Theta Network welcomes the prestigious Hongik University as the 21st academia customer of EdgeCloud…

Theta Network welcomes the prestigious Hongik University as the 21st academia customer of EdgeCloud Hybrid

We’re pleased to announce that the High-Performance Data Processing & Analysis Lab at Hongik University, led by Associate Professor Eun-Sung Jung, has joined as a new Theta EdgeCloud customer and research partner.

The lab specializes in scalable computing platforms for AI, distributed systems, IoT, and cloud-native architectures. It has received support from organizations such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in Korea, Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), the Korea Meteorological Institute, and Argonne National Laboratory (US). Prof. Jung’s team bridges academic study with practical systems engineering, conducting impactful research across high-performance and data-intensive environments.

Through this partnership, the lab will leverage Theta EdgeCloud Hybrid, the world’s first decentralized hybrid GPU platform, to accelerate research in AI model training, big data workflows, and real-time IoT systems.

“Theta’s EdgeCloud Hybrid is a valuable resource for pushing the limits of our data-driven research,” said Prof. Eun-Sung Jung. “With high-performance and highly cost-effective GPU capacity readily available, we can accelerate our work across AI/ML, big data infrastructure, and edge-based IoT analytics. Not all of our AI jobs require centralized high powered GPUs and that’s where EdgeCloud’s NVIDIA 3000s and 4000s GPUs are particularly attractive.”

Accelerating Innovation in AI, Big Data, and IoT

The High-Performance Data Processing & Analysis Lab at Hongik University focuses on designing intelligent systems that solve large-scale computing problems in both academic and industrial contexts. Their research spans:

• High-Performance Computing for AI/ML
  Scalable training of large AI/ML models, on-device machine learning, and hybrid classical/quantum learning frameworks.
• Cloud Computing for Big Data
  Development of hyper-converged containerized platforms, dynamic resource provisioning, and efficient storage systems using SSD/NVRAM.
• IoT Data Analysis
  Deep learning-based time-series prediction, lightweight AI for edge devices, and SDN-enabled IoT data flow optimization.

Expanding a Global Research Network

Hongik University joins a distinguished global network of academic institutions using EdgeCloud hybrid, including Stanford University, Seoul National University, KAIST, NTU Singapore, and professional partners like the NBA’s Houston Rockets. The partnership underscores Theta’s mission to support open, scalable AI development through decentralized compute.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Jung and his team to the Theta EdgeCloud ecosystem,” said Mitch Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of Theta Labs. “The primary reason Hongik University selected EdgeCloud over other platforms is the availability of high-performance NVIDIA A100s and H100s and highly cost-effective community run NVIDIA 3090s, 4070s/4080s/4090s which became available in the GPU marketplace on June 25.”

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