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Summer School 2008: Accelerators for Science and Engineering Applications: GPUs and Multicores

Monday, August 18, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Registration / Check-in
NCSA Atrium
Noon
Lunch
NCSA Atrium
12:50 p.m.
Welcome
Thom Dunning, director of NCSA and
Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan professor and director of the Virtual School for Computational Science and Engineering

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
1:00 p.m.
Introduction to GPUs and Multicores
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
Chapter 1: Introduction
NCSA 1030
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Introduction to CUDA
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
Chapter 2: CUDA Programming Model
NCSA 1030
3:45 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Wen-Mei Hwu
Robert Brunner, Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Klaus Schulten, Swanlund Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pratap Vanka, Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yan Xu, Microsoft

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
5:30 p.m.
Reception
NCSA Atrium
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
9:00 a.m.
CUDA Threading Model
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
Chapter 3: CUDA Threads
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
CUDA Memory Model
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
Chapter 4: CUDA Memories
NCSA 1030
Noon
Lunch
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Hands-on Lab
A manual is available for download
NCSA 1030
2:30 p.m.
NCSA tour
This optional one-hour tour will feature the GPU cluster students are using during the summer school and a trip through the NCSA's machine room. Space is limited, so please sign up for a tour at the check-in desk.
3:45 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
The Future of Massively Parallel and GPU Computing
David B. Kirk, chief scientist, NVIDIA

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
5:30 p.m.
Reception
NCSA Atrium
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
9:00 a.m.
CUDA Performance Considerations
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Floating-Point Precision and more Performance Considerations
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
Noon
Lunch
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Hands-on Lab
A manual is available for download
NCSA 1030
2:30 p.m.
NCSA tour
This optional one-hour tour will feature the GPU cluster students are using during the summer school and a trip through the NCSA's machine room. Space is limited, so please sign up for a tour at the check-in desk.
3:45 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
SortBenchmark: A Benchmark for Many-core Computing
Naga Govindaraju, senior researcher, Microsoft

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
5:30 p.m.
Brainstorming session
pizza provided
NCSA Atrium
Thursday, August 21, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
8:30 a.m.
Group photo of summer school participants
9:00 a.m.
Case Study - Accelerating Brain Functional Studies
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Case Study - Accelerating Molecular Dynamics Experimentation
John E. Stone, senior research programmer, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
Noon
Lunch
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Hands-on Lab
A manual is available for download
NCSA 1030
2:30 p.m.
NCSA tour
This optional one-hour tour will feature the GPU cluster students are using during the summer school and a trip through the NCSA's machine room. Space is limited, so please sign up for a tour at the check-in desk.
3:45 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
Potential Clinical Application of Metabolic Imaging Using GPU
Keith R. Thulborn, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Illinois at Chicago

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
5:30 p.m.
Reception
NCSA Atrium
Friday, August 22, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
8:30 a.m.
Building GPU Communities
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) using Graphics Processing Units
Aaron Shinn, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NCSA 1030
9:45 a.m.
Student Feedback
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
NCSA Atrium
10:30 a.m.
Sharing of individual or group projects
The project sharing information is available for download
NCSA 1030
12:30 p.m.
Boxed lunches to stay or go
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Future directions and conclusions
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)

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