Resources

Brand assets, curricula, data & repositories

Every HackHPC event has its own GitHub repository (source for its event site). Browse the full organization on GitHub, or jump to these standing resources:

Brand Guide

HackHPC brand assets

Official HackHPC logo files and brand colors for presentations, posters, and project materials. The blue intertwined figures represent shared infrastructure and teamwork; the orange center is a focal point for ideas, energy, and impact.

View & download logo assets
HackHPC logo mark
Logo Mark
HackHPC square logo
Square Logo
HackHPC logo with wordmark, for light backgrounds
Logo + Wordmark
HackHPC logo with wordmark, for dark backgrounds
Logo + Wordmark (Dark)

Brand Colors

HackHPC Electric Blue #0277FA
Compute Cyan #06A1FC
Deep HPC Blue #022292
Royal Blue #0954C7
Signal Orange #FD741E
Sky Blue #8CC2E7

Primary typeface: Inter (fallback: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif). Full guidance in the HackHPC Brand Guide.

Mentor Directory

Mentor Gallery

Profiles of the experienced professionals and academics who guide, inspire, and mentor HackHPC participants across events.

Curriculum

Certified Hackathon International Professional

A curriculum defining training sessions on standards, logistics, tools, and methods for becoming a capable hackathon organizer or consultant.

Resource List

PEARC26 HPC Resources

Curated list of HPC resources compiled for the PEARC26 Student Program.

FacultyHack Modified Courses

39 courses redesigned with HPC & science gateways

Every FacultyHack@Gateways cohort redesigns a real course to integrate high-performance computing, AI, and science gateway resources — from intro programming to bioinformatics to public administration. Browse what faculty have built:

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CSC 1311

Java Programming

Winston-Salem State University

Identify target course & HPC resources; modify course outline; write lab exercises; poster work. (Best Poster Award)

Data Science I

Yvonne Phillips & Alfred Watkins (affiliation not fully listed)

Get Data Science initiative help enrolling students in HPCC course; create curriculum to implement a tree-based model using a cluster.

Data Mining and Machine Learning

Mohamed Elbakary & Sheryl Bradford (affiliation not fully listed)

Create course description and implementation schedule.

Principles of Distributed Software Systems; Introduction to Programming for Science Majors

Felicia Doswell (affiliation not fully listed)

Integrate CS with scientific computing (Python, science problems, data analysis, ML); identify use cases; develop/refine course descriptions; find textbooks/materials.

Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors

La Tasha Roberts & Gina Bullock (affiliation not fully listed)

Create course description; simple program for accounting info; module on securing data / data breaches.

CS425; CS457

Parallel Programming and Algorithms; Wireless and Mobile Security

Kettering University

Integrate HPC with cybersecurity, cryptography & ML; identify ORNL/HPC resources; create/refine course schedules & hands-on labs.

CSCI 5306

(Flexible HPC course for students/faculty/staff)

Texas A&M University–San Antonio

Flexible 1–16 week course (lectures, homework, labs); build scripts for HPC environment; customizable modules.

MATH 3390

Computational and Mathematical Biology

Jarvis Christian University

Redesign course using HPC/Science Gateways open sources; build website; pilot Spring 2024; surveys/evaluations.

Undergraduate Intro to Data Science (module)

Southern Oregon University

Add module using Jupyter Notebooks in the cloud with large dataset (and GPUs if possible) for ML model training; Jetstream2 possible.

ECE 101

Introduction to Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jackson State University

Expand Intro to Computers module to include HPC; introduce cloud services (GitHub, AWS); show need for HPC professionals.

(Cybersecurity-related; ThreatTracker)

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Project site and syllabus materials for cybersecurity/HPC integration.

CISS 3342

Computer Forensics

Our Lady of the Lake University

Incorporate HPC into the digital forensics curriculum; make the course accessible across disciplines; lectures + hands-on labs/scripts in an HPC environment.

CS423

Survey of Computer Science

Mississippi Valley State University

Introduce basic cybersecurity & HPC concepts; practical labs for accelerating crypto/ML tasks and analyzing datasets.

CSC551

Parallel and Distributed Computing

Jackson State University

Access HPC resources; understand architecture; large datasets; sample parallel projects (OpenMP, MPI, OpenACC) in C++.

