New Mexico
Supercomputing Challenge
Elementary, middle, and high schools students learn how to use powerful computers
to analyze, model, and solve real world problems and
work on some of the most powerful computers in the world!
(a rare opportunity in the U.S. that is actually possible here in New Mexico.
thanks Los Alamos National Labs and the extraordinary supercomputers
and intensive science and technology resources that are here)
to analyze, model, and solve real world problems and
work on some of the most powerful computers in the world!
(a rare opportunity in the U.S. that is actually possible here in New Mexico.
thanks Los Alamos National Labs and the extraordinary supercomputers
and intensive science and technology resources that are here)
Prepare for the information based economy,
strengthen critical thinking,
and enjoy project-based learning in science and engineering.
With special thanks to Los Alamos National Labs.
Monday, April 23, 2018
Supercomputing Challenge Expo
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Awards Ceremony
About the Supercomputing Challenge
During one school year, teams of students complete science projects
using high-performance supercomputers.
Grades 6-12
Team = 5 students and a sponsoring teacher
Choose a single computational project to work on
based on a "real-world" problem with measurable components.
Projects that make progress can enter the competition for awards.
Awards = savings bonds, scholarships, and technology equipment
Trophies awarded for:
Teamwork
Best Written Report
Best Professional Presentation
Electronic Search & Browse
Creativity and Innovation
Environmental Modeling
High Performance
Multimedia
Judges’ Special Award.
Kickoff conference
students and teachers learn how to:
use supercomputers,
understand programming languages,
analyze data, write reports and much more.
Sandia National Laboratory also hosts a tour
with talks and demonstrations of technology developed at Sandia.
Project Expo in April at Los Alamos National Laboratory
includes Project showcase and an Awards Ceremony.
Schools Participating in the 2017-18 Challenge
Academy for Techs & Classics
Artesia High School
Atrisco Heritage Academy HS
Capital High School
Century High School
Eldorado
Esperanza Elementary School
Freedom High Alternative School
Gadsen Middle School
Home Schools
Jackson Middle School
Los Alamos High School
Los Alamos Middle School
Los Lunas High School
McCurdy Charter School
Melrose Elementary
Melrose High School
Melrose Middle School
Mesa Middle School
Mesa View Middle School
Monte del Sol Charter
New Futures School
New Mexico School for the Arts
NM Tech Upward Bound Math & Sci.
Nexgen
Pinon Elementary, Santa Fe
Portales High School
Rio Abajo Community Library
Rio Rancho Cyber Academy
Ruidoso Middle School
San Juan College High School
Sandia Preparatory School
Santa Teresa Middle School
Santa Fe High School
Santa Fe Prep
Saturday Science & Math Academy
Shiprock High School
South Valley Academy
South Valley Academy High School
STEM Excellence Academy
Taos High School
Young Women in Computing
Sponsors 2017-18
Primary Partners ($50,000+)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Platinum Partners ($25,000)
Sandia National Laboratories
Gold Partners ($10,000)
Abba Technologies/ Hewlett Packard
Cray Inc
DataONE
Google Computer Science for High School
Google RISE
Lockheed Martin
The MathWorks
Silver Partners ($5,000)
bigbyte.cc and Gulfstream Group
VanDyke Software, Inc.
New Mexico EPSCoR, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Bronze Partners ($2,500)
Albuquerque Journal
Dustin Byford
ClearShark
CAaNES
Fourth Watch Software
Anthony Giancola
Innovate Educate NM
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation
Lobo Internet Services
New Mexico Business Weekly
New Mexico Technology Council
Qforma
Redfish Group
Technology Integration Group
Friends of the Challenge (< $2,500)
Dr. Shaun Cooper, NMSU
The Digital Garage
ideum
Inquiry Facilitators, Inc.
Dr. Lorie Liebrock, NM Tech
OpenEye Scientific
OpenMake Software
New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering
Peggy and Bob Robey
Educational Partners (In-Kind)
The Center for Connected Learning (CCL) and Computer-Based Modeling/NetLogo
Central New Mexico Community College
New Mexico Council for Higher Education Computing/Communication Service (CHECS)
Eastern New Mexico University
MIT Starlogo
New Mexico Computing Applications Center
Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure Development in the Western Consortium of Idaho, Nevada, and New Mexico, NSF Award #0918635
New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico Public Education Department
New Mexico State University
NMSU-Dona Ana Community College
Northern New Mexico College
San Juan College
Santa Fe Community College
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico-Center for Advanced Research Computing
Info and Photos from the SuperComputing Challenge Website
Solving the Rubic's Cube
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The Lower Attractor
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Detecting Climate Change
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Special Thanks to the many
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Supercomputing since 1990!
