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Intel Software Network at Supercomputing 09!  Visit Intel at Booth #1935, and the Intel Academic Program in the SC Education Booth (Lobby C).

Please Join Intel and the Intel Academic Community at Supercomputing 09 in Portland Oregon.  We are sponsoring keynotes, talks, and sessions.  Many of our events will be available live and on line, see below, and of course, if you are attending,  please visit us in person.

Intel Academic Community Sponsored Talks

Tuesday, November 17
5:00-6:30 PM Room C124		 Friday, November 20
10:30 AM-12:00PM  Room PB252
Teach Parallel: Developing a Curriculum for Parallelism,
Moderator: Tom Murphy (Contra Costa College)
  • Dr. John Gustafson (Intel Labs)
  • Robert Chesebrough (Intel)
  • Dr. Jim Larus (Microsoft)
  • Dr. Bill Dally (NVIDIA)
  • Dr. Simon McIntosh-Smith (Bristol University)
 Preparing the World for Ubiquitous Parallelism
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Wolf (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Dr. Benedict Gaster (AMD)
  • Kevin Goldsmith (Adobe Systems Inc.)
  • Dr. Charlie Peck (Earlham College)
  • Dr. Steven Parker (NVIDIA)
  • Dr. Michael Wrinn (Intel Corporation)
  • Dr. Evan Smyth (DreamWorks)


Intel Software Network TV

Intel Software Network TV will stream many of the keynotes and invited talks live as well as conversations with key attendees. When not streamling live, you will see encore presentations of past episodes - see the Schedules below (all times Pacific).  All events can be seen live below, on Intel Software Network TV, or on the Supercomputing Education Website.


Teach Parallel! - Intel Academic Community & Supercomputing Education



Join us live in Person - All broadcasts will take place in Supercomputing Education Booth (Lobby C).
Teach Parallel is a cooperative production of Supercomputing Education and the Intel Academic Community
Questions and discussion from the audience will be encouraged.

Teach Parallel! - with Paul steinberg & Professor Tom Murphy
All major manufactures of CPUs, GPUs and ASICs have moved to a many core design, yet universities and colleges are not training engineers in the parallel and concurrent disciplines needed to efficiently program on such systems. What can be done to bring parallelism into the mainstream? Join Paul & Tom and the experts below as they discuss Paralleism, Technology and Education.
TimeTuesday, November 17Wednesday, November 18Thursday, November 19
1:00 PM Dr. Wilf Pinfold, General Chair, Super Computing Conference 09 Dr Evan Smyth, Principal Software Engineer, DreamWorks Animation Dr. Daniel Ernst, University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire
1:30 PM Dr. Joel Adams, Department of Computer Science Calvin College Dr. Charlie Peck, Earlham College Laura McGinnis, Supercomputing Education Chair, 2010
2:00 PM Dr. Tim Mattson, Intel Principal Engineer. Jason Arviso, Navajo Technical College, Internet to the Hogan Dr. John Gustafson, He's not just a scientist, he's a law!
2:30 PM Dr. Dan Reed, Microsoft, Director of Multicore Research. Dr. David O'Hallaron, Director, Intel Labs Pittsburgh. Professor, Computer Science,
Carnegie Mellon University		 Parallel Octave
3:00
Prize drawing! Prize drawing! Prize drawing!
3:05 PM Dr. Jesse Bemley, former National BDPA(Black Data Processing Associates) Education Chairperson. Developer the High School Computer competition (HSCC) program Dr. Matt Wolf, Research Scientist CERCS Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems. Todd Rosenquist, Senior Technical Consulting Engineer, Intel Math Kernel Library
3:30 PM Dr. James Reinders, Intel Chief Software Evangelist. Dr. Charlie Peck, Earlham College Dr. Paul McKenney, Distinguished Engineer at IBM Linux Technology Center
4:00 PM Dr. Robert M. Panoff, founder and Executive Director of The Shodor Education Werner Krotz-Vogel, Technical Marketing Engineer at Intel for Intel® Cluster Tools Dr. Rebecca Hartman- Baker
4:30 PM


Intel Booth Theater Presentations:

Join us in our in-booth theater (booth #1935) at Supercomputing to hear free presentations throughout the show!
Download the Theater Schedule PDF (427 KB)

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Here are a few of our scheduled sessions:


PANEL: Preparing the World for Ubiquitous Parallelism
Moderator: Matthew Wolf (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Panelists: Benedict Gaster (AMD), Kevin Goldsmith (Adobe Systems Inc.), Tom Murphy (Contra Costa College), Steven Parker (NVIDIA),  Michael Wrinn (Intel Corporation) 
Friday, 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Room PB252


The complete list of Intel panels, talks, BOFs and events can be downloaded: Download the Intel talk schedule, PDF (427 KB)


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]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-software-network-at-supercomputing Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:53 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-software-network-at-supercomputing#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-software-network-at-supercomputing Intel® Cluster Ready Intel Software Network communities Academic Intel® Cluster Ready Knowledge Base Data Parallelism ISN Team live from SC09 - The Super Computing Conference Please Join Intel Software and the Intel Academic Community at SC09 - The Super Computing Conference in Portland Oregon.  We are sponsoring keynotes, talks, and sessions. Watch live streams from the event on ISNTV. Many of our events will be available live and on line, see below, and of course, if you are attending, please visit us in person. ]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/isn-team-live-from-sc09-the-super-computing-conference Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:28:27 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/isn-team-live-from-sc09-the-super-computing-conference#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/isn-team-live-from-sc09-the-super-computing-conference Parallel Programming New Intel Parallel Universe Portal
There is currently no charge for this service; it is available online through the Intel Software Network at paralleluniverse.intel.com.

A Quick Overview of the New Intel Parallel Universe Portal

  • Test software performance and scalability without having larger multicore systems in-house.  Upload your executable and review parallelism performance using only your browser.
  • Cloud-based analysis at no charge.  Nothing to download or install - quick and easy.  Service provided over a trusted, internet connection.
  • Get parallelism tuning guidance specific to your software.

Measure Application Scalability Without Requiring a Test System In-House

While quad-core processors are commonplace, it is less common to have a sixteen thread system available to test the scalability of a threaded application.  Intel Parallel Universe makes it easy for developers to find out how well their threaded application scales as the number of processing cores increase by testing on a system that is larger than most developers have access to otherwise. There is currently no charge for this service, which supports 32-bit Windows applications.

Easy to Use, Trusted, Browser Based Scalability Testing

There's no special application build required, nothing to install, there's not even any cost to run the test. Developers can use their favorite Internet browser including Internet Explorer*, Firefox*, Safari*, or Chrome* to run the test and interpret the results. Intel Parallel Universe uses a trusted, Internet connection provided by the Intel® Software Network.  It is a straightforward three-step process to test the scalability of an application.

  • Upload Zip file of application along with execution command & arguments.
  • The application goes into queue.  Each test run gets the entire system resources for accurate scaling information.
  • Scaling results are reported in easy to read tables and charts.  Save results for later analysis and comparison.
Best with Intel® Parallel Studio

Any development tool can be used to build applications analyzed with this service; it is not required that Intel compilers or the Intel Parallel Studio be used to create the application. Intel Parallel Studio provides capabilities to tune and optimize applications to get the most accurate picture of the scaling potential of the program.  Evaluation copies of Intel Parallel Studio can be downloaded at http://intel.com/go/parallel.  Applications build with trial copies of Parallel Studio can be analyzed with the Intel Parallel Universe Portal.

Feedback Welcome

Join the Forums on the Intel Parallel Programming Community on the Intel Software Network to discuss the current service to offer feedback and provide input on future enhancements to the service.

Intel Parallel Universe is available to software developers on the Intel® Software Network at http://paralleluniverse.intel.com.

Learn More

Tune into the Intel Software Network TV live from Supercomputing 2009 in Portland Oregon to hear more about the launch. [To watch, and to see the complete Supercomputing 2009 broadcast schedule, go to http://bit.ly/ISNatSC09.]

  • Tuesday, November 17th at 3:30 PM PDT, a LIVE interview with James Reinders, Intel Chief Software Evangelist, broadcast from Supercomputing '09 in Portland, Oregon.
  • Wednesday, November 18th at 3:30 PM PDT, a LIVE interview with Dr. Michael McCool, Co-Founder of RapidMind.