BTEC620

Data Science

Claflin University

Use HPC resources with ML datasets; understand HPC environment; create cluster account and run pipelines.

BIOL3506

Bioinformatics

Albany State University

Introduce basic programming/HPC early; HPC-heavy project modules later; final exam as HPC project; local GPU supercomputer setup.

PHS410

Terrorism Disasters and Epidemics

Elizabeth City State University

Access/use large databases; analyze data; collect real-time local data; use science gateways.

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Mississippi Valley State University

Introduce commercial codes (SolidWorks, Ansys Fluent); introduce & integrate HPC; obtain HPC system access.

CSC3055

Operating Systems with Linux

Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

Include HPC components; introduce HPC resources/environments; develop HPC lab exercises & projects.

CSCI-2300

Computational Informatics I

Albany State University

Add HPC component (e.g., DNA analysis examples); give students access to HPC portal.

CSCI1010

Introduction to Programming I

Austin Peay State University

Use classroom-friendly gateways (Jetstream2, Cornell Virtual Workshop, HPC Carpentry); improve course with HPC perspectives, generative AI support, parallelism concepts, supercomputing connection.

CPAD 503

Research Methods and Data Analysis

Clark Atlanta University

Use R & Python; supervised/unsupervised learning; Jetstream2; create reproducible projects.

SBIO 404 B

Ecology

Southern University A&M College

Incorporate EcologyPlus & PlantScience; improve visualization of ecological data with SGX3 resources; generative AI; revise course.

412

General Biology

Southern University and A&M College

New ways to visualize plant physiology data with SGX3 resources; enhance engagement; incorporate AI for learning support.

GPUs for Massively Parallel Mechanistic Modeling

University of Pittsburgh

Set up student JetStream2 VMs; ACCESS allocations; teach C++ exercises in web IDE; train students to package projects.

CMP 224

Intro to Programming

Voorhees University

Introduce SGX3 resources (Jetstream2); core programming concepts, problem-solving, clean code.

CMP 431

Cyber Security

Voorhees University

Integrate Jetstream2 into modules and assignments.

BIOL 522

Bioinformatics for NGS Data Analysis

Elizabeth City State University

Enable use of science gateway tools (EDGE-Bioinformatics, Microbial Genomes Atlas, Searching the SRA); AI/ML feasibility; integrate/visualize results; sustainable framework for new tools.

DS 400; DS 422

Bayesian Stats Geocomputation

Chaminade University of Honolulu

GitHub Classroom + professional portfolios; larger datasets; Bayesian applications in climate modeling; EOSDIS gateway; JetStream VMs.

DATA 500

Intro to Open Source Future: Decolonizing Technology & Data Sovereignty

Howard University

Understand local open-source tools, OS, automations, and ethical computing vs digital colonialism; tour open-source data skills via JupyterLab, Metabase, Python for Environmental Justice analysis; critical analysis of big tech power. Science Gateway: Jetstream2 JupyterHub; VMs and Guacamole emulation.

SBIO 221B

Anatomy & Physiology

Southern University A&M College

Integrate science gateway resources into teaching/research; expand student access to computing tools, data, and hands-on learning; provide training/support. Science Gateway: BioDigital Human and Jupyter for visualization, data analysis, and interactive learning in the lab.

CMP 224

Intro to Computing

Voorhees University

Increase access via Jetstream2 VMs; integrate generative AI for code generation, debugging, explanation, and problem solving; develop authentic computational projects. Science Gateway: Jetstream2 + AI tools for accessible, scalable computing experiences.

CSC 291

Introduction to Python Programming

Hampton University

Introduce programming with HPC perspectives; explore resources/datasets for reproducible projects; train students to integrate and visualize results from science gateway platforms. Science Gateway: Jetstream2, Cornell Virtual Workshop, HPC Carpentry.

CMP 334

Computer Architecture

Voorhees University

Understand computer architecture; integrate cloud architecture concepts; analyze how architecture principles support AI workloads (processors, memory, storage, parallel computing, AI accelerators); cover on-prem vs cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS). Science Gateway: Jetstream2 for experimenting with CPU/GPU/memory/storage impact on AI workloads.

