Agenda
Accelerators for Science and Engineering Applications: GPUs and Multicores

Instructors: Wen-mei Hwu, Sanders-AMD Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and David B. Kirk, chief scientist, NVIDIA Corporation

Teaching assistants: John Stratton, stratton@crhc.uiuc.edu, and Xiao-Long Wu, xiaolong@uiuc.edu

Streaming video of summer school sessions (excluding hands-on lab time) will be available at http://realstream.ncsa.uiuc.edu/gpumulticore. The stream will be activated 10 minutes before each presentation. Windows Media Player is required to view the stream; go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download if you need to download Windows Media Player.

In addition, the University of Illinois at Chicago is hosting a live high-definition feed at its Electronic Visualization Laboratory. Video of some presentations also will be archived on this website, along with summer school presentation materials and problem sets.

Monday, August 18
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.
NCSA 1030
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
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
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
9:00 a.m.
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
NCSA 1030
Noon
Lunch
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Hands-on Lab
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.
David B. Kirk, chief scientist, NVIDIA

Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
5:30 p.m.
Reception
NCSA Atrium
Wednesday, August 20
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
9:00 a.m.
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
Noon
Lunch
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Hands-on Lab
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.
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
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
8:30 a.m.
Group photo of summer school participants
9:00 a.m.
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)
NCSA 1030
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
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
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
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
8:30 a.m.
Streaming video is available (Microsoft .asx)

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
NCSA 1030
12:30 p.m.
Boxed lunches to stay or go
NCSA Atrium
1:00 p.m.
Future directions and conclusions