"Running Supercomputers and Learning AI"... UNIST-KISTI to Host 'Supercomputing Youth Camp'

30 Teams and 90 High School Students Participate...
Developing Practical Skills in Parallel Computing
Four-Night, Five-Day Camp Includes Team Competitions and Special AI Lectures to Inspire Scientific Thinking

The "9th Supercomputing Youth Camp 2025," co-hosted by UNIST (President Park Jongrae) and KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information), will be held at the UNIST campus for five days starting from July 28, 2025.

The camp is designed to discover high school students who have an interest and talent in supercomputers and to nurture them as next-generation scientific talent.

This year, 133 teams from across the country applied, and among them, 30 teams consisting of 90 students are participating.

The students will practice the entire process of parallel computing using the "MyKSC" platform, which is a KISTI supercomputer resource. They will learn basic theory with the Python language and then acquire the principles through actual coding. "MyKSC" is a web-based science portal operated by KISTI.

The camp lectures are conducted by KISTI researchers and are structured at different levels, ranging from basic mathematics to artificial intelligence models. Graduate students from UNIST will participate as teaching assistants to guide the practical sessions.

In addition, the participants will take on assigned tasks as teams. The camp will be conducted in a competition format, and teams will be comprehensively evaluated based on their problem-solving skills, collaboration, and implementation results. Outstanding teams will receive awards.

There will also be special AI lectures by UNIST faculty to broaden scientific thinking. Professor Kim Cheolmin from the Department of Physics will give a lecture on "Natural Intelligence That AI Tried to Imitate," and Professor Ahn Hyemin from the Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence will speak on "The Possibility of Coexistence Between Robots and Humans."

This camp began in 2015 and is now in its ninth year. Program graduates have shown high satisfaction in career exploration and preparation for university admission.

Baek Chungki, Director of the UNIST Supercomputing Center, stated, "High school students will experience the infinite possibilities of supercomputing firsthand by performing calculations and experiments themselves," and added, "I hope this experience will serve as a foundation for their growth as future scientists."

UNIST-KISTI 2025 9th Supercomputing Youth Camp Poster.