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NUS IT Report Card 2024 Hitting the High Notes in Perfect Harmony

This year, two notable High Performance Computing (HPC) systems were deployed : ‘Hopper’ and ‘Vanda’. The state-of-the-art ‘Hopper’ HPC system significantly enhances the university’s capacity for compute-intensive scientific workloads. The advanced infrastructure empowers researchers and students to perform complex computations and data analyses with unprecedented speed and accuracy. This capability is essential for cutting edge AI research and applications, playing a crucial role in advancing NUS’ position as a leader in AI innovation both in Singapore and globally. Additionally, as part of a research collaboration with the Sustainable Tropical Data Center Testbed (STDCT) project at NUS, we deployed the ‘Vanda’ HPC system, which incorporates advanced cooling technologies. This deployment demonstrates significant power and water savings, highlighting NUS’ commitment to sustainability goals.

The Hopper HPC system suppor over 30 high-priority and high impact research projects, inclu Graph Neural Networks, large-s fMRI models, weather pattern prediction and protein folding.