Fourth INFN International School on: "Architectures, tools and methodologies for developing efficient large scale scientific computing applications" ESC12 - Bertinoro (Forlì-Cesena) Italy 21-27 October 2012

Name: Fourth INFN International School on: "Architectures, tools and methodologies for developing efficient large scale scientific computing applications" ESC12 - Bertinoro (Forlì-Cesena) Italy 21-27 October 2012
Start: 2012-10-21T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2012-10-27T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Bertinoro

21 Oct 2012, 16:00 → 27 Oct 2012, 15:00 Europe/Rome

Bertinoro

Description

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Sunday 21 October
- Registration and Welcome
- 20:30
  
  Welcome Dinner
Monday 22 October
- Session 1
  - 1
    
    Welcome and opening remarks
    
    Speaker: Dr Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)
  - 2
    
    Concepts of performance and efficiency
    
    Speaker: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University)
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    Modern processors and related optimisation topics - Part 1
    
    Speaker: Mr Sverre Jarp (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 10:40
    
    Coffee break
  - 4
    
    Modern processors and related optimisation topics - Part 2
    
    Speaker: Mr Sverre Jarp (CERN)
  - 5
    
    Introduction to Performance tuning tools
    
    Speaker: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University)
    
    Slides
  - 12:40
    
    Lunch break
  - 6
    
    Floating point computation: accuracy, optimization, vectorization (with exercises)
    
    Speaker: Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    Floating point computation: accuracy, optimization, vectorization (with exercises)
    
    Speaker: Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)
  - 15:45
    
    Coffee break
  - 8
    
    Floating point computation: accuracy, optimization, vectorization (with exercises)
    
    Speaker: Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)
    
    exercises
  - 9
    
    Floating point computation: accuracy, optimization, vectorization (with exercises)
    
    Speaker: Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)
- 20:30
  
  Dinner
Tuesday 23 October
- Session 2
  - 10
    
    Efficient C++ coding
    
    Speaker: Dr Sebastien Binet (LAL/IN2P3)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Efficient C++ coding
    
    Speaker: Dr Sebastien Binet (LAL/IN2P3)
  - 10:10
    
    Coffee break
  - 12
    
    Exercises - Basic C++ optimisations
    
    Speaker: Dr Sebastien Binet (LAL/IN2P3)
  - 13
    
    Exercises - Basic C++ optimisations
    
    Speaker: Dr Sebastien Binet (LAL/IN2P3)
  - 12:40
    
    Lunch break
  - 14
    
    The Memory Crisis
    
    Speaker: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University)
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    How memory allocation works
    
    Speaker: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University)
  - 15:45
    
    Coffee break
  - 16
    
    Exercises - Memory Allocations
    
    Speaker: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University)
  - 17
    
    Exercises - Memory Allocations
    
    Speaker: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University)
  - 18
    
    Evening lecture: "Writing better software with the new C++ standard"
    
    Speaker: Dr Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)
    
    Slides
- 20:30
  
  Dinner
Wednesday 24 October
- Session 3
  - 19
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
    
    Speakers: Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University), Dr Sebastien Binet (LAL/IN2P3), Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)
  - 20
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
  - 10:10
    
    Coffee break
  - 21
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
  - 22
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
  - 12:20
    
    Lunch break
  - 23
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
  - 24
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
  - 25
    
    Exercises (Floating Point, Memory use, C++)
- 17:00
  
  Social tour
  
  VISIT TO "TERRA DEL SOLE"
  
  Bus departure at 17.00
- 20:30
  
  Social dinner
  
  Casa Artusi Restaurant
Thursday 25 October
- Session 4
  - 26
    
    Parallel programming theory
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    An introduction to OpenMP
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
    
    Slides
  - 10:10
    
    Coffee break
  - 28
    
    Synchronization in OpenMP
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 29
    
    Work sharing constructs
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 30
    
    The OpenMP data environment
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 12:50
    
    Lunch break
  - 31
    
    OpenMP tasks
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 32
    
    OpenMP Memory model
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 16:00
    
    Coffee break
  - 33
    
    A survey of programming models
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 34
    
    A survey of programming models
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 35
    
    Evening Lecture: "SEJITS: embedded specializers to turn patterns-based designs into optimized parallel code" - Timothy G. Mattson (Intel)
- 20:30
  
  Dinner
Friday 26 October
- Session 5
  - 36
    
    Introduction to OpenCL
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 37
    
    Introduction to OpenCL
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 10:10
    
    Coffee break
  - 38
    
    Introduction to OpenCL
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 39
    
    Introduction to OpenCL
    
    Speaker: Dr Tim Mattson (Intel)
  - 12:50
    
    Lunch break
  - 40
    
    I/O Efficiency
    
    Speaker: Vincenzo Maria Vagnoni (BO)
    
    Slides
  - 16:00
    
    Coffee break
  - 41
    
    I/O Efficiency
    
    Speaker: Vincenzo Maria Vagnoni (BO)
  - 42
    
    Announcements
    
    Speaker: Mauro Morandin (PD)
- 20:30
  
  Dinner
Saturday 27 October
- Session 6
  - 43
    
    Students feedback
  - 44
    
    Final examination
  - 11:00
    
    Coffee break
  - 45
    
    Delivery of certificates of attendance
  - 12:00
    
    Lunch
  - 46
    
    Shuttle departure (to Forli' railway station)