resources. Read more about how KoolLogix’s patented patented energy-efficient cooling system for data centres reduces energy consumption by up to 50 per cent here.

Scientists in Singapore are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help transform typically energy-sapping data centres into energy-efficient ones.. Following successful trials, the team from Red Dot Analytics, a spin-off company from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is now looking to commercialise the technology. Collaborating with organisations such as e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba and national research infrastructure National Supercomputing Centre Singapore, the Red Dot Analytics’ team built virtual prototypes of their technologies before testing and verifying them in their data centres.

Singapore’s Quantum Engineering Programme (QEP) has launched three national platforms to grow the country’s capabilities in quantum computing, quantum-safe communication and the manufacturing of quantum devices. The three national quantum platforms, which are hosted across the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, (A*STAR), and the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore, will coordinate activities across research organisations and build public-private collaborations to put Singapore at the cutting edge in quantum technologies. Find out more in the Media Release.

The HPC-AI Advisory Council announced the start of the 5th Annual APAC HPC-AI Competition that tackles the pressing global problems of human health and sustainability. Jointly organized with NSCC Singapore and the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) Australia, the annual competition harnesses the AI and HPC skillsets of student teams from around the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Spanning six intensive months, the annual competition hosts graduate, advanced degree and undergraduate students from across the APAC region to develop their skillsets and challenge their understanding of high performance computing (HPC) and AI technologies as well as showcase their mastery of the two disciplines in a spirited international competition. The 2022 APAC HPC-AI Competition will see 100s students representing 22 teams from 12 countries and regions in APAC vying for the coveted crown of this year’s best team. Find out more in the Media Release