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
12:50 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
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.
Tuesday, August 19
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
9:00 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Noon
1:00 p.m.
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.
4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
9:00 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Noon
1:00 p.m.
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.
4:00 p.m.
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.
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Noon
1:00 p.m.
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.
4:00 p.m.
Potential Clinical Application of Metabolic Imaging Using GPU
NCSA 1030
5:30 p.m.
Friday, August 22
8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
NCSA Atrium
8:30 a.m.
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.
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