LAN 120.300

IoT Fundamentals (no prereqs)

Moraine Valley Community College

Introduce entry-level IoT students to science gateways, public datasets, Jetstream2, Jupyter, cloud, and HPC; develop notebook/visualization skills; run/modify code and visualize IoT/industrial data; introduce AI anomaly detection/cybersecurity; transfer skills to a sensor-based final project.

404B

Ecology

Southern University A&M College

Develop beginner-friendly CURE module guiding biology majors through ecological question development, data exploration, visualization, and interpretation; use Louisiana-focused datasets (wetlands, biodiversity, climate, water quality, coastal change); guided CloudBank/Jupyter activities. Science Gateway: NAIRR CloudBank Classroom.

CPAD 504

Economics and Data Science for Public Administrators

Clark Atlanta University

Reinforce economic concepts with public-sector applications; develop analytical skills with equations/data/quantitative methods; build R proficiency; integrate AI responsibly (SGX2 Gateways LLMs, Claude, Codex); apply real-world datasets. Science Gateways: Jetstream2, CloudBank, SGX3/SGX2 LLMs, ORNL Datasets, etc.

UFOR 271

Environmental Science

Southern University and A&M College

Develop four scaffolded CURE activities on urban heat and environmental resilience in Baton Rouge/South Louisiana; guide Discovery – Visualization – Analysis – Interpretation using gateway datasets + student field data; HPC Carpentry intro; reusable notebooks and authentic products (report, poster, community brief). Science Gateway: ACCESS CloudBank Classroom JupyterHub.

CAP-4620

Artificial Intelligence

Florida A&M University

Evaluate open-weight LLMs students can deploy/fine-tune/benchmark on HPC via science gateways; curate domain datasets and pre-configured environments; map gateway-hosted datasets to course modules (clustering, CV, NLP). Science Gateway: National Research Platform (NRP) to compare unsupervised models vs Google Colab.

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Data Sources

51 open data sources for hack projects

Public and government datasets frequently used for HackHPC and FacultyHack projects, spanning global, national, state, and regional sources.

51 sources shown

World Bank Open Data

Free and open access to global development data

CIA World Factbook

The World Factbook

Global Open Data Index

Search for national datasets

Eurostat

European statistics

Open Data (UK)

United Kingdom open data

Data.gov

Home of the US government's open data

SEER Datasets

National Cancer Institute

NOAA

Weather data links

Census.gov

US Census

BLS Datasets and API

US Bureau of Labor Statistics

FiveThirtyEight Datasets

Journalism-driven public datasets

Missouri Data Portal

State of Missouri data portal

data.georgia.gov

Georgia government open data

Open Georgia

Transparency in government spending

GDOT Data

Georgia Department of Transportation data

OASIS and PHIP

Georgia Department of Public Health

GADOE Data & Reporting

Georgia Department of Education

St Louis Open Data

City of St. Louis open data

St. Louis Regional Data Exchange

Regional data exchange

Open Government St. Louis

St. Louis County open data

Code For Atlanta (GitHub)

Code For Atlanta open data links

Code For Atlanta Homepage

Code For Atlanta brigade site

Knoema Georgia Data

Georgia-specific datasets on Knoema

Atlanta Regional Commission

Regional planning data

Atlanta GIS Data

City of Atlanta GIS data

DataAtlanta

One-stop shop for Atlanta's data transparency efforts

Focus On Results Atlanta

Downloadable data (linked at bottom of page)

Police Data Initiative

Data for 130 local law enforcement agencies

Inside AirBnB

Regional AirBnB datasets

Twitter Developer Docs

Twitter API/data docs

Global Petrol Prices

Global energy price datasets

Climate.gov

Climate datasets

Wunderground

Weather API (requires account)

IMF Data

Macroeconomic and financial data

WTO Bulk Downloads

World Trade Organization trade datasets

CDC

Center for Disease Control

FBI Data Tables

UCR/NIBRS crime data

COVID-19 Data Repository (JHU CSSE)

Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data

Google Dataset Search

Search engine for datasets

BigQuery Public Datasets

Google Cloud Platform public datasets

Registry of Open Data on AWS

Amazon Web Services datasets

Microsoft Research Open Data

Datasets by category

Awesome Public Datasets (GitHub)

Curated list of public datasets

Reddit r/datasets

Community-shared datasets

BuzzFeedNews (GitHub)

BuzzFeed News open datasets

ProPublica Data Sets

Journalism datasets (some free)

ProPublica Datastore APIs

ProPublica APIs (some free)

Kaggle

Community dataset platform

Data.world

Dataset platform (requires account)

Knoema

Global data platform (requires account)

No data sources match your search.

