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DESCRIPTION:Posters, Virtual Student Cluster Competition\n\nDEFAULT\n\nHof
 mann, Perst, Lindenberg, Fleischer, Lang...\n\nFriedrich-Alexander-Univers
 ity (FAU) has a rich history concerning student cluster competitions. Team
 s from FAU have managed to qualify for multiple contests in the US, Europe
 , and Asia. One of their biggest accomplishments was the LINPACK awards at
  ISC17 and ISC18. This was possible thanks to our sponsor HPE, who has rel
 iably supplied our teams with the necessary hardware throughout the years 
 and who will also sponsor our team this year. \n\nAlthough this year’s tea
 m will consist of all-new participants, we are confident that we will be s
 uccessful since we can draw on the vast experience of FAU’s past participa
 nts as well as our team’s adviser Johannes Hofmann. With his expertise in 
 building up a well-prepared team we can overcome the challenging circumsta
 nces due to COVID-19. To address health-related issues, our team includes 
 a backup. \n\nMost team members are studying computer science, where every
 one has to cover basic subjects, especially about parallel and hardware-or
 iented programming as well as computer architecture. Moreover, as students
  advance in their major, they can choose from a variety of specializations
 , which helps to look at the problems from different points of view. We al
 so have one medical engineering student. His experience might be useful in
  this year’s reproducibility challenge, being a CT reconstruction algorith
 m. \n\nTo have the best foundation for a participation, we also considered
  the soft skills and experience with other projects everyone had. We have 
 former and current tutors who are not only experts in their subject but al
 so in explaining complex issues. Another student co-founded a startup cons
 isting of eight software developers, gaining project management skills exp
 erience. He also exposed at fairs and pitched in front of investors, which
  will be useful at the competition to represent our team. Someone else imp
 roved their knowledge in algorithm design and implementation by participat
 ing in competitive programming contests. \n\nWe are highly motivated for a
  conference combining traveling, social interaction and a team competition
 . It is a rare and exciting chance to get a glimpse of a research field, w
 hich is not easily accessible for students in Germany. Everyone is eager t
 o apply the theory learned in lectures and gain practical knowledge in sol
 ving hardware optimization problems. Furthermore, it is a unique opportuni
 ty to get in contact with international students, making new friends and p
 rofessional contacts. Likewise getting an impression of the current state 
 of high-performance computing in industry and research is very exciting. \
 n\nAs an outcome, we love the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art te
 chnology and push it to its limits. This know-how could turn out to be use
 ful. Some senior students proved that, as they were able to use the event 
 as a stepping stone for internships and jobs at NVIDIA and Intel. We hope 
 to get the same chance. Moreover, having the possibility to test our knowl
 edge in an international competition would definitely be outstanding in ou
 r resumes, because we improve skills like working under pressure and organ
 izing in a team as well as our know-how about clusters and cloud computing
 .\n\nTag: Student Program\n\nRegistration Category: Tech Program Reg Pass,
  Exhibits Reg Pass
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