Introduction
Join us for the seventh edition of CyberColombia's International School series, focusing this year on the dynamic field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This event is designed to provide students, researchers, and professionals from both the private and public sectors with in-depth technical talks and hands-on training. Participants will gain valuable insights and practical skills in using high-performance computing (HPC) technologies.
Learning Objectives
- Develop an understanding of the fundamentals of parallel computing, including computer architecture, race conditions, threads and processes, as well as performance metrics.
- Gain familiarity with the basic principles of programming in C/C++, covering syntax, compilation, and tools such as Make and CMake.
- Be introduced to parallel programming using OpenMP and multithreading concepts, aiming to leverage multiple processing cores.
- Become acquainted with distributed programming using MPI, including point-to-point communication and collective operations in distributed memory systems.
- Explore modern tools such as Dask for high-level parallel programming oriented toward large-scale data analysis.
- Gain insight into how high-performance computing may integrate with artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Host Universities
The event will be held in-person in the different reception sites:
Site | Application | Contact |
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá) | Apply | doctoradoing@udistrital.edu.co |
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Boyacá) | on-site | jorge.otalora@uptc.edu.co |
Universidad Autonoma de Occidente (Cali) | Apply | ohmondragon@uao.edu.co |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá) | Apply | wfoquendop@unal.edu.co |
Universidad de Cartagena (Cartagena) | on-site | pringsistemas@unicartagena.edu.co |
Universidad EAFIT (Medellín) | Apply | akcastror@eafit.edu.co |
Universidad Javeriana (Bogota) | Apply | zine@javeriana.edu.co |
Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla) | Apply | ccpinilla@uninorte.edu.co |
Universidad de Medellín (Medellín) | on-site | jpfernandez@udemedellin.edu.co |
Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) | Apply | aa.vivas@uniandes.edu.co |
In addition, you can contact Aurelio Vivas: aa.vivas@uniandes.edu.co
Important dates
Event | June 16 - 18, 2025 (GMT-5) |
Format
In-Person
Programme
Meet the detailed program and speakers resume here
Data and Materials
- Cloud-Native Scientific Data at Scale: Efficient Access and Analysis with Zarr in HPC Environments - Alfonso Ladino-Rincon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Building and Evolving a Multilingual LLM from Scratch - Javier Aula-Blasco (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)
- Parallel Computing Fundamentals (Tutorial) - Carlos Alvarez (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
- C++ Fundamentals (Tutorial) - Carlos Alvarez (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
- Parallel Programming with OpenMP (Tutorial) - Jose Monsalve (Advanced Micro Devices)
- Convergencia HPC & IA (Tutorial) - Carlos Alvarez (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
- State of IA Accelerators - Sid Raskar (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Distributed Programming with MPI (Tutorial) - Esteban Hernadez (CyberColombia)
- Parallel and Distributed Programming with Python (Tutorial) - Aurelio Vivas (Universidad de los Andes), Alfonso Ladino (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Partners

Speakers & Mentors
Alfonso Ladino-Rincon, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Javier Aula-Blasco, PhD
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Siddhisanket (Sid) Raskar, PhD
Argonne National Laboratory
Aurelio Vivas, PhD(c) Universidad de los Andes
Esteban Hernández, PhD
CyberColombia
Jose Monsalve, PhD Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Carlos Álvarez, PhD Tecnológico de Monterrey
Organizing Committee
Aurelio Vivas, PhD(c)
Esteban Hernández, PhD
Jose Monsalve, PhD
Carlos Álvarez, PhD
Co-organizers
Dr. Clara Bermudez Universidad Nacional
Dr. William Oquendo Universidad Nacional
Dr. Edison Valencia Universidad Eafit
Dr. Elvis Gaona Universidad Distrital
Dr. Carlos Pinilla Universidad del Norte
Dr. Camilo Espejo Universidad del Norte
Dr. Oscar Mondragon Universidad Autonoma de Occidente
Msc. Helmut Rubio Universidad Autonoma de Occidente
Dr. Juan Torres Universidad Javeriana
Dr. Juan Fernandez Universidad de Medellín
Dr. Javier Montoya Universidad de Cartagena
Msc. Amaury Cabarcas Universidad de Cartagena
Dr. Jorge Otalora Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Dr. Andres Medaglia Universidad de Los Andes
Dr. David Álvarez Universidad de Los Andes
Dr. Harold Castro Universidad de Los Andes
CyberColombia Scholarship Awardees
Angela Perdomo Universidad Industrial de Santander
Cristian Pacheco Universidad del Valle
Karen Castañeda Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Natalia Remolina Unaffiliated
Sergio Rojas Universidad Iberoamericana
Jhonathan Guerrero Universidad Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Santiago Olave Universidad del Valle
Student Volunteers
Name | University |
---|---|
Alan Escamilla | Universidad de Cartagena |
Sebastian Abdala | Universidad de Cartagena |
Andrés Arnedo | Universidad de Cartagena |
Jaime Navarro | Universidad de Cartagena |
Kevin Martínez | Universidad de Cartagena |
Cristian Palacio | Universidad de Cartagena |
Cristian Camilo Castro Castellanos | Universidad Distrital |
Richar Javier Chia Jiménez | Universidad Distrital |
Laura Milena Perez Herrera | Universidad Javeriana |
Karem Ruiz Araujo | Universidad Javeriana |
Hernán David de la Torre Castro | Universidad del Norte |
Juan Esteban Pérez Cardozo | Universidad del Norte |
Darcy Vanessa Mina Carabalí | Universidad Autónoma |
Miguel Angel Rojas Garreta | Universidad Autónoma |
Cristian Celis | Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia |
Luis Rodriguez | Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia |
Harold Alvarado | Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia |
Jhojan Stiven Zea Fernández | Universidad de Medellín |
Luis Carlos Arenas Villamizar | Universidad de Medellín |
David López Rivera | Universidad de Medellín |
Santiago Rodriguez Mojica | Universidad EAFIT |
Sebastian Adair Amaya Ceballos | Universidad EAFIT |
Juan Manuel Gomez Piedrahita | Universidad EAFIT |
Sebastian Andres Uribe Ruiz | Universidad EAFIT |
Julian Estiven Valencia Bolaños | Universidad EAFIT |
Jose Alejandro Cubillos Munoz | Universidad de los Andes |
Isaac David Bermudez Lara | Universidad de los Andes |
AMD Day 2025
AMD Day is a co-located event we’re organizing with AMD to discuss topics related to parallel computing architectures and Programming Models for AI Applications.
Visit the AMD Day 2025 website