Social Media Links

Meet Some of the Intel Parallel Programming Team


]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/new-intel-parallel-universe-portal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:56:22 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/new-intel-parallel-universe-portal#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/new-intel-parallel-universe-portal Parallel Programming Developer Ignite #2

Thanks to everyone who attended Developer Ignite 2!

Developer Ignite is an information exchange event for software developers to connect and share topics that are of interest to them. Developer Ignite's are highly technical events and topics are centered on relevant and important information to software developers. For more information on Ignite, please take a look at the O'Reilly Ignite site.


Become a Facebook fan or a Twitter follower
Did you miss Developer Ignite 2? Keep in touch with us and learn about future events by joining the Intel Atom Developer Program and the Intel Software Network Facebook fan pages! If you're on Twitter, follow @IntelSoftware and @IntelEvents for updates. Use hashtag #devignite when tweeting about Developer Ignite. Looking for photos from the event? They are posted on our Intel Atom Developer Program Facebook fan page (click the Photos tab).


Event Presentations (click title for video of presentation)


Event Master of Ceremonies: Bill Pearson (@billpearson)
Title: "Introduction to Developer Ignite 2"

Submitter: Alan Dayley (@dayleyagile)
Title: "The True Measure of Agile"
Abstract: The Agile wave is washing over the software development world and lapping at the shores of all creative endeavors. There are buzzwords, expensive software and training consultants a-plenty! What does it really mean to be Agile, with a capital "A"? If you have daily stand-up meetings and iterations, are you Agile or just covering old ways in trendy veneer. Iterations or not, you are Agile ONLY if your actions support the principles of the Agile Manifesto. Let's take a quick look at the practical implications of THE yard stick of Agility. If your actions support this powerful statement of human interaction, you are Agile, even if your daily "stand up" involves chairs!

Submitter: Tomasz Stechly (@tstechly)
Title: "The Benefits of Immutability"
Abstract: Impact of immutable data on unit testing, debugging, and concurrency.

Submitter: Saul Mora (@casademora)
Title: "Refactoring Databases"
Abstract: Just like your code, your data model can and should be refactored. Don't let the big scary gremlins talk you out of cleaning out the cruft from your database every so often. Your users will thank you for it.

Submitter: Derek Neighbors (@dneighbors)
Title: "Location, Location, Location - It's Not Just a Real Estate Mantra Anymore"
Abstract: Global Positioning System (GPS) has been around for fifty years, but with the rise of GPS enabled mobile platform it has just started to gain real traction. The Internet allowed for easy global commerce and communication, but GPS enabled mobile devices are bring back the emphasis of local. There is so much data available to us that localizing it helps make it manageable. If you are developing applications today you need to understand the value of location.

Submitter: Leo Godin (@leogodin217)
Title: "Keep Your Apps, I Want A Solution"
Abstract: Corporate American and the Internet are inundated with stand alone applications and tools. These tools mostly fall short in that they are not part of a solution. They are stand alone tools with no connection to the surrounding infrastructure. These tools often have no support model and no useful documentation/training. As such, these tools often fall into disuse and obscurity. What makes this common problem so frustrating is that it does not take much more work to provide a solution than it does to provide an application. With a little more effort your applications can move from being viewed as utilities to being part of vital business critical solutions.

Submitter: Nick Crohn (@ohnomisterbill)
Title: "JavaScript: Not Just for Noobs Anymore"
Abstract: JavaScript is the outcast of the programming world, but it has so much more power than developers give it and more usefulness than designers know what to do with. The trick is writing "transparent JavaScript."
Keep it simple and you can write good JavaScript that is efficient, non-intrusive and functional. You get the "flashiness", the SEO, and a great site that just works.

Submitter: Drew LeSueur (@drewlesueur)
Title: "Hooked on Web Hooks"
Abstract: Webhooks jail break web apps to make them more programmable. Simple put, they are a pattern of enabling user defined HTTP callbacks in web applications. My talk will talk about why they are important, what problems they solve, and how they will change the world.

