NVIDIA GPU Education Centre at UTAR

The Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT) at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) has been named a GPU Education Centre by NVIDIA, the world leader in visual computing, based in the United States of America.

GPU Education Centres are recognised institutions that have integrated GPU computing techniques into their mainstream computer programming curriculum. GPU computing leverages the parallel processing capabilities of GPU accelerators and enabling software to deliver dramatic increases in performance for scientific, data analytics, consumer, and enterprise applications.  UTAR has been recognized based on its demonstrated commitment to advancing the state of parallel education with GPU technology and the CUDA parallel programming model.

As a GPU Education Centre, UTAR will have access to a number of benefits, including teaching materials, NVIDIA parallel programming experts and resources, NVIDIA GPU hardware, and the CUDA Cloud Training Platform. GPU Education Centres were formerly known as CUDA Teaching Centres.

FICT Dean Dr Liew Soung Yue explained, “We initiated the application process last month and NVIDIA granted us the status after reviewing our subject syllabus. We are going to include GPU computing curriculum in one of our subjects in FICT.”

He further added, “As a GPU Education Centre, UTAR will be identified on NVIDIA’s website, which can help boost the university’s profile in terms of industry collaboration. The students can get access to the latest GPU computing technologies.”

Dr Liew also said that FICT hopes to promote state-of-the-art technologies such as GPUs to students, be it postgraduates or undergraduates, to enhance the University’s research profile.