September 2011 - hpc-announce - mailman3.cels.anl.gov

Postdoc position in parallel computing at Illinois
by Vikram Adve 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

[I submitted this to hpc-announce a week ago but I don't think it ever appeared. My apologies if you get this twice.] Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Computer Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Disciplined Parallel Programming project. This project aims to develop novel language and compiler techniques to simplify parallel programming. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will collaborate with a highly creative research group while enjoying extensive creative freedom. The candidate will have the opportunity to present research results at top-tier conferences; to collaborate on research proposals; and to release software tools in open source form. Minimum requirements include: • a PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering; • a good publication record and strong evidence of creativity, initiative, and hard work; and • experience with programming languages, compilers, or run-time systems for shared memory parallel computing. Any of the following would be a plus: • experience with one or more large compilers or similar software systems. • experience with a range of programming methodologies for parallel systems; • experience with parallel application programming. The position is for two years, with renewal for a third year possible, based on performance and funding. Salary is commensurate with experience. For full consideration, please send a cover letter, resume, and the names of 3 professional references via email to Professor Vikram Adve (vadve(a)illinois.edu) The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified. --Vikram Professor, Computer Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://llvm.org/~vadve

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job opportunity on keeneland project : gpu solutions architect
by Vetter, Jeffrey S 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Colleagues, We have a new job opportunity for a GPU solutions architect on the Keeneland project ( http://keeneland.gatech.edu ); this position is a full time research staff member at Georgia Tech. You can learn more about this job at http://ft.ornl.gov/~vetter/gt/jobs/keeneland-solutions-architect.htm If you know of a person with strong GPU and HPC systems skills, please encourage them to apply. Direct your questions or recommendations to me at vetter(a)computer.org. Best regards, -- Jeffrey Vetter | +1-865-356-1649 | http://ft.ornl.gov/~vetter

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PGAS 2011 Conference Call-For-Participation, Program Announcement and Student Travel Grant Applications
by Yonghong Yan 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email. If you'd like to opt out of these announcements, information on how to unsubscribe is available at the bottom of this email.] The Fifth Conference on Partitioned Global Space Programming Models (PGAS 2011) Galveston Island, Texas, USA, October 15-18, 2011 http://pgas11.rice.edu *** Please note important deadlines for early registration and hotel reservations. Registration: Registration is currently open. Please see http://pgas11.rice.edu for details. **Early Registration Deadline and Discount Hotel Rate Cutoff date is September 24, 2011** Keynote Speakers: Pete Beckman (Argonne National Laboratory) Mitsuhisa Sato (University of Tsukuba) Conference Program There are 15 papers accepted for the conference and the detailed program is available online. Tutorials: There will be two tutorials for PGAS11 with detailed information online. Panels: Two panels are scheduled during the conference. Student Travel Grant Application: With grant from the NSF, we will be able to provide student travel grants for PGAS 2011. Please note the deadline of applications is Sep 19th. The application details are at http://pgas11.rice.edu Location Information PGAS2011 will take place at the Tremont House in Galveston, Texas. It is a Wyndham Grand hotel located near the Strand in the historic part of the city. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at a special rate at the Hotel Galvez and Tremont House. Hotel reservations can be made on-line or by phoning the hotel directly. Information regarding room reservations and rates is available at http://pgas11.rice.edu **Discounted Hotel Reservation deadline: September 24, 2011** Thanks Yonghong Yan