Submitter: Chris Conrey (@conrey)
Title: "Dogfood, Itches, and Other Reasons To Write Software for You"
Abstract: Rather than trying to build something for everyone - the best software pieces have often been developed in house as a way to solve the team or the developer's own problem. Odds are if you have a problem, there are several other people who have the same problem but not the means to make it happen. In 5 minutes I'll explain why you should scratch your own itch, eat your own dogfood, and let the rest of the world come to you.

Submitter: James Abel (@jamesabel)
Title: "Crowd Sourcing Platform Feature Research Data"
Abstract: Knowing what platform configurations and features are (or are not) used is very valuable when determining what your software can assume will be on a platform, and if a particular platform has enough of a market presence to justify porting to. In this talk, I will go over a system that has been created to automatically survey platform data, such as disk space, DRAM, operating system, number and type of processors, supported instruction sets, etc.. I will discuss the client-side data collector and server-side RESTful interface and its (rudimentary) graphing capability of the collected data.

Submitter: remi Taylor (@remitaylor)
Title: "Bleeding Edge Application Deployment (that doesn't suck)"
Abstract: Deployment doesn't have to be painful. In fact, deployment should be something that application developers don't even have to think about! If you think that creating a virtual server and running automated configuration scripts is "easy," then you don't know what you're missing out on!

Submitter: Barry Stahl (@bsstahl)
Title: "AZGiveCamp - Geeks Giving Back to the Community"
Abstract: AZGiveCamp is a massive weekend event where the software development community comes together to support charities and non-profits by developing or improving their web sites and applications. It's fun, it's agile, it's geeky, and it's good for the community. This talk will provide a brief history of GiveCamps, and then explore the technical aspects of what can be accomplished in one crazy weekend.

Submitter: Clayton Lengel-Zigich (@claytonlz)
Title: "Age-Old Solutions to Everyday Problems"
Abstract: While nearly 2,500 years old, Aesop's fables still pack a potent punch of prudent practicality. These tales from Ancient Greece contain advice and guidance for everyday software engineering problems, pitfalls and predicaments. Learn how you can use this age-old wisdom to progress past your plodding professional peers.


Past Developer Ignite Events
To see all the fun we had at Developer Ignite #1, view our Developer Ignite #1 page. Also, you can view a short overview video of our 1st event or view the entire presentation portion of the Developer Ignite #1 here in 7 parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7.

This event was held at:
Gilbert Community Center | Map it!
130 N Oak St, Gilbert, AZ 85233
November 11, 2009, 6-9PM MST

Special Thanks
A special thanks to Derek Neighbors from area hangout Gangplank HQ for helping promote the event and obtaining our venue! Also, thanks to Socialping for providing the live Twitter feed for the event.

]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/developer-ignite-2 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:35:04 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/developer-ignite-2#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/developer-ignite-2 ISN General Events Alpha SDK Release Gives Developers a Jump Start at Writing Netbook Applications for the Intel Atom Developer Program Social Media Release

Alpha SDK Release Gives Developers a Jump Start at Writing Netbook Applications for the Intel® AtomTM Developer Program

At the Intel Developer Forum, Intel announced a new opportunity for developers to earn money by writing netbook applications via the Intel® Atom Developer Program community, and selling their applications through future application stores.  Developers were told to look for a software development kit (SDK) to help them develop applications and components for netbooks. 

Starting today, developers can get a jump start to their application development using an alpha version of the Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit for both Microsoft* Windows (C and C++) and Moblin (C).  Additional runtimes and development languages will be supported in future releases of the SDK.

The features of the alpha SDK include authorization, crash reporting, and a consumer store client emulator for testing.  A developer can test and debug today and then when the beta SDK is available later this year they can submit their applications or components and take full advantage of the program's revenue-generating opportunities, when the app stores start opening in early 2010.

A video walkthrough of the SDK is available.

Developers can join the Intel Atom Developer Program at http://appdeveloper.intel.com and download the alpha version of the SDK.  The site also contains additional documentation.  The $99 USD annual program membership fee is waived for a limited time.