Resource Library

171 curated resources for science gateways, HPC & AI

A shared library of science gateways, computing platforms, dev tools, datasets, AI tools, communities, and career resources, compiled from the FacultyHack@Gateways 2026 resource page.

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Science Gateways (5)

CISA

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency providing cybersecurity guidance, alerts, best practices, and educational materials.

DesignSafe-CI

NSF cyberinfrastructure supporting natural hazards research with cloud storage, HPC, data management, and collaboration tools.

projectEUREKA!

Browser-based Science Gateway platform that enables instructors and researchers to provide HPC applications without requiring Linux expertise.

Science Gateways Catalog

Searchable directory of Science Gateways across many scientific disciplines. Useful for discovering existing gateways and classroom examples.

Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI)

National organization that provides training, consulting, software, and community support for developing and sustaining Science Gateways.

Computing & Infrastructure (22)

ACCESS

NSF-funded program providing researchers and educators access to national supercomputers, storage, GPUs, and training.

Amazon SageMaker

Fully managed platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cloud computing platform with extensive HPC and data services.

Anvil Supercomputer

Purdue Research Computing Access (RCAC)'s high-performance computing facility. Features peta-scale computing, data storage, and visualization resources for research across all disciplines.

Apptainer

Open-source container platform designed for HPC and scientific computing. Successor to Singularity, enabling reproducible, portable computing environments for research workflows.

AWS Educate

Amazon's educational program providing cloud learning resources, labs, and credits for students and educators.

Google Cloud Platform

Google's cloud computing services for compute, storage, and ML.

Google Cloud Skills Boost

Interactive cloud learning platform with guided labs covering Google Cloud, AI, Kubernetes, and data analytics.

Google Colaboratory

Free cloud-hosted Jupyter Notebook environment with optional GPU and TPU access. Excellent for classroom activities.

HPC-ED

Federated repository for discovering and sharing HPC training materials, curriculum, and workforce-development resources, part of NSF's CyberTraining initiative.

Jetstream2

NSF-supported research cloud providing virtual machines for education, research, software development, and teaching.

marimo

Programmable notebook environment with reactive, live-updating notebooks for data exploration and collaboration. Improved reproducibility over traditional formats.

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft cloud platform for computing, databases, and AI services.

NAIRR Pilot Portal

The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot portal managed by SGX3 for the NSF to share computing and AI resources across the research community.

NRP (National Research Platform)

Provides accessible cloud-based computational resources, data science tools, and computing infrastructure for researchers and students across all disciplines.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

U.S. Department of Energy laboratory that hosts leadership-class supercomputers and advanced research facilities.

OLCF Documentation

Documentation for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility covering system access, software, and tutorials.

PATh/Open Science Pool

Open Science Pool provides a massive, shared pool of computing resources for research and education. PATh connects researchers to these distributed computing resources across academic and cloud environments.

SciServer

Collaborative scientific computing platform providing browser-based notebooks, datasets, and computing resources.

TACC Analysis Portal (TAP)

Web-based interface for launching HPC applications and workflows directly from a browser without command-line experience.

Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing

University HPC center offering computing resources, documentation, and training materials.

Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)

One of the world's leading academic supercomputing centers offering HPC systems, consulting, training, and educational resources.

Programming & Software Development (14)

Anaconda

Python distribution that simplifies installation of scientific computing libraries and development environments.

Git Novice Introduction

Software Carpentry course introducing version control with Git.

GitHub

Industry-standard platform for version control, collaboration, issue tracking, and software development.

GitHub Codespaces

Cloud-hosted development environment that allows students to begin coding without installing software locally.

GitHub Hello World

Official beginner tutorial for learning GitHub workflows, repositories, commits, branches, and pull requests.

GitHub Markdown Reference

Complete guide to GitHub Flavored Markdown syntax.

GitHub Pages

Free static website hosting service integrated with GitHub repositories. Ideal for course and project websites.

