The 2024 Kunpeng & Ascend Innovation Competition Boot Camp (Hangzhou) was successfully held in July, attracting 120 core developers from 16 universities participating in the Smart Base project collaboration. Over five days of intensive hands-on practice, 23 students from the School of Computer Science and Technology at HUST participated, with five of them receiving awards. Zhang Yubo, Yuan Jiayu, and Long Tianyun were named Outstanding Participants, while Nie Zhihe and Lu Haopin received the Kunpeng and Ascend "Golden Ideas" awards, respectively. HUST had the most awardees of any participating university, with six Kunpeng and six Ascend "Golden Ideas" awardees and 17 Outstanding Participants recognized overall.
The boot camp featured lectures delivered by Kunpeng and Ascend evangelists, covering topics such as the MindSpore framework, Orange Pi development boards, Kunpeng development kits (Devkit), Kunpeng boards, Ascend's heterogeneous computing architecture (CANN), and Ascend C operators. Additionally, participants engaged in specialized research and development testing on platforms like OpenMind and EulerCopilot.
The Kunpeng & Ascend Innovation Competition boot camp recruits developers from universities collaborating on the Ministry of Education-Huawei "Smart Base" industry-academia integration project. The goal is to immerse students in real-world development challenges, allowing them to gain hands-on experience and hone their problem-solving and application skills in a practical industry environment. By aligning academic talent with the needs of Kunpeng and Ascend industries, the boot camp strengthens the ecosystem for university developers, providing pathways for students to transition into industry roles. The event also enhances the competition's influence, attracting top talent and supporting the advancement of industrial technology ecosystems.
The boot camp fostered interaction between top students, cutting-edge technologies, and industry projects. Through a combination of theoretical learning and project-based practice, participants gained a deep understanding of Ascend-related technologies, including accelerator hardware, heterogeneous computing frameworks, AI frameworks across different application scenarios, programming languages, and high-level applications.
The School of Computer Science and Technology at HUST remains committed to providing students with high-quality educational resources by integrating academia, industry, and research. The School continually enhances students' technical expertise and practical skills through innovation platforms and professional practice opportunities. Students are encouraged to actively participate in industry practice events to engage with industrial innovation and prepare to lead in the digital intelligence era.