Get your Questions Answered & Provide Input for Future SDK Releases:

With the SDK, we are launching a SDK Developer Forum for Q&A moderated by the primary architects and developers of the SDK.  This is the best place for developers to ask questions, and provide input directly to Intel engineers for future releases.   

Also don't forget to check out the... Intel Atom Developer Challenge

Developers who submit their apps and have them successfully validated will be able to enjoy a range of exciting rewards. For example, the first 100 validated apps will receive a tricked out netbook, and the talented developers with the most innovative application & elegant application design will win all-expense-paid "rock star treatment" trip to GDC 2010! Check this page for more details.


Social Media Links:


o    Participate in the new Intel Atom Developer Program SDK Forum.  

o    Subscribe to the Intel Atom Developer Program Blogs.

o    Follow us on Twitter @develop4atom and @intelsoftware

o    Join the Intel Atom Developer Program Facebook Fan Page. 

o    Join the Moblin.org Facebook Group or Moblin.org Facebook Fanpage.

o     Watch our Videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/AtomAppVids and on the Intel Atom Developer Site.


Meet Some of the Team:

o    Ajay Mungara, Intel Atom Developer Program Community Manager, @mungara on Twitter
o    Scott Apeland, Director, Developer Network Organization
o    C.V. Vick, Mobile Software Architect, and SDK Architect 
o    Dave Stewart, Moblin Engineering Manager
o    Dirk Hohndel, Linux Guru
o    Gaston C Hillar, Software Developer, IT Consultant, Author and Intel Software Network Black Belt Developer
o    James White, Business Operations Team Manager
o    Kevin Pirkl, Intel Atom Developer Program Website Developer
o    Russ Beutler, Apps Recruiting
o    Bill Pearson, Manager, Intel Software Network, @billpearson on Twitter
o    Maryann Iannitti, Manager, Intel Software Network Marketing @mar_iannitti on Twitter
o    Tonya Bowes, Developer Challenge, @tlbowes on Twitter
o    Gina Bovara, Developer Events and App Labs @crazysaguaro on Twitter
o    Gunjan Rawal, Reputation and Black Belt Program, @rgunjan on Twitter 
o    Amy Barton, New Media Communications @amybarton on Twitter


Related Blog Posts:


Sept 22: INTEL ATOM DEVELOPER PROGRAM (APP STORE FRAMEWORK) ANNOUNCED | MIDmoves.com

Sept 23: SiliconANGLE: Live Blog from IDF | SiliconANGLE.com

Sept 24:  MORE DETAILS ON THE INTEL ATOM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM |  Midmoves.com

Sept 24: King Kong and App Distribution | SGEntrepreneurs.com

Sept. 23:  Lifting the Lid on the Intel Atom Developer Program http://softtalkblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/idf2009-lifting-the-lid-on-the-intel-atom-developer-program/ | SoftTalk Blog

Sept 27: IDF09: (Video-)Infos rund um das Atom Developer Program |Software-Dev-Blog.de

Sept 30: Get In Early with the Atom Developer Program. (And win!) | Mid Moves.com

Oct. 2:   Initial Press Coverage of the Intel Atom Developer Program | Intel Software Network

Oct. 2: Atom Developer Program: Infos rund um die Webseite | Software-Dev-Blog.de

Oct. 2:  Sascha talks to Intel about Netbooks and the Atom Developer Program | UMPCPortal.com

Oct. 2: Downsizing Multicore Programming Skills to Take Advantage of Intel Atom | Dr. Dobbs

Oct. 5: Sascha Pallenberg on the Intel Atom Developer Program (Video) | Netbooknews.com

Oct. 7: Video: Intel asks me (tough questions) about the IADP. | MIDmoves.com

Oct 7: Wer braucht den Intel App Store? | Software-Dev-Blog.de

Oct. 11: Netbooks vs. MIDs | Netbooknews.com

Oct. 14: Sascha Pallenberg on Apps for Netbooks | Netbooknews.com

Oct. 20: Killer Apps fur Netbooks Gesucht Netbooks zu Gewinnen | netbooknews.de

Oct. 21: MID vs. Netbook Discussion from IDF | UMPC Portal

Nov. 6: Dynamic Devs, Brisk Browsers and X86 in the Mix at MDC09 | MID Moves

]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/alpha-sdk-release-gives-developers-a-jump-start-at-writing-netbook-applications-for-the-intel-atom-developer-program Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:34 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/alpha-sdk-release-gives-developers-a-jump-start-at-writing-netbook-applications-for-the-intel-atom-developer-program#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/alpha-sdk-release-gives-developers-a-jump-start-at-writing-netbook-applications-for-the-intel-atom-developer-program Intel® Atom™ Software Developer Community Intel® Cloud Builder program launched

