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Mentoring Undergraduates Through Competition Does the Student Cluster Competition model work? November 18, 2015 SC15 Austin, Texas Doug.Smith@lasp.Colorado.edu University of Colorado Cluster Challenge Team Established

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Mentoring Undergraduates Through Competition

November 18, 2015 SC15 – Austin, Texas Doug.Smith@lasp.Colorado.edu

Does the Student Cluster Competition model work?

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University of Colorado Cluster Challenge Team

Established December 2006
Competed in 6 SC competitions
Special Recognition SC08
Highest Linpack winner SC09
Competed in 4 ISC competitions
Grass roots organization/voluntary participation
Total number of students involved to date: 27
Total number of majors involved: 9
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Economics
Applied Mathematics
Anthropology
Astronomy
Engineering Physics
Developmental Biology
physics

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University of Colorado Cluster Challenge Team

Merits:

Hands on experience with new technology
Cross-over experience with many different courses and scientific disciplines
Exposure to industry experts, mentoring, and career opportunities
Significant extracurricular academic activity
Learning to work in a group as well as individually
Exposure to peers at other universities and from other countries
Exposure to academic publication process both in the research phase and

the publication phase

Encourages creative thinking and brainstorming
Directly applicable work skills

Limitations:

Time
Money
Equipment and facilities

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‘Do "extracurricular" activities, such as the Student Cluster Competition, provide sufficient return on investment?’

Directly employed in HPC

2 Former students working at Oakridge National Lab
2 Former students working in Research Computing at University of

Colorado

2 Former students working in HPC at Intel
1 Former student at Cognilytics/CenturyLink
1 Former student at Google

Students returning to SC as a part of their job post graduation = 5 Students currently in or finished graduate school in HPC related field = 5 100% graduation rate!

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Sponsors of the University of Colorado Cluster Challenge Team