Intel Developer Forum

Intel Developer Forum | August 19-21, 2008 | San Francisco, CA

The future of technological innovation is in the hands of you and your students. Challenge, motivate, and inspire yourself by attending Intel Developer Forum (IDF).

Free 3-Day Pass Admission for a Limited Number of Professors¹
For a very short time, professors will receive a free¹ pass to all three days of IDF – a $1,695 value.
Space is limited to 60 people. To secure your free, three-day pass to IDF, click on this link: http://www.intel.com/idf and go to registration page, select Attendee Registration and use the promotional code: VPCACDM
Remember to bring your current, valid faculty ID to IDF.
IDF is where ahead-of-the-curve technology is discussed and demonstrated. It is where Intel discusses its view of tomorrow in seven visionary Forum Keynotes.
Attend over 170+ hours of powerful technical training on the latest technologies that your students may be working on once they graduate.
For a full IDF agenda, please click this link: http://www.intel.com/idf/us/fall2008/highlights/agenda_full.htm.

Here are suggestions on sessions to attend:

Chalk Talk: Innovation in Research Collaboration
IAIC001 - Tuesday, August 19, 9:45 - 10:35, Chalk Talk Room 1
Join Allan Knies, Principal Engineer, Associate Director of Intel Research Berkeley for a discussion on The Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers that were set up in collaboration between industry and academia.

Additionally there are a number of sessions and a self paced lab that will be helpful for implementing a multi-core programming curriculum:

Threads - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Improving Parallel Application Performance and Quality
SFTS006 - Wednesday August 20, 11:10am and Thursday August 21, 10:10am, Room 2010

Intel Performance Library and Software Tools For Video Surveillance Running on Intel® Architecture Platforms
SFTS007 - Wednesday August 20, 1:40pm and Thursday August 21, 11:10am, Room 2010

Simply Expressing Parallelism in Software
SFTS008 - Wednesday August 20, 2:40pm and Thursday August 21, 1:40pm, Room 2010

Software Tuning and Threading Self Paced Lab
SFTL001 - Open Wednesday August 20, 4:00pm - 5:50pm and Thursday August 21, 2:40pm - 4:30p.m., Room 2010
The lab room is open for you to come in when you can and stay as long as you want! It is full of computers with Intel Software Products pre-loaded including Intel® compilers, Performance Libraries, threading runtime libraries and analysis tools. Come try out OpenMP*, Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB), Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel® IPP). Each system has a variety of coding exercises to help you learn the concepts. Intel Technical Consulting Engineers will be on hand to respond to your questions.

SPECIAL - Just for Academic Community: Multi-core Programming Roundtable -Wednesday, August 20, 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm, Room 2010
This special session is for the academic community that attend the Software Tuning and Threading Self Paced Lab and the sessions listed above. If you are implementing a multi-core programming curriculum at your institution, join the roundtable to discuss your thoughts and communicate your needs for curriculum modification and development in order to educate the next generation of developers.

I look forward to seeing you in San Francisco,