For those of you implementing the infrastructure of a cloud, often called IaaS or Infrastructure as a Service, one of the challenges can be “where to start?”. With the myriad of hw options and variety of software solutions finding a starting point can be daunting.

For example:

· What server configurations are optimal?

· How to structure the network?

· What is the optimal storage configuration?

· I really don't want to write this software , therefore, what is the cloud management stack that best suits my needs?

Assuming that cost reduction and/or agility are the reasons you are building a cloud (true for the vast majority of customers), then there is huge benefit from using a largely homogenous architecture: identical server, network, storage, and management configurations across the cloud implementation. This architecture addresses the maintenance aspects of the infrastructure (remove from service if it fails, replace when enough are out of service to justify a visit to the data center) as well as the operational aspect (no special cases). Getting to the point where workloads can be hosted in this environment requires effort but has a fairly quick payback once you complete the transition.

Even with this in mind, you still have to design the hardware infrastructure and then select a set of management tools.

Intel recognizes this need and has formed the Intel Cloud Builder program to help in this ‘getting started’ phase. If you are already well down the road to building a cloud, you will likely find the output from this program useful to understand the options available in the market.

Intel(r) Cloud Builder is a fairly simple program with a powerful output:

* using a defined hardware blueprint,

* using a cloud management software stack,

* run the combination on a Intel hosted cloud test bed,

* and document the results.

 

For more information, please go to http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-4292;jsessionid=E0A2B15960F2DE39E35ADBA129D18F77.node5COMS

Billy Cox

Director, Cloud Strategy

Intel Software and Services

]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cloud-builder-program-launched Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:45:02 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cloud-builder-program-launched#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cloud-builder-program-launched Parallel Programming Intel Academic Community Bulletin October 2009 October 2009

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It's been an exciting month for the Academic Community, with the Intel Developer Forum at the center of it.  Both Intel CEO, Paul Ottelini and VP and General Manager of the Software and Solutions Group, Renee James highlighted the importance of Academia and this community specifically in their keynote addresses. With so much positive attention there has never been a better time to get more involved.  Share your experience, participate in our forums, or join a working group to help define the future of parallelism.  Visit us online to find out more.

In this Bulletin:

•       Moodle Updates

•        SW Tools Licenses: Renew/Subscribe now

•        Academic Community Highlights from IDF

•        Academic Blogs

•        Member Contributions

•        Teach Parallel! Discussion Series

•        PhD Fellowship Awards

•        Trainings and Events

 

-- New Course material

The Programming Fundamentals category is now one of the most active areas on the Intel Academic Community Moodle. Take a look for course modules to use in your classes. 

 You can now upload your own materials to share with the rest of the community, download modules for your own use, AND you can review and rate both Intel and community content. Please check it out and send us feedback on the new structure.

 -- Are your Tools Licenses up to date?

Don't let your licenses expire, take two minutes to fill out the demographic survey portion of your profile. This will automatically renew or subscribe you for the Intel Software Development Tools you need to teach Parallelism in the classroom, including the new Intel Parallel Studio license.  

 Update your information now (including suggestions for the best resources to help professors teach parallelism to undergraduates) and you'll be eligible to win a copy of The Art of Concurrency and a grand prize of a MyPocket XP*.  This promotion is for a limited time only so don't delay.  Update your profile now.

 -- Intel Academic Community at IDF 09

The Academic Community was out in force during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Many of the classes, talks and panels were either taped or slides made available. Find the full list of IDF activities here.