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Postdoc position in Parallel Computing at Technical University of Vienna
by Jesper Larsson Traff 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Postdoc position in Parallel Computing Research Group Parallel Computing Faculty of Informatics Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) Vienna, Austria The research group for Parallel Computing at the Institute of Information Systems, Faculty of Informatics of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) is offering a fully funded 2 year postdoc position (with various possibilities for extension beyond the 2 years) for practical and theoretical research in a theme aligned with the focus of the group, see www.par.tuwien.ac.at. The research group for parallel computing is a new group at the Vienna University of Technology. Its focus is on means and methods for efficiently utilizing different, real (e.g., clusters and shared memory systems with accelerators and other HW support, GPUs) as well as idealized, (e.g., fully connected communication networks, PRAM) parallel architectures for the solution of given computational problems. This includes the design, development and implementation of parallel algorithms and data structures for fundamental, basic problems (e.g., communication, reduction) and problems incurred by applications, of parallel programming models, interfaces, languages and libraries and their algorithmic support, and the study of parallel architectures. Some specific, possible themes are algorithms for collective communication on multi-core based parallel architectures, robust collective communication algorithms, language paradigms for hybrid and heterogeneous HPC, performance portability for high-performance interfaces and heterogeneous multi-core systems and lock-free algorithms and data structures, to name a few. Contribution to other activities of the group (research projects including aquisition of new projects), including teaching is expected as part of the position. The postdoc position is initially offered for 2 years. By good mutual understanding and productive collaboration there are various possibilities for extension beyond the two years. Salary will be for a full-time 40 hour a week position in accordance with the Austrian standard rate for University employment and according to prior qualifications. Qualifications: - A good PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or other related area - A qualitatively strong publication record in one or more parallel computing themes, practically or theoretically oriented - Good theoretical grounding in computer science (algorithms and data structures, complexity, computability, ...) - Good programming skills in C/C++, Fortran, or Java; knowledge of other paradigms (functional, logic, data flow) a plus - Research capability, interest and enthusiasm, demonstrated both independently and with collaborators - Some teaching experience and a positive interest in the teaching aspect Speaking German is not required, but fluency in English (written and spoken) is a must. Willingness to learn German for foreign applicants is a plus. The application should include a short statement of interests, a suggested research outline (that will be subject to discussion), CV, copy of doctoral and diploma theses, and the name of two references than can be contacted for supporting information. For further questions please contact Prof. Dr. Jesper Larsson Traff. Deadline for application is 30. September 2011. Please direct your application to pers1(a)zv.tuwien.ac.at, including a short outline of research interests and possible direction, CV, PhD and MSc certificates, and list of publications with 1-3 highlighted main results.

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PhD position in Parallel Computing at Technical University of Vienna
by Jesper Larsson Traff 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

PhD position in Parallel Computing Research Group Parallel Computing Faculty of Informatics Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) Vienna, Austria The research group for Parallel Computing at the Institute of Information Systems, Faculty of Informatics of the Vienna University of technology (TU Wien) is offering a fully funded 4 year PhD position for study and research in a theme aligned with the focus of the group, see www.par.tuwien.ac.at. The research group for parallel computing is a new group at the Vienna University of Technology. Its focus is on means and methods for efficiently utilizing different, real (e.g., clusters and shared memory systems with accelerators and other HW support, GPUs) as well as idealized, (e.g., fully connected communication networks, PRAM) parallel architectures for the solution of given computational problems. This includes the design, development and implementation of parallel algorithms and data structures for fundamental, basic problems (e.g., communication, reduction) and problems incurred by applications, of parallel programming models, interfaces, languages and libraries and their algorithmic support, and the study of parallel architectures. Some specific, possible themes are algorithms for collective communication on multi-core based parallel architectures, robust collective communication algorithms, language paradigms for hybrid and heterogeneous HPC, performance portability for high-performance interfaces and heterogeneous multi-core systems and lock-free algorithms and data structures, to name a few. Part of the challenge for the PhD candidate is to formulate a research problem and direction in interaction with the rest of the group. Contribution to other activities of the group (research projects), including teaching is expected as part of the position. Salary will be for 31 hours a week in accordance with the Austrian standard rate for University employment. Qualifications: - A good master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or other related area - Some exposure to parallel and/or distributed computing, preferably parallel algorithms, shared-memory multi-processor programming, high-performance computing, or similar - Good theoretical grounding in computer science (algorithms and data structures, complexity, computability, ...) - Good programming skills in C/C++, Fortran, or Java; knowledge of other paradigms (functional, logic, data flow) a plus - Interest in working both independently and with the group practically as well as theoretically - Interest in writing up and presenting results and problems - Enthusiasm for the field, and computer science in general Speaking German is not required, but fluency in English (written and spoken) is a must. Willingness to learn German for foreign applicants is a plus. The application should include a short statement of interests, CV, copy of diploma thesis, and the name of at least one reference than can be contacted for supporting information. For further questions please contact Prof. Dr. Jesper Larsson Traff. Deadline for application is 30. September 2011. Please direct your application to pers1(a)zv.tuwien.ac.at, including a short outline of themes for study, CV, MSc certificate, and list of publications if any.