Introduction to GitHub

Interactive GitHub training course for beginners.

Jupyter

Interactive notebook platform supporting Python, Julia, R, and other languages for data science and education.

Markdown Cheatsheet

Quick reference for Markdown syntax, distinct from the Markdown Guide above.

Markdown Guide

Comprehensive reference for writing Markdown documentation used in GitHub repositories.

Posit Cloud

Cloud-based environment for R and Python development (formerly RStudio Cloud).

Software Carpentry

International organization offering workshops and curriculum for scientific programming and reproducible research.

VS Code

Lightweight, powerful source code editor with built-in debugging.

Web Development & Design (23)

10 Usability Heuristics

Nielsen's classic principles for good user interface design.

4 Rules for Intuitive UX

Essential guidelines for creating intuitive user experiences.

Canva

Online drag-and-drop design tool for creating presentations, posters, graphics, and UI mockups.

CSS Cheat Sheet

Reference guide for CSS properties, layouts, and styling techniques.

D3.js

JavaScript library for producing dynamic, interactive data visualizations in web browsers using SVG, HTML5, and CSS.

Docsy

Documentation theme for Hugo designed for technical documentation and educational websites.

Figma

Collaborative browser-based interface design and prototyping platform.

Font Awesome

Free icon library commonly used in modern web development.

HTML Cheat Sheet

Quick reference guide covering common HTML tags and syntax.

Hugo

Fast static site generator suitable for documentation and educational websites.

JavaScript Cheat Sheet

Handy reference for JavaScript syntax, functions, and programming concepts.

Jekyll

Static site generator used by GitHub Pages to build documentation and educational websites.

Jekyll + GitHub Pages Setup Guide

Guide to creating and deploying sites with Jekyll and GitHub Pages, complementing the Jekyll site above.

Jekyll Themes

Collection of themes for rapidly creating GitHub Pages websites.

Learn UI Design

Educational resource teaching modern interface and visual design principles.

Liquid Template Language

Templating language used by Jekyll for dynamic content generation.

Nielsen Norman Group

Industry-leading research and guidance on usability, user experience, and interface design.

Origami Studio

Advanced prototyping tool developed by Meta for interactive UI design.

Wikidata

Free, open structured knowledge base storing semantic relationships for Wikipedia and beyond; queryable via SPARQL.

Wikipedia / MediaWiki API

Web API for accessing Wikipedia content — articles, links, categories, revision history, and metadata programmatically.

wikipedia-api (Python)

Lightweight Python wrapper for the MediaWiki API simplifying Wikipedia article retrieval, link traversal, and category extraction.

YAML

Official YAML language specification and documentation used for GitHub Actions and Jekyll configuration.

YAML Tutorial

A friendlier walkthrough of YAML syntax for configuration files and data, complementing the official spec above.

Data Science & Visualization (21)

Beautiful Soup

Python library for parsing HTML and XML to scrape and extract structured data from web pages.

Chart Chooser

Interactive tool to help select the right visualization type.

Dash

Python framework for building interactive web dashboards using Plotly.

Dash Deployment Guide

Official documentation for deploying Dash applications to production environments.

HackHPC Datasets

Collection of datasets provided for HackHPC projects.

Kaggle

Data science and machine learning community platform with datasets, competitions, and hosted Jupyter notebooks with free GPU access.

Matplotlib

Comprehensive Python library for creating static, animated, and interactive 2D plots and charts.

NetworkX

Python library for building and analyzing complex networks and graphs; supports PageRank, centrality metrics, and community detection.

NumPy

Fundamental Python package for scientific computing with N-dimensional arrays, linear algebra, and random number generation.

Openscapes

Training materials promoting reproducible, collaborative, and open science workflows.

Pandas

Fast, flexible Python library for data analysis and manipulation using DataFrame structures.

Plotly

Python and JavaScript visualization library for creating interactive charts and dashboards.

Plotly (Python)

Python-specific documentation for the Plotly interactive graphing library, complementing the general Plotly site above.

Python

General-purpose, high-level programming language widely used for data science, machine learning, and AI development.

PyVis

Python wrapper around vis.js for building interactive, browser-based network graph visualizations.