 You can also find a series of special Teach Parallel interviews on the Academic Community's IDF show page.  Topics include Justin Rattner, Intel CTO, on future technologies and academia, Anwar Ghuloum on CT, Kathe Knobe on Intel® Concurrent Collections for parallelism and more.

 The first two Intel Software Network Black Belts were awarded at IDF to Dr. Matt Wolf and Professor Tom Murphy.  See a short interview with them here.

 -- New Blogs

The acquisition of Rapid Mind brought some people and technology to Intel. Check out the new blog by Michael McCool, formerly Chief Scientist and co-founder of RapidMind.  And of course, I encourage everyone to go to the Academic Community Blogs.  Of particular interest this month are the contributions of our own Dr. Clay Breshears and Dr. Michael Wrinn.

 -- Parallelism at the University of Southern California

Academic Community Member, Professor Jose Villeta describes how he was able to use the resources available on the Academic Community website to build a course for both the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments of USC.  Read about it here.  Do you have an experience using the parallelism course materials or in setting up your own courses that you can share?  Let us know!

 -- Teach Parallel!

Don't miss the next Teach Parallel! Episode: Developing a Curriculum for Parallelism with Walter F. Tichy, Professor of Computer Science at the University Karlsruhe, Germany. Oct, 20, 2009 10 AM PDT. More info on all Teach parallel shows is available here.

 -- Rising Stars in Technology
Nine Fellowships in Software Technology and Design have been awarded by the Intel Ph.D. Fellowship program to some of best students from top universities around the world. Find out about their research topics.  Read more about the program and this year's winners.

 Training and Events

November 16-20, 2009, SuperComputing 2009, Portland, OR, USA.  Academic Community Members can get FREE passes.  Contact Paul Steinberg. 

 

 

All the best,

Paul Steinberg

Intel Academic Community Manager

www.intel.com/software/academic

 

]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/iacb-october-2009 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:24 -0800 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/iacb-october-2009#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/iacb-october-2009 Academic Intel® Cluster Ready News & Events

News & Events

Learn more about the Intel® Cluster Ready program. View news, articles, webinars, presentations, and videos, including news about the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and its benefits for high performance computing. Discover how Intel Cluster Ready partners and customers are benefiting from the Intel Cluster Ready program by reading case studies and testimonials. And find out how you can participate in upcoming events in your area.

 

Announcing a major new release:
Intel® Cluster Checker 1.4 available now!

Version 1.4 of the Intel® Cluster Checker is a new major release containing many features to enhance performance, compatibility, and support. The latest release boasts:

  • Engine and External API Redesign
  • Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Features Support
  • Extended Intel Cluster Ready Components Support
  • Input Schema Validation
  • Next Generation Benchmarks

Interested in finding out more? Check out the full list of new features.

Ready to try it out? Download the full product.

 

New Intel & QLogic Alliance Brief

With the Intel Cluster Ready program, Intel teamed up with industry leaders like QLogic to make high performance computing (HPC) simpler. When you choose Intel Cluster Ready certified systems and registered applications, it’s easier to purchase, deploy and manage HPC clusters – and put advanced technologies from Intel and QLogic to work on your toughest HPC challenges.

Read the brief

 

Unleash game-changing intelligent performance

See how the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series helps HPC users simulate, analyze and visualize more complex models faster and accelerate data-intensive applications – all while packing more performance into smaller footprints that require less power.

Find out more about the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series

To find certified Intel Cluster Ready clusters based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, contact these vendors:

Available now:

Coming soon:
  • AMAX
  • Appro
  • Colfax
  • Cray
  • Dell
  • Ion
  • Penguin Computing
  • SGI
  • Silicon Mechanics
  • Super Micro Computer, Inc.
  • transtec
  • Viglen
  • Caton
  • ClusterVision
  • Dalco
  • PSSC Labs
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Read the IDC Solution Brief that explains how the Intel Cluster Ready program and the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series are extending HPC adoption and use - Intel Cluster Ready and the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series: A Dynamic Duo for Broadening HPC Cluster Adoption

 

 

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Cray CX1: Muscle in a Box
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SuperComputing (SC09)
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
November 14-20, 2009

Come see us at booth 1935

 

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Dell EMEA & Intel® Cluster Ready

Bart Mellenbergh, Dell's HPC Manager in EMEA, talks about the changes in supercomputing and how Intel Cluster Ready is simplifying HPC end-to-end.

