Singapore’s National Supercomputing Resources Joins the Fight Against COVID-19
March 24, 2020Local COVID-19 related research projects will be given special fast-tracked access to supercomputing resources at the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore to speed up research on the virus.This could include deeper studies about the virus genome and potential new therapies or vaccines. Read more about the Special COVID-19 Call for Projects in the Media Release
HPC-AI Advisory Council and NSCC Announce 3rd APAC HPC-AI Competition
March 24, 2020The HPC-AI Advisory Council (HPCAIAC) and the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore announced the launch of the 2020 APAC HPC-AI Competition. Continuing the success of the previous competitions, the 3rd Annual 2020 APAC HPC-AI competition expects to host multiple teams from across the APAC region. The student teams will compete against international teams to produce solutions and applications in the High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) domains.
Data Mover Challenge 2020 (DMC20) – WINNERS Announced!
February 26, 2020This year’s challenge saw four international teams emerge with accolades for developing uniquely innovative solutions for specific components, each of which are crucial in ensuring the seamless transfer of large amounts of research data across the globe. Read more about the winners and DMC20 in the Media Release
Singapore scientists join international team to create ultrahigh-resolution brain map
January 15, 2020A group of Singapore scientists is partnering an international team to embark on creating an ultra-high-resolution 3D comprehensive map of the human brain. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Shaw Foundation Alumni House Auditorium. The collaboration, Synchrotron for Neuroscience – Asia Pacific Strategic Enterprise (SYNAPSE), will link the synchrotron facilities in Asia Pacific and is expected to involve more than 1,000 researchers. The SYNAPSE partners also signed a second MOU to implement a High-Performance Computing network for such data. Singapore, which will leverage the petascale supercomputing resources at the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), is set to be the data hub of SYNAPSE.
Singapore unveils new strategy aimed at developing AI ecosystem
November 13, 2019Singapore will embark on its plan to develop and use artificial intelligence (AI) by implementing projects in key high-value sectors and building a holistic AI ecosystem, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Wednesday. He emphasised the importance of AI in Singapore’s Smart Nation vision; in creating social and economic value for the country through raising productivity and the quality of public goods such as transport, education and healthcare. Singapore’s National AI Strategy (NAIS) will see over S$500 million committed to funding activities related to AI under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 Plan, in hopes of furthering AI capabilities in these fields.
Singapore to invest more in digital, food tech and cell therapy R&D
March 27, 2019Following the mid-term review of the five-year Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 (RIE2020) plan, Singapore will be investing more in research and development (R&D) in the three areas of digital technology, cell therapy manufacturing and sustainable urban food production, including cultured meat and microbial proteins. This was announced by National Research Foundation (NRF) chairman and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat at the end of the 11th Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council Meeting on Wednesday.
Data Mover Challenge – WINNERS Announced!
March 13, 2019National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore, host of the SupercomputingAsia (SCA) 2019 conference held this week in Singapore, challenged the academic and commercial sector to test their tools and products on the 100G advance research and education network connecting NSCC Singapore with the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) in Australia, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) in Korea, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan and StarLight in the USA. Seven teams from the USA, Japan and international teams competed in the inaugural Data Mover Challenge with each bringing a unique approach to the problem of moving large science data sets. Read more in the Media Release.
$200 million boost to further develop the field of supercomputing in Singapore
March 12, 2019Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) will pump in S$200m to upgrade the country’s supercomputing infrastructure in a bid to provide research institutions and universities with wider access to high-performance computing capabilities. Speaking at the opening of Supercomputing Asia 2019 (SCA19)on 12 March, Singapore finance minister Heng Swee Keat said the investment, which is part of the S$19bn Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2020 plan, will provide 15 to 20 petaflops of high-end computing performance – equivalent to the computing power of a million laptops.
2018 APAC HPC-AI Student Competition Sharpens Weather Forecast Accuracy and Image Recognition to Deliver Improved Real-Life Results
August 27, 2018Co-organised by the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore and HPC-AI Advisory Council, the competition brought together 18 student teams from 7 Asia Pacific countries for a 5-month challenge. The competition yielded winning solutions that can improve the real-life accuracy for weather forecasts and image recognition. Participants utilized NSCC Singapore’s ASPIRE 1 (Singapore’s only Petascale Supercomputer) and were able to perform multiple and complex calculations and simulations, processing ImageNet dataset and CONUS 2.5km data in under ten minutes. Read more in the Media Release.
Pawsey enters its first international agreement with Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre
April 3, 2018The National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore is Pawsey’s first international partner as NSCC and Pawsey signs an MOU to boost HPC scientific collaboration. Read more in the Media Release.
SupercomputingAsia 2018 (SCA18) Kicked Off with Focus on How Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing Converge to Transform the Way We Live
March 27, 2018Co-organised by the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore and HPC-AI Advisory Council, the competition brought together 18 student teams from 7 Asia Pacific countries for a 5-month challenge. The competition yielded winning solutions that can improve the real-life accuracy for weather forecasts and image recognition. Participants utilized NSCC Singapore’s ASPIRE 1 (Singapore’s only Petascale Supercomputer) and were able to perform multiple and complex calculations and simulations, processing ImageNet dataset and CONUS 2.5km data in under ten minutes. Read more in the Media Release.
NVIDIA and NSCC to Set Up First Shared AI Platform for Singapore National Programmes
October 24, 2017NVIDIA and Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) today signed an agreement to establish a platform to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities among its academic, research and industry stakeholders and in support of AI Singapore (AISG), a national programme set up in May to drive AI adoption, research and innovation in Singapore. Called AI.Platform@NSCC, it will provide AI training, technical expertise and computing services to AISG, which brings together all Singapore-based research and tertiary institutions. Read more in the Media Release.