GPU Hackathon

Date

Mar 5, 2018 - Mar 9, 2018

Time

3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Language

en

Main Topic

Informatik

Other Topics

Informatik

Host

Guido Juckeland, HZDR & Dirk Pleiter, FZJ

Description

The goal of each hackathon is for current or prospective user groups of large hybrid CPU-GPU systems to send teams of at least 3 developers along with either - a (potentially) scalable application that could benefit from GPU accelerators, or - an application running on accelerators that need optimization. There will be intensive mentoring during this 5-day hands-on workshop, with the goal that the teams leave with applications running on GPUs, or at least with a clear roadmap of how to get there. Our mentors come from national laboratories, universities, and vendors, and besides having extensive experience in programming GPUs, many of them develop the GPU-capable compilers and help define standards such as OpenACC and OpenMP. Programming experience with OpenACC or CUDA is not a requirement. You will learn quickly in the intense 5-day schedule, working on your code 95% of the time with the mentors. In the weeks preceding the hackathon, you will have a chance to attend training to prepare you for the event. Prior GPU experience is not required! Participation in the training event is free of charge. The meeting room and lunches, as well as access to the supercomputers throughout the event are offered by participating sites. Mentors and learning materials introduced by the instructors are sponsored by participating sites and the following partner organizations: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TU Dresden, RWTH Aachen, FZ Juelich, U Goettingen, Scionics, as well as our sponsors NVIDIA and Atos/Bull.

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