Multicore Workshop - Exploiting Multicore Processors: Challenges and Programming Models

08 September, 09 09:00 AM - 10 September, 09 05:30 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

Organiser: David Henty

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=991

Multicore technology is becoming ubiquitous in modern computing, with dual-core processors now commonplace in the laptop and desktop, and processors with four, eight and more cores coming soon. As clock speeds are no longer increasing, the only way an application will benefit from these new processors is by re-engineering it to run efficiently on more than one core. Parallel programming, once the preserve of high-end supercomputing, is now an essential tool for almost every software developer.

EPCC is running a three-day multicore training event in Edinburgh on 8 - 10 September 2009, hosted and supported by the e-Science Institute. The first day will introduce the basic concepts of multicore processors and the associated issues for multicore software. It is designed to be useful to anyone involved with IT provision or software development, but will not assume any in-depth programming knowledge. The following two days will cover how to write parallel software for multicore processors, mainly focusing on the OpenMP programming model. The ability to program in C, C++ or Fortran is a pre-requisite for this latter part of the course.

The course will be heavily based on practical sessions, with hands-on exercises accompanying the lectures. Anyone in possession of a multicore laptop will be encouraged to do the exercises on their own machine, assuming that appropriate compilers are available (we will provide advice on this in advance). We will also provide access to our own multicore machines. Although the programming techniques taught are applicable to a wide range of software, we will concentrate on applications that are very compute-intensive such as large-scale numerical calculations or data processing.

Target Audience

The first day of this workshop is intended for anyone, academic or commercial, involved in IT provision. Days 2 and 3 are intended for software developers from academia or industry.

Programme

This event is provisionally scheduled to start at 09:00 Tuesday 08 September 2009 and close at 17:30 on Thursday 10 September 2009.

Note that tea, coffee and lunch will be provided on each day. Wifi access will also be made available to all attendees.

Tuesday 8th September

Multicore architectures and programming models

Wednesday 9th September

Shared-memory programming using OpenMP (basics)

Thursday 10th September

Shared-memory programming using OpenMP (further topics)

Accommodation

Assistance with accommodation is offered once you have registered.

Registration

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Important Dates

11 Jun - Registration Opens
31 Aug - Registration Deadline
01 Sep - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
08 Sep - Event Starts at 09:00hrs

Travel

Full details on how to get to the e-Science Institute are available at:

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/esi_travel.html

Enquiries

Enquiries should be made directly to our Conference Administrator.

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/

The National e-Science Centre