[Vagnekman-users] Summer School announcement

[Michael Schliephake]

Dear Vagn-Ekman Users,

It is time to plan the activities in the Summer - holiday, relaxation, 
learning something about parallel programming.

PDC offers traditionally a possibility for the last point. Maybe you got 
the information already from another channel. Maybe it is new for you or 
you know people who could be interested in getting the information.

Please find below the information for the PDC Summer School.

Best regards,

Michael Schliephake/PDC

-------- Ursprungligt meddelande --------

      Call for Participation: Intro to High-Performance Computing
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               Introduction to High-Performance Computing
                           PDC Summer School
                           Stockholm, Sweden
                           August 15-26, 2011
             [http://www.pdc.kth.se/education/summer-school]

Invitation
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You are invited to register for the class "Introduction to
High-Performance Computing" being held at PDC on the KTH main
campus. To register, and find out more about the class, visit the
course Web page at [http://www.pdc.kth.se/education/summer-school/]

Background
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The PDC Summer School in High-Performance Computing is an annual
offering to researchers to improve on their skills in scientific
computing. The course is held for its fourteenth consecutive year at
KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

During two intensive summer weeks at the KTH campus students will be
able to learn and improve their skills in writing efficient programs
for serial and parallel scientific applications.

The course carries 7.5 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation
System), where 1.5 ECTS credits are equivalent to one week's workload
of 40 hours. The student receives these credits on successful
completion of the post-course project.  Participants are strongly
encouraged to bring their own problems or programs for discussion and
to possibly use as the basis of the post-course project. Participants
are provided with access to PDC's [Lindgren] (Cray XE6) system, the
fastest supercomputer in the Nordic region.  Industrial participation
is welcome. The number of seats for all participants is limited.

Registration opens March 15 and closes June 1, 2011.

[Lindgren]: http://www.pdc.kth.se/resources/computers/lindgren

Outline
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A number of topics will be covered in overview lectures given by
international experts and in-depth technical lectures followed by
hands-on computer lab sessions. The course will consist of about 35
hours of lectures and 35 hours of computer lab sessions.  Among the
topics:

+ Programming Environments at PDC
+ Parallel Programming
+ Modern Computer Architectures
+ Parallel Algorithms
+ Efficient Programming
+ Case Studies

These topics will be covered both in lectures and labs by the
following teachers:

+ David Black-Schaffer (Uppsala University)
+ Iris Christadler (LRZ - Leibniz-Rechenzentrum), Munich, Germany
+ Björn Engquist (KTH and the University of Austin), Austin, Texas,
   United States
+ Thomas Ericsson (Chalmers)
+ Erik Hagersten (Uppsala University)
+ Michael Hammill (PDC)
+ Sverker Holmgren (Uppsala University and SNIC)
+ Niclas Jansson (CSC - KTH School of Computer Science and
   Communication)
+ Lennart Johnsson (PDC and University of Houston), Houston, Texas,
   United States
+ Erwin Laure (PDC)
+ Dag Lindbo (CSC - KTH School of Computer Science and Communication)
+ Elisabet Molin (PDC)
+ Jesper Oppelstrup (CSC - KTH School of Computer Science and
   Communication
+ Michael Schliephake (PDC)

Computer Laboratories
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Roughly half of the class time will be spent hands-on in the lab. The
lecturers and the PDC staff will assist in the computer labs. Students
who do not already have an account at PDC will receive one. These
accounts will stay active after the course so students may work on the
post-course project.

PDC
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Visiting address: Teknikringen 14, Plan 4, KTH, Stockholm
Mail: PDC, KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm
Summer School Email: summer-info at pdc.kth.se
URL: [http://www.pdc.kth.se/]
Phone: +46 8 790 78 00
Fax: +46 8 24 77 84