NTU HPC/AI

Team Supernova

We are students, problem-solvers, and innovators brought together by a shared interest in HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING and AI. We learn, build, compete, and grow as one community.

Meet the team

Current Members

Current member

Gu Boyuan

President

HPC - Humans Prompting Computers

Member since 2025Computer ScienceYear 3

Competition Experience

🏆ISC 2026 Onsite - 1st
🥈ISC 2026 Virtual - 2nd
SC 2025 Onsite
HPC-AI 2025

Current member

Billy Cao

Vice-President

I am interested in GPU performance engineering. Interning at SemiAnalysis.

Member since 2025Computer ScienceYear 2

LinkedIn Email

Competition Experience

🏆ISC 2026 Onsite - 1st
🥈ISC 2026 Virtual - 2nd

Current member

Zi Hao Wee

Honorary General Secretary

I'm a final year Computer Engineering student passionate in performance focused systems. Beyond academics I enjoy read and writing poetry and playing basketball. Also, I built this website lol.

Member since 2026Computer EngineeringYear 4

LinkedIn Email

Competition Experience

🏆ISC 2026 Onsite - 1st

Current member

Yuma Ochi

Financial Controller

My ambition is to build my own parallel file system.

Member since 2025Data Science & Artificial IntelligenceYear 2

LinkedIn Email

Competition Experience

🏆ISC 2026 Onsite - 1st
🥈ISC 2026 Virtual - 2nd
🏅HPC-AI 2025 - Excellent AI Performance

Current member

Pham Ngoc Quang

Logistics Manager

Interested in hardware-aware optimization for accelerated computing workload. Interning at NTU HPC Centre.

Member since 2026Electrical and Electronics EngineeringYear 2

Competition Experience

🏆ISC 2026 Onsite - 1st
🥈ISC 2026 Virtual - 2nd

Current member

Gangula Karthik

Head of Publicity

I'm interested in MLSystems and accelerating model inference

Member since 2025Data Science & Artificial IntelligenceYear 2

LinkedIn Email

Current member

Ruofei Gao

Events Coordinator

I'm interested in HPC and AI applications.

Member since 2026Computer ScienceYear 2

LinkedIn Email

Current member

Zhu Zhanyan

Member

Results-driven Software Engineer with a strong foundation in Data Engineering and Artificial Intellegence applications.

Member since 2025Computer ScienceYear 4

LinkedIn Email

Competition Experience

🏆 ISC 2026 Onsite - 1st
🥈 ISC 2026 Virtual - 2nd
SC 2025
ISC 2025

Current member

Yong Rui Jie

Member

I make tech do stuff! When it's not doing stuff I repair it...

Member since 2025Computer EngineeringYear 4

Competition Experience

HPC-AI 2025 - 8th Place

Current member

Joey Lim

Member

I build software, move data around, and occasionally move myself at the gym.

Member since 2026Computer ScienceYear 4

Current member

Liu Jiaye

Member

Member since 2026

Current member

Tang Cheng Cheong

Member

Member since 2026

Alumni

Nattapol Chanpaisit

HPC Performance Engineer Intern at National Supercomputing Centre Singapore

Class of 2026

Competition Experience

🥉 ISC 2024 Virtual - 3rd
🥈 HPC-AI 2023 - 2nd

Alumni

Natthakan Saeng-nil

Quantitative Research Intern at Quantedge

Class of 2026

Alumni

Danxu Zhang

System Engineer at NSCC Singapore

Class of 2025

Competition Experience

🏅 SC 2024 Onsite - Highest LINPACK Award
🥉 ISC 2024 Virtual - 3rd
🥉 HPC-AI 2023 - 3rd

Alumni

Duong Ngoc Yen

Machine Learning Engineer at Blue Raven AI

Class of 2025

Competition Experience

🏆 ISC 2023 Virtual - 1st
🥈 SC 2022 Onsite - 2nd
🏆 HPC-AI 2023 - 1st

Alumni

Woon Yee Ng

Master's Student in Advanced Computer Science at University of Cambridge

Class of 2025

Competition Experience

🏅 SC 2024 Onsite - Highest LINPACK Award
🥉 ISC 2024 Virtual - 3rd
🥈 HPC-AI 2024 - 2nd
🏅 HPC-AI 2024 - Best AI Performance

Alumni

Dao Xian Ding

Master's Student in Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles

Class of 2024

Alumni

Ruisi Wang

Researcher at SenseTime

Class of 2024

Competition Experience

🏆 ISC 2023 Virtual - 1st
🥈 SC 2022 Onsite - 2nd

Alumni

Yihang Luo

PhD Student at MMLab@NTU

Class of 2024

Competition Experience

🏆 ISC 2023 Virtual - 1st

Alumni

Rachanon Wachakorn

Master's Student in Robotics at Georgia Institute of Technology

Class of 2023

Competition Experience

🥈 HPC-AI 2023 - 2nd

Alumni

Shenghao Yang

Systems Administrator at Jump Trading LLC

Class of 2022

Competition Experience

🥈 ISC 2021 Virtual - 2nd

Alumni

Yiyang Shao

Engineering Manager at ClickHouse

Class of 2019

Alumni

Ziji Shi

PhD Candidate in Computer Science at National University of Singapore

Class of 2019

Competition Experience

🥈 ISC 2018 Onsite - 2nd
🏆 SC 2017 Onsite - 1st
🏅 SC 2017 Onsite - Highest LINPACK Award

Alumni

Siyuan Liu

Systems Administrator at Jump Trading LLC

Class of 2018

Competition Experience

🏆 SC 2017 Onsite - 1st
🏅 Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal 2018 - NTU

Our community continues

Team Supernova

Current Members

Gu Boyuan

Competition Experience

Billy Cao

Competition Experience

Zi Hao Wee

Competition Experience

Yuma Ochi

Competition Experience

Pham Ngoc Quang

Competition Experience

Gangula Karthik

Ruofei Gao

Zhu Zhanyan

Competition Experience

Yong Rui Jie

Competition Experience

Joey Lim

Liu Jiaye

Tang Cheng Cheong

Nattapol Chanpaisit

Competition Experience

Natthakan Saeng-nil

Danxu Zhang

Competition Experience

Duong Ngoc Yen

Competition Experience

Woon Yee Ng

Competition Experience

Dao Xian Ding

Ruisi Wang

Competition Experience

Yihang Luo

Competition Experience

Rachanon Wachakorn

Competition Experience

Shenghao Yang

Competition Experience

Yiyang Shao

Ziji Shi

Competition Experience

Siyuan Liu

Competition Experience

Distinguished Alumni