Georgia Tech, like many other universities, has been addressing the challenge of preparing students for the evolving IT job market, particularly with the emergence of generative AI (genAI).
In collaboration with Nvidia, Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering has developed the AI Makerspace supercomputer, featuring 20 Nvidia HGX H100 servers equipped with 160 Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs.
These GPUs are incredibly powerful, with a single Nvidia H100 GPU capable of performing a multiplication operation in just one second, a task that would take the school’s 50,000 students 22 years to complete. This technology provides students and faculty with access to cutting-edge genAI, AI, and machine learning tools, prompting the introduction of new AI-focused courses and minors at Georgia Tech.
Recently unveiled, the AI Makerspace supercomputer will initially benefit engineering undergraduates at Georgia Tech, with plans to expand access to students across all disciplines in the future.
Computerworld interviewed Matthieu Bloch, the associate dean for academics at Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering, to discuss how the new AI supercomputer will shape the education of the next generation of AI experts.
2024-05-01 11:09:10
Article from www.computerworld.com