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DESCRIPTION:Have you got what it takes to tackle real world AI problems? T
 his supercomputing challenge for undergraduate and postgraduate taught st
 udents starts with a crash course for beginners\, ready for challenges in
  conjunction with industry experts!\n\nhttps://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/e
 nts/event/1525/\n
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LOCATION:Main Lecture Theatre and study space\, Aston Webb building
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SUMMARY:BEAR Challenge 2025
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URL:https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/1525/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><base href="https://studentevents
 .bham.ac.uk"></head><body><p>Have you got what it takes to tackle real wo
 rld AI problems? This supercomputing challenge for undergraduate and post
 graduate taught students starts with a crash course for beginners\, ready
  for challenges in conjunction with industry experts!</p>\n<img src="http
 s://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/asset/Event/6030/https___cdn.evbuc.com_image
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 ight=100&resize_type=ResizeFitAllFill" alt="Groups of students sit around
  small tables working on laptops" style="float:left\;width:100\;height:10
 0\;" />\n<p>https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/1525/</p>\n<p><a 
 href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/bear">Advanced Research Computing</a> 
 are back with the ever popular BEAR Challenge! <a href="https://www.event
 brite.co.uk/e/bear-challenge-2025-tickets-1234719241489?aff=uobxtra">Appl
 y now</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For undergraduate and postgraduate taught students\,
  this is your chance to gain experience using a High Performance Computin
 g (HPC) system. As a team of six&nbsp\;students\, you&#39\;ll take part i
 n a series of challenges held over three days from Tuesday 24 - Thursday 
 26 June\, which will see you getting dedicated access to resource within 
 <a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.baskerville.
 ac.uk/" href="https://www.baskerville.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Baskerville
 </a>\, the University&#39\;s Tier 2\, national supercomputer with 208 GPU
 &rsquo\;s.</p>\n\n<p>We&rsquo\;ll start the Challenge off with a crash co
 urse in how to use Baskerville\,&nbsp\;followed by several challenges to 
 complete\, with prizes for the highest scoring team at the end of the thr
 ee days!&nbsp\;The challenges will include data science and artificial in
 telligence tasks using Baskerville&rsquo\;s state of the art GPUs. We wan
 t to challenge you and for you to learn about High Performance Computing 
 (HPC) systems and techniques!</p>\n\n<p>The challenges will be run in con
 junction with industry experts from some of the leading technology compan
 ies in the HPC field\, plus members of Birmingham&rsquo\;s Advanced Resea
 rch Computing team. You&#39\;ll also have the opportunity to hear talks&n
 bsp\;on careers in HPC from leaders in the field.&nbsp\;<a href="https://
 blog.bham.ac.uk/bear/2024/07/16/reflections-on-the-bear-challenge-2024/">
 Find out more about the BEAR Challenge 2024 from student Ivan</a>.</p>\n\
 n<p>So\, if you are interested in finding out more about High Performance
  Computing and the career possibilities available\, then the BEAR Challen
 ge is for you!&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.c
 o.uk/e/bear-challenge-2025-tickets-1234719241489?aff=uobxtra">Apply now</
 a>&nbsp\;- applications close Friday 30 May!</strong></p></body></html>
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