R for Data Science

Free online textbook introducing modern data science techniques using R.

scikit-learn

Open-source Python library for machine learning, offering simple, efficient tools for classification, regression, clustering, and more.

TensorFlow

Open-source end-to-end platform for machine learning, with tools for building, training, and deploying deep learning models at scale.

Tidy Data Paper

Foundational paper by Hadley Wickham explaining principles for organizing data for analysis.

Towards Data Science

Collection of articles, tutorials, and datasets covering machine learning and data science topics.

XGBoost

Gradient boosting ML library optimized for speed and performance; highly praised for tabular data analysis and prediction.

AI Tools & Resources (27)

Abundant Frontier Institute (AFI)

Nonprofit bridging the technology gap through hands-on experiential learning — empowering educators at under-resourced institutions to teach AI and emerging technologies, and helping organizations build internal AI capability through project-based training.

AI Credits Directory

Community-maintained index of free AI API credits, GPU grants, and cloud programs, including instant-signup providers and student-specific offers.

AI Perks Free API Credits Guide (2026)

Step-by-step guide to aggregating over $10,000 in free AI API credits from OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Cerebras, Groq, and more.

AI Squared Student Program (UNIFI)

Free access to AI Squared's UNIFI platform for students, for building, deploying, and integrating AI applications with existing business systems.

Anthropic

AI safety company creating Claude and other language models.

Cerebras Cloud (Inference API)

Ultra-fast LLM inference on Wafer-Scale Engine hardware, with 1,000,000 free tokens per day, permanently. No .edu email, credit card, or waitlist required.

Exa AI (Neural Search API)

Neural search and web crawling API for AI agents and research workflows, with structured search results and full-page content extraction. $10 in free credits on student signup.

Free AI Tools GitHub List

Community-maintained, curated list of free and low-cost AI tools, LLM APIs, IDEs, agent frameworks, and infrastructure options.

Free.ai Education

Unified AI platform giving students Pro-tier access to hundreds of AI tools and models, including GPT-4o, Claude, and Gemini. Includes 500,000 tokens/month and full API access; no credit card required. Requires a .edu email to sign up, re-verified monthly.

GitHub Student Developer Pack

Bundle of 100+ professional developer tools, AI coding assistants, and cloud credits, including GitHub Copilot Pro (with Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4.1 access), Azure and DigitalOcean credits, and JetBrains IDEs. Requires .edu email or school ID verification, 1-3 business day approval.

Google AI Studio (Gemini API)

Google's developer environment for the Gemini model family, with a generous free API tier. No .edu email or credit card required — sign in with any Google account for an instant API key.

Google Gemini

Google's advanced AI assistant for creative work.

Groq Cloud

High-speed LLM inference on Groq LPU hardware, with roughly 500K-1M free tokens/day across Llama, Qwen, and DeepSeek models. No .edu email or credit card required.

Hugging Face

Open-source platform for machine learning models and datasets.

LM Studio

Desktop app for discovering, downloading, and running local large language models with a graphical interface, no coding required.

Microsoft Copilot

AI assistant powered by OpenAI technology.

Ollama

Tool for running open-source large language models locally on your own machine, with a simple command-line interface and model library.

OpenAI

Leading AI research lab with ChatGPT and other models.

OpenRouter

Unified API gateway routing to 315+ models across providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral) through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. 50 free requests/day across 32+ free models; no .edu required.

Perplexity + Comet (1-Year Bundle)

Perplexity's Comet browser plus a full year of Pro access, free for students who verify with a .edu email (normally a $240/year value).

Perplexity AI

AI-powered search and research engine.

Perplexity Pro (Education Plan)

AI-powered search and research assistant with deep citations, file uploads, and access to GPT-5, Claude Sonnet, and Gemini Pro. One month of Pro free on .edu signup via SheerID verification, then $10/month.

Qwen

AI chat platform from Alibaba featuring the Qwen family of language models.

StudentOffers — AI & ML Directory

Curated directory of verified student discounts and free offers across AI and ML tools, including API credits and unified gateways. Most offers require .edu email verification.

StudentOffers — Free LLM API Proxy

Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible proxy aggregating free-tier API keys from 11+ providers across 60+ models — over 1 billion free tokens per month from a single endpoint. Requires setting up your own accounts with each underlying provider.

xAI Grok API

API access to xAI's Grok models, with $25 in free one-time API credits on signup. Students with a .edu email also get 60 days of SuperGrok premium chat access free.

