Theta secured 21st Academic EdgeCloud Customer
Hongik University and specifically the High-Performance Data Processing and Analysis Lab signed an agreement with Theta EdgeCloud.
This lab focuses on
- Cloud-native architectures
- Distributed systems
- IoT
- and Scalable computing platforms for AI
While their research covers the following areas:
- Cloud Computing for Big Data
Development of hyper-converged containerized platforms, dynamic resource provisioning, and efficient storage systems - High-Performance Computing for AI/ML
Scalable training of large AI/ML models, for both ML, as well as hybrid classical as well as quantum learning frameworks. - IoT Data Analysis
DL using time-series prediction, lightweight AI for edge devices, and SDN-enabled IoT data flow optimization.
Why is a big deal for Theta partnership?
For starters they are highly regarded across the globe, here is a short list of their supporters.
- Argonne National Laboratory (US), located in Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946
- Industry and Energy in Korea
- Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP),
- Korea Meteorological Institute
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Trade
Summary
Theta continues to expand their partner ecosystem. Specifically for EdgeCloud this is their 32nd customer, as stated above and its worth repeating their 21st Academic Customer! That is a massive amount of brain power and GPU power sharing ideas and hardware. Let's hope for some major advancements from this shared project by years end.
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