Clustercorp & Intel® Cluster Ready

Tim McIntire, President and Cofounder of Clustercorp, talks about middleware, Rocks+, and how the Intel Cluster Ready program makes clusters easy.

]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cluster-ready-news-events Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:54:50 -0700 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cluster-ready-news-events#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-cluster-ready-news-events Intel® Cluster Ready Bring Threading to C/C++ Windows* Applications Learn how to leverage Intel® Parallel Studio as Microsoft Visual Studio* C/C++ developers from a range of industries share their secrets during our software developer webinar fall series. Sign up today for these complimentary webinars designed to help you increase your parallelism expertise and optimize Windows* applications for multicore. 

Don’t miss the complimentary Intel fall webinar series—register today.
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Sign up now for the following expert-led webinars:

October 13: James Reinders, Intel Corporation: Beyond ‘Thinking’ Parallel: How to Choose the Right Parallel Programming Model 

October 27: John Schiavone, Cadence Design Systems: Real World Parallelism: Refactoring Legacy Code and Implementing Concurrency 

November 10: DreamWorks Animation: Topic to be announced soon

December 1: Bernard Laberge, Avid: A Quick and Easy Way to Parallelize a Legacy Codebase with Intel® Threading Building Blocks 

December 15: Matt Dunbar, SIMULIA: How to Use Intel® Parallel Studio to Streamline Code Development in a Multicore Environment 

Register now > ]]> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/bring-threading-to-cc-windows-applications Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:50:53 -0700 http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/bring-threading-to-cc-windows-applications#comments http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/bring-threading-to-cc-windows-applications Parallel Programming Intel® WS-Management Translator Introduction

Beginning with Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) release 3.0, Intel introduced support for the industry standard WS-Management protocol. This allows management software to use a combination of standard CIM classes, as well as Intel specific classes, to perform Intel® AMT operations. Support for the WS-Management specification enables software developers and IT professionals to leverage off-the-shelf infrastructure and tools to interact with Intel® AMT platforms. But what about using WS-Management based software in conjunction with Intel® AMT platforms older than release 3.0? Intel has shipped many platforms that can only support a firmware version of 2.6 or below. Can WS-Management based software be used with these older Intel platforms?

Enter the Translator

The Intel® WS-Management Translator makes it possible for WS-Management based software to be used in conjunction with Intel® AMT platforms older than version 3.0. Using the translator, management software can send WS-Management commands to the translator, the translator will in turn perform the equivalent operation on an Intel® AMT device using a proprietary SOAP based protocol understood by all Intel® AMT platforms.


Download The Intel® WS-Management Translator for vPro™ Processor Technology

File Name: WSTrans.msi *build 568
Date Published: 10/05/09
Download Size: 2.11 MB

 

Key features in the Translator 1.1 (build 568)

  • Validation with SCCM SP2
  • Enhanced legacy support for wireless profiles, 8021.x profiles, and 3party data storage
  • Enhanced Kerberos authentication and Kerberos ticket handling
  • You can upgrade from existing builds by using this VB Script or it can be installed on its own.

 

Download Source Code for The Intel® WS-Management Translator for vPro™ Processor Technology

File Name: Source Code (wstrans_src_build_542.zip)
Date Published: 08/19/08
Download Size: 640 kb

 

Genscript

Genscript is a tool for activating Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) features in a scriptable environment. Genscript generates Visual Basic® scripts that can be applied to a single machine or many machines. These scripts programmatically can activate various Intel AMT features using Windows Remote Management (WinRM). Genscript can also be used in conjunction with the Intel WS-Management Translator to perform initial setup of Intel AMT clients and programmatically activate features on AMT clients that don’t natively support WinRM. Intel AMT clients that are already setup, and natively support the WS-Management interface, will not require the assistance of the Intel WS-Management translator software.

Download Genscript for The Intel® WS-Management Translator for vPro™ Processor Technology

File Name: genscript1_0_15.zip
Date Published: 02/13/09
Download Size: 62.2 kb

 

Additional Information

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