Z.ai

AI chat platform from Zhipu AI featuring the GLM family of language models.

Organizations & Communities (18)

ACCESS Campus Champions

National network of research computing advocates helping researchers and students access ACCESS cyberinfrastructure resources, training, and technical expertise.

ACM

Association for Computing Machinery — the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. Student memberships, SIGs, and conferences.

ACM SIGHPC

ACM's Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing. Career support through awards, fellowships, and travel grants; hosts conferences including SC; operates chapters building diverse participation in HPC.

Black in AI

Global community broadening Black representation in AI through conferences, workshops, mentorship, and career development.

CaRCC (Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation)

Coalition advancing research computing and data careers through professionalization, workforce development, and community building. Career tracks, mentoring, and working groups.

HackHPC

Community focused on hackathons, HPC education, and workforce development through collaborative learning.

IEEE Computer Society

IEEE Computer Society advancing computing theory and practice. Student memberships and specialized technical committees.

Latinas in STEM

Advancing Latinas in scientific and technical careers through mentoring, advocacy, scholarships, and professional development.

MS-CC (Minority Serving Institutions Cyberinfrastructure Consortium)

Consortium supporting cyberinfrastructure capacity building at Minority Serving Institutions. Develops CS/IT programs and research infrastructure at HBCUs, MSIs, community colleges.

NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers)

The largest and most visible member-serving organization committed to the success and academic achievement of Black engineers. Offers mentorship, professional development, career fairs, and HPC/scholarship programs.

Omnibond Systems

Company developing projectEUREKA! and research computing software solutions.

Open HPC

Industry consortium driving HPC infrastructure innovation through open-source collaboration. Provides standardized HPC distributions, interoperability specifications, and a community platform for vendors, researchers, and users to advance HPC systems and software.

PathwaysToScience.org

Comprehensive hub connecting Indigenous, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and LGBTQ+ students and professionals with STEM career resources, fellowships, conferences, and funding.

SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science)

Leading STEM organization advancing Hispanic and Native American scientists. Provides mentorship, professional development, networking events, and scholarships at all career stages.

SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)

The world's largest resource for empowering the Latinx community to achieve their goals as engineers and scientists. Offers conferences, scholarships, career fairs, and professional development.

University of Tartu

European research university with active HPC and computational science initiatives.

US-RSE (Research Software Engineering Association)

Professional organization for Scientific Computing and Research Software Engineering. Offers networking, professional development, job opportunities, and community building.

Women in HPC (WHPC)

International community supporting women and underrepresented groups in HPC through mentoring, networking, leadership development, conferences, and career opportunities.

Careers & Opportunities (16)

ACCESS Careers

ACCESS career board listing computing and cyberinfrastructure positions at academic and research institutions nationwide.

Benjamin Gilman Scholarship

A scholarship program (provided by the U.S. Department of State) providing funding for students engaging in study abroad opportunities.

CaRCC HR Job Family Matrix

Framework for research computing and data career paths, including salary benchmarks and job family definitions.

Chicago Quantum Exchange Job Board

A dedicated job board to browse and sign up for alerts regarding entry-level jobs and internships in quantum computing, sensing, and networks.

Cloudbank ACCESS

A computational resource allocation service provided by the ACCESS program.

DOE CSGF

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship for Ph.D. students using high-performance computing in science and engineering research. Provides a $45,000 annual stipend, full tuition, and a research practicum at a DOE laboratory.

Google Summer of Code (GSoC)

Google's program for undergraduate students worldwide to contribute to open source development with mentorship.

HPCWire

Leading publication covering the high-performance computing industry, news, insights, and thought leadership.

NASA SEED

NASA Space Engineering Research and Design program for undergraduate and graduate students on real NASA missions.

NCAR Internships

High-performance computing and data science internship opportunities at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

NSF GRFP

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for STEM students pursuing research-based careers.

NSF REU Search Tool

Advanced search tool to find NSF-funded REU sites beyond the main listing page. Filter by state, institution type, discipline, and funding source.

NSF REU Sites

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program listing undergraduate research internships at US institutions.

