July 04, 2012
A CORUNNA, Spain, July 4 – FastMPJ Summer of Code 2012 is a contest organized by the FastMPJ project (http://fastmpj.com) that intends to encourage Java programming in parallel environments by a competition in which contestants must develop a project using Message Passing in Java (MPJ) with FastMPJ. Up to 60 participants will be able to prove their abilities in this field and the best projects (at least 5% ) will be awarded with a Nexus 7 tablet, although every participant will get a FastMPJ T-Shirt. Works must be hosted as Google Code projects and can consist in any kind of project that uses MPJ.
FastMPJ is a high performance Java message passing library developed at the Computer Architecture Group of the University of A Corunna (Spain) and supported by the Investment Fund in Science of the Fundación Barrié that enables Java for high performance computing. The aim of this contest is to make visible the use of Java in optimized high performance environments and as a means to improve performance of sequential codes. Nevertheless, no previous experience, neither in Java nor in MPJ or MPI, is required to enter this Summer of Code, since one of the goals is to have people learning the characteristics of this kind of programming. For this reason, plenty of documentation is available at http://fastmpj.com/documentation.
“Java programming is widely used in industry and academia, but it is commonly (and wrongly) thought as not being suitable for environments in which performance is crucial. This Summer of Code is intended towards everyone who is eager to learn in which way Java can improve our applications performance and how to program in parallel using Java. Winning the prize is encouraging, but the most important goal of each contestant must be learning” says Sabela Ramos, the directress of this FastMPJ Summer of Code 2012.
Registration will be opened until the 13th July in http://fastmpj.com/soc where you can also read the rules for the FastMPJ Summer of Code 2012.
-----
Source: FastMPJ Project, University of A Corunna
There are 0 discussion items posted.
Join the Discussion |
Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and Whamcloud have been awarded tens of millions of dollars by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to kick-start research and development required to build exascale supercomputers. The work will be performed under the FastForward program, a joint effort run by the DOE Office of Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) that will focus on developing future hardware and software technologies capable of supporting such machines.
Read more...
Computer memory is currently undergoing something of an identity crisis. For the past 8 years, multicore microprocessors have been creating a performance discontinuity, the so-called memory wall. It's now fairly clear that this widening gap between compute and memory performance will not be solved with conventional DRAM products. But there is one technology under development that aims to close that gap, and its first use case will likely be in the ethereal realm of supercomputing.
Read more...
The latest Green500 rankings were announced last week, revealing that top performance and power efficiency can indeed go hand in hand. According to the latest list, the greenest machines, in fact the top 20 systems, were all IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputers. Blue Gene/Q, of course, is the platform that captured the number one spot on the latest TOP500 list, and is represented by four of the ten fastest supercomputers in the world.
Read more...
Jul 12, 2012 |
State says supercomputing center can’t pay bills to keep machine running.
Read more...
Jul 11, 2012 |
Computer scientist builds intelligent machine with single-core laptop and some slick algorithms.
Read more...
Jul 10, 2012 |
Science cloud crunched data that helped build the case for the historic announcement.
Read more...
Jul 09, 2012 |
EU project offers software that makes datacenters more energy-efficient.
Read more...
Jul 05, 2012 |
Processor speed and power consumption are now at odds, which will force chipmakers to rethink their designs..
Read more...
06/25/2012 | NetApp | A single hour of data collection can result in 7+ million files from just one camera. Collection opportunities are limited and must be successful every time. As defense and intelligence agencies seek to use the data collected to make mission-critical battlefield decisions, there’s greater emphasis on smart data and imagery collection, capture, storage and analysis to drive real-time intelligence. The data gathered must accurately and systematically be analyzed, integrated and disseminated to those who need it – troops on the ground. This reality leads to an inevitable challenge – warfighters swimming in sensors, drowning in data. With the millions, if not billions, of sensors providing all-seeing reports of the combat environment, managing the overload demands a file system and storage infrastructure that scales and performs while protecting the data collected. Part II of our whitepaper series highlights NetApp’s scalable, modular, and flexible storage solution to handle the demanding requirements of sophisticated ISR environments.
Join Michael for a look at the first PGI Accelerator Fortran and C compilers to include comprehensive support for OpenACC, the new open standard for programming accelerators using compiler directives.