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 Thu, 07. Mar. 2024   Rothe, Hannes

Student founders get their own GPU cluster to build AI prototypes

Unlock your AI potential with our GPU cluster at Place Beyond Bytes - your gateway to transforming bold ideas into real-world solutions as a student entrepreneur.

We have been ambitious in supporting aspiring digital entrepreneurs at the university. I believe this is a vital way to solve the big challenges of our time with cutting-edge tech. Solving such issues is major reason, why we founded the Place Beyond Bytes last year.

Among the many challenges that entrepreneurs face with AI products, compute resources and the skills to use them are a particular bottleneck that hold students back.

I see a lot of computer science and information systems students trying to train #machinelearning models on their laptops, or using all AWS/GCloud credits that they can get a hand on. With the new GPU cluster, we provide any student who becomes a member of Place Beyond Bytes or who attends our ML/AI classes with the compute resources necessary to process their complex models, and work on innovative prototypes that solve important problems.

--- What is a GPU cluster? ---
A GPU cluster combines multiple Graphical Processing Units that accelerate the development of AI products, enabling students to efficiently process large datasets and train complex models quickly. This setup is crucial for advanced AI projects, offering the computational power necessary for rapid innovation and experimentation.

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Thanks to the new computer science faculty at Universität Duisburg-Essen and GUIDE - Zentrum für Gründungen und Innopreneurship der Universität Duisburg-Essen, esp. Pedro and Bernhard, for their ongoing support!

Special thanks to Projektträger Jülich (PtJ)Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (namely, funding line ZSL), and Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW (namely, funding line Exzellenz Start-up Center.NRW) for their financial support!