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CFP ASHES 2012: Second International Workshop on Accelerators and Heterogeneous Exascale Systems
by Krishnamoorthy, Sriram 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

===================================================================== The Second International Workshop on Accelerators and Heterogeneous Exascale Systems (ASHES 2012) held in conjunction with the 26th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2012) Shanghai, China, May, 2012 http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/ashes/2012/ ===================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- As we look beyond the petascale era, accelerators and other heterogeneous parallel systems such as Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), FPGAs, and upcoming integrated heterogenous processing cores are expected to play a preeminent role in architecting the largest systems in the world. While there is significant interest in these architectures, much of this interest is an artifact of the hype associated with them. This workshop focuses on understanding the implications of accelerators on the architectures and programming environments of future systems. It seeks to ground accelerator research through studies of application kernels or whole applications on such systems, as well as tools and libraries that improve the performance or productivity of applications trying to use these systems. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners who are involved in application studies for accelerators and other heterogeneous systems, to learn the opportunities and challenges in future design trends for HPC applications and systems. SUBMISSIONS ----------- We are soliciting contributions in areas including but not limited to: * Characterizing strategies for implementing and optimizing HPC applications for accelerators. * Techniques for optimizing kernels for execution on GPUs and future heterogeneous platforms. * Modeling of applications running on heterogeneous HPC systems. * Implication of workload characterization in heterogeneous design issues. * Benchmarking and performance evaluation for accelerator units. * Tools and techniques to assist application development for accelerators and heterogeneous processors. * System software techniques to abstract application domain-specific functionalities for accelerators. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 8 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. See the style templates for details. * Latex: http://www.ipdps.org/templates/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip * Word: http://www.ipdps.org/templates/IEEECS_CPS_8.5x11x2.zip Submission site: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ashes2012 Submissions will be judged based on relevance, significance, originality, correctness and clarity. SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE --------------------- The best papers of AsHES 2012 will be included in a Special Issue on Applications for the Heterogeneous Computing Era of the International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, edited by Pavan Balaji and Satoshi Matsuoka. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- * Submission Deadline: December 7th, 2011 * Author Notification: January 30th, 2012 * Camera-ready Deadline: February 19th, 2012 ORGANIZERS ---------- STEERING COMMITTEE ------------------ Jiayuan Meng Argonne National Laboratory (co-chair) Pavan Balaji Argonne National Laboratory (co-chair) Satoshi Matsuoka Tokyo Institute of Technology GENERAL CHAIR ------------- Pavan Balaji Argonne National Laboratory PROGRAM CHAIRS -------------- Yunquan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences Jiayuan Meng Argonne National Laboratory PUBLICITY CHAIRS ---------------- Zhou Lei Shanghai University Sriram Krishnamoorthy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory WEB CHAIR --------- Gregory Diamos NVIDIA PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Hong An University of Science and Technology of China, China David Bader Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Yifeng Chen Peking University, China Wenguang Chen Tsinghua University, China Xiaobing Feng Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Renato Ferreira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Torsten Hoefler National Center for Supercomputing Applications, USA Kenli Li Hunan University, China Yutong Lu National University of Defense Technologies, China Naoya Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Dimitris Nikolopoulos University of Crete/FORTH, Greece Anand Raghunathan Purdue University, USA P. Sadayappan Ohio State University, USA Xipeng Shen College of William and Mary, USA Bronis de Supinski Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Vinod Tipparaju Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Thomas F. Wenisch University of Michigan, USA JOURNAL EDITORS --------------- Pavan Balaji Argonne National Laboratory Satoshi Matsuoka Tokyo Institute of Technology WEBSITE ------- http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/ashes/2012/ CONTACT ------- Please send any queries about the AsHES workshop to ashes12-chairs(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>

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Call for Participation - PACT 2011
by John Cavazos 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques PACT 2011 Galveston Island, Texas, USA, October 10-14, 2011 http://www.pactconf.org *** Please note important deadlines for early registration and hotel reservations. Registration Information Registration is currently open. Please see http://www.pactconf.org/registration.php for details. **Early Registration Deadline extended to September 10, 2011** (firm) Keynote Speakers Shekhar Borkar, Intel Stuart Feldman, Google Leslie Valiant, Harvard Workshops/Tutorials This year PACT will be collocated with 11 tutorials and 7 workshops. Information on tutorials and workshops can be found at http://www.pactconf.org/tutorials-workshops-confirmed.php. Conference Program There were 36 papers accepted out of 221 paper submissions. The detailed program is now available at http://www.pactconf.org/accepted-papers.php Location Information PACT 2011 will take place at the Hotel Galvez in Galveston, Texas. The historic Hotel Galvez & Spa is a Wyndham Grand Hotel located on the Gulf of Mexico on Galveston Island. Information regarding room reservations and rates is available at http://www.pactconf.org. **Hotel Reservation Deadline September 10, 2011** (firm)

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