PRACE Summer of HPC 2018: Awards Ceremony

The PRACE Summer of HPC (SoHPC) Awards Ceremony 2018 was held on 23 October 2018 at Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany. The PRACE Summer of HPC, now in its sixth year, is a placement programme that allows twenty university students from all scientific disciplines to spend two summer months at HPC centres (PRACE partners) across Europe. Two exemplary students were awarded prizes based on their participation in the Summer of HPC 2018.

In addition to allowing students to complete their projects in a multidisciplinary and international environment, the aim of the Summer of HPC programme is to promote and disseminate scientific culture among the younger generation of researchers, making sure that students participating in the project can become the next generation of “computational scientists”. Furthermore, through the sharing of their experience on social networks and the Summer of HPC blog, the programme aims to ensure that the students themselves become ambassadors of supercomputing at their respective institutions, and of their peer groups.

Over the years, Summer of HPC has gained credit at leading universities in Europe. The tutor references that follow the projects are given particular consideration in the selections for PhD studies, or for access to certain courses of study. The programme itself is very much appreciated by the international scientific community and, in addition to helping students to create a network of reference, often allows students who have followed the programme to continue the projects even after the end of the study period.

Each year two participants are awarded for the excellence of their work:

• 2018 Best Performance Award winner: Sukhminder Singh
• 2018 HPC Ambassador Award winner: Conor O'Mara