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Quick CHPC 2026 update 🚀
• Please register as a team, not individually
• Note that the competition structure is on the website : scc.chpc.ac.za/
• Deadline: 3 May ⏳
Grab your all star team and get those registrations in! 👀
Register here: events.chpc.ac.za/event/169/
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New Year, New Energy 🚀
Push hardware to its limits & compete in the CHPC SCC. Build & optimize a real HPC cluster with your team.
Travel, stay & meals covered.
Top team goes to ISC 2027 🇩🇪
Register: events.chpc.ac.za/event/169/
Deadline: 3 May 2026 @ 17:00
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📢 Registrations are open for the CHPC Student Cluster Competition selection round!
The #TeamCSIR Centre for High Performance Computing #CHPC invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to participate in the CHPC Student Cluster Competition. This competition provides undergraduate students at South African universities with valuable exposure to the high-performance computing industry.
📆 Deadline for applications: 3 May 2026
🔗 events.chpc.ac.za/event/169/
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Before we officially wrap up the competition, a final massive THANK YOU to all the sponsors who made this possible! A thank you to the organisers of the competition and to the teams for bringing their best energy despite all the pressure.
Let’s bring it home South Africa! 🇿🇦
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Alongside the winners, the ISC2026 Team requires 6 members and 2 reserves. Here is the entire team.
- Shaun Beautement
- Tamryn Osler
- Iloke Alusala
- Glen Jones
- Mariam Baker (UWC)
- Thabo Bosvark (CPUT)
ISC2026 Reserves:
- Nina Meyer (UWC)
- Rufaro Chipoyera (UWC)
👏🎉
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The moment we’ve all been waiting for, the winners of the CHPC SCC 2025 competition is…
Team 0V1RCL0CK1D from the University of Cape Town!
Congratulations team. Your hard work, strong team dynamics and overall perseverance have paid off. 👏🎉
#chpcscc2025 #UCT #winners
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And the second place overall achiever for the CHPC SCC 2025 goes to… *drumrolls again please*
DC Spears from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology!
#chpcscc2025 #HPC
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And the third place overall achiever for the CHPC SCC 2025 goes to… *drumrolls please*
CTRL ALT DEFEAT from the University of the Western Cape!
#smilesallaround #chpcscc2025 #HPC
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We’re pleased to share that @diplomics_sa will be supporting the CHPC Student Cluster Competition 2025 once again!
We’re excited to have them return for this year’s competition and appreciate their ongoing commitment to growing the HPC community.
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Welcoming onboard AWS Skills Centre as a sponsor for the CHPC SCC 2025!
The AWS Skills Centre plays a unique role in expanding cloud literacy and providing accessible, hands-on learning opportunities to students and professionals.
#AWSSkillcentre #AWSTrainingandCertification
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We’re excited to announce our next set of sponsors for the CHPC Student Cluster Competition 2025!
A warm welcome to @MathWorks and @optinum , joining us in empowering the next generation of high-performance computing talent.
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