History
The New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge was conceived in 1990 by former Los Alamos Laboratory Director Sig Hecker and Tom Thornhill, president of New Mexico Technet Inc., a nonprofit company that in 1985 set up a computer network to link the state’s national laboratories, universities, state government and some private companies. Senator Pete Domenici and John Rollwagen, then chairman and chief executive officer of Cray Research Inc., added their support. In 2001, the Adventures in Supercomputing program formerly housed at Sandia National Laboratories and then at the Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center at the University of New Mexico merged with the former New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge to become the New Mexico High School Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge. In 2002, the words “High School” were dropped from the name as middle school teams had been invited to participate in 2000 and had done well. In the summer of 2005, the name was simplified to the Supercomputing Challenge. In 2007, the Challenge began collaborating with the middle school Project GUTS, (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically), an NSF grant housed at the Santa Fe Institute. In 2013, the Challenge began collaborating with New Mexico Computer Science for All, an NSF funded program based at the Santa Fe Institute that offers a comprehensive teacher professional development program in Computer Science including a UNM Computer Science course for teachers.
Summer Teacher Institutes
August 1995, 27 teachers, Los Alamos June 1996, 26 teachers, Portales July
1996, 27 teachers, Las Cruces
July 1997, 47 teachers, Socorro
June 1998, 16 teachers, Highlands-Las Vegas
August 1998, 15 teachers, Highlands-Las Vegas
June 1999, 15 teachers, NMSU-Las Cruces
June 2000, 12 teachers, WNMU-Silver City
June 2001, 19 teachers, NM Tech-Socorro
June 2002, 14 teachers, San Juan College-Farmington
July 2003, 23 teachers, San Juan College-Farmington
June 2004, 11 teachers, Webinar/Highland High-Albuquerque
July 2005, 19 teachers, Alamogordo High School
July 2006, 15 teachers, Santa Fe Indian School
July 2007, 15 teachers, CNM-Albuquerque
July 2008, 34 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2009, 32 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2010, 19 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2011, 33 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2012, 34 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2013, 52 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2014, 23 teachers, New Mexico Tech
June-July 2015, 15 teachers, online course
Important Dates 2016-17
Registration: Sept 1-20, 2016
Submit Proposal: September 1 - October 7
Kickoff at NM Tech in Socorro: October 8-9, 2016
Interim Reports due: Dec 10, 2016
February Project Evaluations: Saturdays
Final Written Report due: April 5, 2017
Expo: April 24, 2017
Awards Ceremony: April 25, 2017
Questions?
Email consult1617@supercomputingchallenge.org
August 1995, 27 teachers, Los Alamos June 1996, 26 teachers, Portales July
1996, 27 teachers, Las Cruces
July 1997, 47 teachers, Socorro
June 1998, 16 teachers, Highlands-Las Vegas
August 1998, 15 teachers, Highlands-Las Vegas
June 1999, 15 teachers, NMSU-Las Cruces
June 2000, 12 teachers, WNMU-Silver City
June 2001, 19 teachers, NM Tech-Socorro
June 2002, 14 teachers, San Juan College-Farmington
July 2003, 23 teachers, San Juan College-Farmington
June 2004, 11 teachers, Webinar/Highland High-Albuquerque
July 2005, 19 teachers, Alamogordo High School
July 2006, 15 teachers, Santa Fe Indian School
July 2007, 15 teachers, CNM-Albuquerque
July 2008, 34 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2009, 32 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2010, 19 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2011, 33 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2012, 34 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2013, 52 teachers, New Mexico Tech
July 2014, 23 teachers, New Mexico Tech
June-July 2015, 15 teachers, online course
Important Dates 2016-17
Registration: Sept 1-20, 2016
Submit Proposal: September 1 - October 7
Kickoff at NM Tech in Socorro: October 8-9, 2016
Interim Reports due: Dec 10, 2016
February Project Evaluations: Saturdays
Final Written Report due: April 5, 2017
Expo: April 24, 2017
Awards Ceremony: April 25, 2017
Questions?
Email consult1617@supercomputingchallenge.org