IBM (International Business Machines) unveiled Power Systems LC, a new line of power servers aimed at the HPC, cloud, and big data analytics markets. IBM claims its newly unveiled three Power Systems LC servers cost 50% less than a comparable x86 server and provide twice the level of performance. Sumit Gupta, previously of NVIDIA and now VP of OpenPower high-performance … [Read more...]
NVIDIA Oct. 20 Webinar – GPU Powered Advances in 4k Facial Recognition
New GPU technologies are fueling a dramatic growth in the use of video surveillance and video analytics around the globe. The emergence of ultra-high resolutions and massive video content calls for faster and more accurate ways to accelerate facial analysis. Register here for the October 20, 2015 webinar from 10am to 11am Pacific Time. By attending this webinar, you'll … [Read more...]
The First of NVIDIA’s Free OpenACC Courses is Online!
The first of NVIDIA's free online OpenACC course (Download / Stream, Slides,Q&A), lab (in C/C++ or Fortran), and online "office hours" (Download / Stream, Slides) is available to everyone! OpenACC is a programming approach designed to minimize developer effort while delivering performance portability on x86 CPUs and GPUs. The 8-week online OpenACC course described on … [Read more...]
Free Oct 30, 2015 Python HPC Training Webcast
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) is providing a free overview of intermediate and advanced techniques for using Python in HPC environments. The course material will emphasize well known approaches for improving the performance of Python codes including (1) an overview of when Python can be used on HPC, (2) an overview of Numpy, Cython, Python's C Foreign Function … [Read more...]
Learn to Make Windows 10 Apps with Free Microsoft Course Then Add GPU Acceleration!
Free Windows courses by themselves are not newsworthy, but those who wish to create Windows 10 apps for the Windows Marketplace - AND exploit the power of CUDA and OpenCL computing via C# should find the Free Microsoft course in combination with the TechEnablement tutorial "Combine C-Sharp With CUDA and OpenCL On Linux, iOS, Android and Windows" an enabling pair of … [Read more...]
Tenure Track Position in Computer Science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Computer Science department is hiring a tenure-track faculty position in HPC. Click here for a direct link to the position description. They have a shiny new lab for teaching and research in parallel computing, along with a fantastic student body that will certainly attract talented people for this position.Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located … [Read more...]
Wonderful Teaching Video – The Zipf Mystery
My ten year old introduced me to the wonderful new video on YouTube, "The Zipf Mystery". It is 20 minutes well spent for all interested in information theory, computer science, computational drug design, social media, machine-learning, and a huge number of other real-world relevant areas of research and application. https://youtu.be/fCn8zs912OE Consider this a form of … [Read more...]
PyFR – Python/GPU Combustion Code Shortlisted for Several HPCWire Readers Choice Awards
PyFR, the Python-based GPU accelerated CFD solver PyFR managed by TechEnablement contributor Peter Vincent has been shortlisted for several HPCWire Readers Choice Awards this year: 12. Best HPC Software Product or Technology 18. Best HPC Collaboration Between Academia & Industry 20. Top 5 New Products or Technologies to Watch If you would like to support them, … [Read more...]
Free Online OpenACC Course Starting Oct. 1 2015
NVIDIA is providing a free, interactive, online OpenACC course starting on October 1, 2015. The course is made up of four instructor-led classes that include interactive lectures, hands-on exercises, and live office hours with the instructors. Register here! Classes start at 9am PT on Thursdays and "Office Hours" are 9AM PT on Tuesdays. All sessions will be recorded for … [Read more...]
Try Pixar In A Box For Free – Learn How Math Makes Movies
Pixar wants to teach you how to make movies! Created with middle and high school students in mind but available to everyone, Pixar in a Box is a free software package, created in collaboration with Kann Academy, that is designed to teach the fusion of art, technology, science, engineering, and math that Pixar uses to develop wonderful animated movies. Try it now … [Read more...]