Open-Source AI / HPC Education

HiCAIN Train. Build. Operate.

High-performance Computing, AI & Networking — open-source academic courses and training for the full modern AI/HPC stack. Delivered through the HiCAIN Academy learning platform.

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student@hicain ~ — perftest on the lab fabric

# Run an RDMA write benchmark on the VDC virtual fabric
$ ib_write_bw -d hicain0 --report_gbits gpu-node-02

 #bytes  iterations  BW peak[Gb/sec]  BW avg[Gb/sec]  MsgRate
 65536      1000        198.41           197.06        376184

# Inspect the virtual HCA — looks like real Mellanox to userspace
$ ibv_devices
    device           node GUID
    ------         ----------------
    hicain0        0x1ed5cafe00000001

# That was the HiCAIN Academy "Intro to RDMA" lab.
# All software. No hardware required.

The AI/HPC Skills Stack — Taught Properly

HiCAIN covers the full modern AI/HPC software stack — from GPU programming and high-speed networking to distributed training. Each course pairs theory with hands-on labs you can run on a laptop.

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GPU Computing

CUDA and ROCm programming, memory models, SIMT execution, kernel optimisation, and multi-GPU workloads.

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High-speed Networking

InfiniBand, RDMA/RoCEv2 over Ethernet, DCB (PFC/ETS/ECN), and the OFED stack from verbs up to application transports.

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Distributed Computing

Open MPI collectives, NCCL/RCCL communication patterns, and the practical engineering of multi-node training jobs.

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HiCAIN Academy

Full learning management system — structured courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, progress tracking and certificates of completion.

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VDC-Powered Labs

Hands-on labs run inside the PacketFive Virtual Datacenter simulation stack — a complete software-emulated AI/HPC cluster.

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Open Source

All HiCAIN training material and the underlying LMS platform are open source under permissive licences — for educators, learners and contributors alike.