Name: Seventh INFN International School on: "Architectures, tools and methodologies for developing efficient large scale scientific computing applications" ESC15 - Bertinoro (Forlì-Cesena) Italy 25-31 October 2015
Start: 2015-10-25T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2015-10-31T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Bertinoro

Seventh INFN International School on: "Architectures, tools and methodologies for developing efficient large scale scientific computing applications" ESC15 - Bertinoro (Forlì-Cesena) Italy 25-31 October 2015

from Sunday, 25 October 2015 (16:00) to Saturday, 31 October 2015 (15:00)

Monday, 19 October 2015
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Friday, 23 October 2015
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Sunday, 25 October 2015

17:00 Registration and Welcome

17:00 - 20:30

20:30 Welcome Dinner
Welcome Dinner
20:30 - 22:00

Monday, 26 October 2015
09:00 Session 1
09:00 - 18:30
Contributions

09:00 Welcome and introduction - Mauro Morandin (INFN - Padova)

09:30 Computer Architecture evolution and the performance challenge - Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

11:00 Computer Architecture evolution and the performance challenge - Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

11:45 Hands-on environment checkout - Francesco Giacomini (CNAF) Giulio Eulisse (CERN)

14:00 Efficient C++ coding - Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)

14:45 Efficiency C++ coding - Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)

16:00 C++ Hands-on - Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)

16:45 Consolidation

17:15 Students lightning presentations
20:30 Dinner
Dinner
20:30 - 20:30
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
08:30 Session 2
08:30 - 18:30
Contributions

08:30 Efficient C++ coding - Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)

09:15 Efficient C++ coding - Francesco Giacomini (CNAF)

10:30 Efficient Memory management - Giulio Eulisse (CERN)

11:15 Efficient Memory management - Giulio Eulisse (CERN)

12:00 Consolidation

15:00 Introduction to parallel computing (basic concepts) - Tim Mattson (Intel)

15:45 Introduction to parallel computing with OpenMP - Tim Mattson (Intel)

17:00 Parallel Performance concepts using OpenMP - Tim Mattson (Intel)

17:45 Students lightning presentations
20:30 Dinner
Dinner
20:30 - 20:30
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
08:30 Session 3
08:30 - 19:30
Contributions

08:30 Efficient Memory management - Giulio Eulisse (CERN)

09:15 Efficient Memory management - Giulio Eulisse (CERN)

10:30 A "Hands-on" introduction to OpenMP - Tim Mattson (Intel)

11:15 A "Hands-on" introduction to OpenMP - Tim Mattson (Intel)

12:00 Consolidation

15:00 Working with OpenMP: Performance Optimization - Tim Mattson (Intel)

15:45 Working with OpenMP: Debugging Applications - Tim Mattson (Intel)

17:00 Consolidation

18:30 Evening Lecture: "Are we going back to the RISC era?" - Sverre Jarp (CERN)
20:00 Social dinner
Social dinner
20:00 - 22:30
Thursday, 29 October 2015
08:30 Session 4
08:30 - 19:00
Contributions

08:30 Floating point computing efficiency - Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

09:15 Floating point computing efficiency - Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

10:30 Vectorization - Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

11:15 GPUs and the Heterogeneous programming problem - Tim Mattson (Intel)

12:00 Consolidation

15:00 GPU programming with OpenCL: Core Ideas and the host program - Tim Mattson (Intel)

15:45 Consolidation

17:45 Consolidation

18:00 Evening lecture: "Low-power computing with System-on-Chips" - Daniele Cesini (CNAF)
20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 20:00
Friday, 30 October 2015
08:30 Session 5
08:30 - 22:00
Contributions

08:30 Programming GPUs with OpenCL: Kernel programs - Tim Mattson (Intel)

09:15 Programming GPUs with OpenCL: Performance issues - Tim Mattson (Intel)

10:30 Lecture

11:15 Cluster Computing with MPI - Tim Mattson (Intel)

12:00 Consolidation

15:00 The 10 core constructs every MPI programmer should know - Tim Mattson (Intel)

15:45 Geometric decomposition and MPI - Tim Mattson (Intel)

17:00 Information - Mauro Morandin (PD)

17:05 Consolidation

18:35 Big Data: What happens when data actually gets big? - Tim Mattson (Intel)
20:30 Dinner
Dinner
20:30 - 20:30
Saturday, 31 October 2015
08:30 Session 9
08:30 - 14:50
Contributions

08:30 Students feedback

09:00 Final examination

11:30 Delivery of certificates of attendance

13:30 Shuttle departure (to Forli' railway station)