On the sunny afternoon of 29 July 2021, the Special Interest Group for High-Performance Computing (SIGHPC) of the Joint Universities Computer Centre (JUCC) met at the City University of Hong Kong and visited CityU’s newly installed High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility, the CityU Burgundy.  The SIGHPC is set up to share knowledge and insights on high-performance computing.

During the tour, Mr Manfred Chan, Senior IT Manager of CityU, shared how the University’s data centre fitted in to support the stringent provision of the CityU Burgundy, and Dr Dominic Chien, Senior Scientific Officer of CityU, elaborated the apparatus and queuing design of the CityU Burgundy.

After the tour, the SIGHPC held a hybrid meeting to share the updated knowledge on HPC with institutions who could not join on-site, participants included:

• City University of Hong Kong
  Mr Adams Chan, Mr Roger Wong, Mr Patrick Yeung, Mr Manfred Chan, Dr Dominic Chien
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Mr Nicky Leung, Mr Jim Law
• Lingnan University
  Dr Bennie Wong, Dr Wai Man Cheung
• The University of Hong Kong
  Ms Lilian Chan
• University of Macau
  Mr Stanley Seak, Mr Jacky Chan, Mr Patrick Chiu
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  Mr Samuel Poon
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Mr Alan Wong
• Hong Kong Baptist University
  Mr Morris Law
• The Education University of Hong Kong
  Mr YK Cheung
• Vocational Training Council
  Mr Terence Yip
• Tung Wah College
  Mr Raymond Lui
• Caritas Institute of Higher Education
  Mr Steven Lam, Mr Kenny Sin

The meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm.