KISTI promotes its first training program to build HPC-based data utilization infrastructure for ASEAN member states (AMS)

 The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) announced that it will conduct the first KISTI-ASEAN Data & AI Training Program for HPC from February 10 to 14, aiming to build HPC-based infrastructure for data utilization over a five-day period.

 The Building HPC Infrastructure and HPC Capacity for ASEAN Data Utilization project, supported by a $10 million budget from the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF) over four years (from September 2024 to 2028), aims to foster key talents in AI and data utilization. By transferring KISTI's expertise in HPC utilization to ASEAN countries, the project seeks to enhance their ability to leverage data through supercomputing infrastructure, research networks, and the National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS) to advance science and technology in ASEAN member states (AMS).

 The training program under this project is designed to train a total of 160 professionals over four years, with two sessions per year, each accommodating 20 participants, for a total of eight sessions.

 Through this training program, KISTI plans to nurture experts in AMS that lack HPC infrastructure, leveraging its expertise in HPC operations and AI technologies to help bolster their scientific and technological competitiveness.

 The training program includes the following courses: ▲4th Industrial Revolution (Focusing on AI); ▲Linux Training; ▲Machine Learning Model with Teachable Machine; ▲Understanding Supercomputer (5th) & Utilization; ▲Supercomputing Utilization; ▲High Performance Supercomputing Networking; ▲Introduction of NTIS and Usage; ▲Supercomputing for AI.

 Sik Lee, President of KISTI, stated, “We hope this training program will contribute to fostering key HPC talents in ASEAN and further serve as a foundation for strengthening Korea-ASEAN cooperation in science and technology.”