Boosting HPC and AI Research in Australia: A Case Study of Open Hackathons at NCI.

2025

Boosting HPC and AI Research in Australia: A Case Study of Open Hackathons at NCI.

National Computational Infrastructure (NCI Australia) is a world-class supercomputer and data science hub. It supports high-performance computing (HPC) and AI applications, cloud computing, and data storage on a 100% green grid with over 8000 Australian and international users.

Every year, NCI welcomes more and more AI and ML projects while providing unparalleled support for high-impact HPC applications. To provide continuous development support to its users, NCI holds numerous training sessions and events, including more than 10 past Open Hackathons and Bootcamps in collaboration with NVIDIA and the OpenACC Organization.

The Open Hackathons provide researchers and developers a venue to meet, explore cutting-edge scientific applications and technology use cases, hone ‌their parallelization skills, and deepen their ties with ‌the wider scientific community in Australia and across the world.

NCI Open Hackathons participants — Participants of the 2022 in-person NCI Open Hackathon, source: GPU Hackathon builds researcher skills and software capacity | NCI

Watch Frederick Fung, Staff Scientist, and Training Officer at NCI, discuss the benefits that the NCI hackathons provide to researchers and computational scientists in HPC and AI.

More Hackathons are scheduled in the region throughout 2025. Check out the Upcoming Events section to learn more.

Author

Antonina Sinelnik

Antonina Sinelnik is a program manager for Open Hackathons and Bootcamps. Before joining NVIDIA, she held analytics consulting and strategic planning roles at specialized marketing and advertising agencies, including Nielsen, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Leo Burnett. She holds a Master of Science in Marketing Management, Big Data, and Business Analytics from Bocconi University, Italy.