Dear ASC users and friends,
before we go into the summer break, we would like to invite you to our
AI Hackathon in October with an application deadline by 5 August 2025
and update you on a few news concerning ASC/VSC.
* AI Hackathon on 14-23 October 2025
(application deadline 5 August 2025)
* All training events by ASC
* VSC has a new name: ASC - Austrian Scientific Computing
* Welcome on board
(info about the [ASC Training News] mailing list for our (new)
subscribers)
AI Hackathon
14-23 October 2025, 09:00-17:00 CEST
Together with NVIDIA, OpenACC organization, and other partners from the
EuroCC network we are hosting an AI hackathon for teams of at least 3
team members based in EU and/or EuroCC countries who are looking to take
their AI projects to the next level. Teams are expected to bring their
own AI project with a permissive-style open source license to the
hackathon.
Open AI Hackathons are multi-day, intensive hands-on events designed to
help AI and ML engineers and data scientists accelerate, optimize, and
scale their real-world projects leveraging the latest technologies.
The event pairs participating teams with dedicated expert mentors to
enhance the performance, efficiency, and scalability of their
applications using state-of-the-art programming models, libraries, and
tools. Whether you're working on deep learning, data analytics, or model
optimization, this hackathon provides a unique opportunity to push the
boundaries of innovation using an advanced AI and ML infrastructure.
In the application form we need to see a good description of the AI
project together with the goals the team wants to achieve during the
hackathon and a full commitment of the team to not only be present
during the entire hackathon but also a strong will and dedication of the
team to make progress. Each team will get access to enough GPU resources
(A100, H100, GH100, DGX) during the hackathon and will be supported by
at least two expert mentors (one from NVIDIA and one from the EuroCC
national competence centers).
For more details & application (application deadline 5 August 2025):
https://events.vsc.ac.at/e/AI-hackathon-2025-10
Please note that you will be referred to NVIDA/OpenHackathons [1] for
doing the application.
You can also read our Blog [2] about our last Bootcamps and an
invitation to the AI Hackathon.
All training events by ASC
You can already see our "Summer of LLM" course series online. Currently
we are working on the course program for the next training season -
please stay tuned. You can always find all up-to-date course
announcements at:
https://events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
VSC has a new name: ASC - Austrian Scientific Computing
The new name ASC was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the ASC
consortium, which currently includes six universities across Austria. If
you want to get all details, please read our statement on the new name
[3].
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Best regards & enjoy the summer!
ASC training team
Links:
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[1]
https://www.openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/a0CUP000013Tp8f2AC/se000375
[2]
https://www.openhackathons.org/s/article/Boosting-Hands-On-AI-and-HPC-Skill…
[3] https://asc.ac.at/news/2025/news-records/statement-on-the-new-name