Open Quantum Initiative (OQI) Undergraduate Fellowship

A 10-week, fully funded summer research opportunity placing students at quantum research sites across the Midwest, including a $7,000 stipend and travel coverage.

Q-Ready Program

An online program that helps students and postdocs explore quantum careers, prepare for career paths, and meet scientists hiring for these roles.

SULI Program (Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships)

A Department of Energy (DOE) program that offers hands-on research internship opportunities for undergraduates at national laboratories.

Training & Education (14)

ACCESS Workshops

Workshops and training events covering HPC, data science, visualization, and cyberinfrastructure tools.

BSSW - Formal Course Resources for Learning About HPC

Argonne/Sandia-curated article compiling university courses and educational materials on high-performance computing.

The Carpentries - Adopting HPC Carpentry

Carpentries blog post on strategies, lessons learned, and resources for institutions adopting HPC Carpentry workshops.

Google AI Professional Certificate

Google's online professional certificate covering foundational AI and ML concepts — prompt engineering, LLMs, and practical AI applications.

HSF Training - Singularity Container Training

High Energy Physics community's training material on Singularity containers for HPC. Covers container basics, workflows, data management, and security.

Intro to HPC - SLURM Training (Cambi)

Free online self-study module covering SLURM workload manager basics — job submission, resource requests, batch scripting, squeue/sinfo/sbatch commands, and job arrays.

NCAR Explorer Series

Public lectures and educational outreach materials published by NCAR.

NCAR PI-WRF Teaching Box

Educational resources and teaching boxes provided by NCAR for weather modeling.

NCSA Learn

NCSA's free online learning portal featuring self-paced courses on HPC, Linux, Python, Git, CUDA, and research computing.

Quantum Education Landscape (RIT)

An overview of programs, courses, minors, and majors focused on quantum information science and engineering at various institutions.

Quantum Learning Resources

Do-it-yourself educational resources to practice and learn quantum coding using kits like IBM's Qiskit and Xanadu's Pennylane.

SGX3 Fall & Spring Training

Upcoming advanced computational training sessions (Fall runs Oct-Dec, Wednesday nights) offering a $500 stipend to students, continuing the education from the summer Coding Institute.

TACC Undergraduate & Graduate Education

Texas Advanced Computing Center's education programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Includes REU programs, training workshops, graduate fellowships, and hands-on research experiences.

WeTeachCS

An educational program run by TACC designed to prepare K-12 teachers for computer science certifications.

Conferences (8)

HPDC (High-Performance Parallel Computing)

ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, the premier venue for research on clusters, grids, clouds, and multicore computing systems.

IEEE Cluster Computing

IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing. Covers cluster computing architectures, middleware, algorithms, and applications for scientific and commercial use.

IEEE IPDPS (International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium)

IEEE Computer Society's premier symposium on parallel and distributed processing, featuring technical sessions, workshops, tutorials, and exhibits.

ISC High Performance

International conference and exhibition for high-performance computing, data analytics, and networking. Major European HPC conference with global participation.

PEARC (Practical and Extreme Computing Conference)

Flagship conference for research computing professionals and students. Offers tutorials, short courses, and student travel support.

SC (Supercomputing Conference)

Premier international conference for HPC, data analytics, and supercomputing. Largest gathering of HPC professionals worldwide with technical sessions, exhibitions, and networking.

SIAM CSI (Computing in Science and Engineering)

SIAM conference showcasing computational research across engineering, science, and mathematics. Bridges theory and practice in computational methods.

SIAM PP (Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing)

SIAM conference focused on parallel computing for scientific computing. Brings together researchers developing parallel algorithms and applications.

Hackathon (3)

Hack the Hackathon

Global community of hackathon organizers, participants, and researchers exploring how hackathons foster scientific collaboration, learning, and civic engagement through yearly workshops, virtual community spaces, and shared resources.

HackHPC Code of Conduct

Community standards and expected behavior for HackHPC events.

HackHPC Past Events

Archive of past HackHPC hackathon events and results.

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Event Repositories

All 32 event site repositories

Every event listed in the Events Archive links to its own GitHub repository from its event card. For the complete, always-current list of every repository in the organization (including in-progress and internal ones not listed here), browse GitHub directly.