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Posts from Zander Sprague (Intel) 
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Zander Sprague has been working in the corporate world for over 18 years. He has worked for such companies as Fidelity Investments and Intel Corporation, as well as various startups. In his current role as the Relationship Manager for the Intel Academic Program, he works closely with professors to deepen their relationship with Intel. He assists them in finding the tools and resources they need to start to THINK PARALLEL. Zander has been a technical trainer for over 15 years and has a true passion for passing on learning to all who need it. Zander is also a professional speaker and published author. Prior to his career as a speaker, author and trainer, Zander graduated from Pitzer College, noted as being the leading liberal arts college for social and behavioral sciences, and a member of the Claremont Colleges. He holds a BA in History as well as a BA in Psychology |
Creating the Bridge
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 18, 2010 at 3:32 pm
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Wow, this morning’s Teach Parallel was fascinating. I learned so much, and it has really got me thinking. Tom and Paul had Byron Robertson from University of Wisconsin, Madison as their guest. Byron is a 3rd year PhD student whose focus is on K-12 minority student achievement in sciences. He is about to embark on [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Byron Robertson, Intel Academic Community, SC10, Teach Parallel!, Zander Sprague
Teach Parallel talks to the ACM's Lillian Israel
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 17, 2010 at 11:42 am
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Day 2 of Super Computing kicked off live on ISN TV on Teach Parallel with a very interesting conversation with Lillian Israel, Membership Director of the Association of Computing Machinery ( www.acm.org) Lillian has held this position for over two decades and has seen a great deal of change in the interests and makeup of [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: ACM Tech Pack, Computer Science Teachers Association, Lillian Israel, SC10, Teach Parallel!, Zander Sprague
Parallel Tech Packs and more for New Orleans
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 16, 2010 at 10:41 am
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morning at 10AM Central Time from the SC Communities booth with a great Teach Parallel show with guest Dr. Daniel Ernst from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. The conversation centered around 2 main subjects. The first was some great information about the Educational Alliance For a Parallel Future. (EAPF) www.eapf.org Their stated mission is [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: ACM Tech Pack, EAPF, SC10, Teach Parallel!, Zander Sprague
Oh the worlds Tim will Open
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on October 22, 2010 at 2:21 pm
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One of the presenters at SC10 this year is Dr. Tim Mattson. He is going to be very busy while in New Orleans. Tim has long been an evangelist for Manycore and Parallel Programming. His contribution to the Intel Academic Community has been generous and very helpful for our many members. I know that you [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Intel Academic Community, openCL, OpenMP, SC10, Tim Mattson, What If, Zander Sprague
We are going to the New Orleans for Supercomputing 2010
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on October 21, 2010 at 1:57 pm
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I have been busy getting ready for Supercomputing 10 in New Orleans. I do not know about you, but I have been looking at the SC10 website and trying to decide what programs I want to attend. There is so much to choose from and I have a list a page long of conflicting programs. [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Intel Academic Community, SC Communities, SC10, Zander Sprague
There is a new Black Belt in the Academic Community
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on June 21, 2010 at 9:06 am
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It is an exciting day in the Intel Academic Community; we have a new Black Belt for Academia! It is my pleasure to announce that Professor Jose Villeta of the University of Southern California (USC) is our latest member to be promoted to this most coveted and honored position. The Black Belt for Academia is [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: academic community, Black Belt for Academia, IAC, Jose Villeta, zander, Zander Sprague
Brown goes to Town. Thinking Parallel in Minnesota
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 20, 2009 at 11:41 am
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I have to say that I love my job. I get to meet all kinds of fascinating people all on the same road to THINK PARALLEL. One such person is Dr. Dick Brown of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Professor Brown attended last year’s SIGCSE in Chattanooga, TN, and heard Michael Wrinn of Intel’s [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Dick Brown, IAC, Intel Ac, St. Olaf College, zander, Zander Sprague
IAC at Intel Developer Forum
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on September 24, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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What an exciting IDF I just attended. There were all kinds of cool announcements like the Xeon 3400 micro-server chip, and 22 nm chips out soon, the launching of the Intel Atom Developer Program. The list is long and exciting. We had the Black Belt meet up Wednesday night and there was quite a lot [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Academia, IAC, Tom Murphy, zander, Zander Sprague
New Black Belts for the Academic Community
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on August 11, 2009 at 12:37 pm
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It is an exciting time here in the Intel Academic Community. We have just named our first 2 Black Belts for Academia, Dr. Matt Wolf from Georgia Institute of Technology and Tom Murphy from Contra Costa Community College. CONGRATULATIONS guys!!! I have had the pleasure of working with both men at many Intel events. [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: black belt, IAC, Intel Academic Community, Matt Wolf, Tom Murphy, zander, Zander Sprague
Cool Happenings at Calvin College
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on July 15, 2009 at 8:28 am
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I have to say that I LOVE my job, I get to talk to professors every day and learn about the cool ways that they are utilizing Intel’s technology in their research and curriculums. It is so fun to let them know about the cool tools we have available for them. Like V-tune, Thread checker [...]
Category: Academic, Parallel Programming
Tags: Calvin College, Intel Academic Community, Think Parallel, zander, Zander Sprague
The first step is the hardest
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on April 23, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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It is always interesting to start a new job. All the excitement of a new adventure and the hope promise it holds. As I start my second week as the Relationship manager, I have found myself thinking a lot about how to start. Who should I call first? What new modes of communication are there [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Academic, Intel Academic Community, professors, zander, Zander Sprague
Meet the Intel Academic Program Relationship Manager
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on April 16, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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Ok, so I have a new position with in the Intel Academic Program. A lot of you have gotten to know me as the Americas Geography Manager, and that was a position that I really loved. My colleague Rowena Turner is taking over that position and I am now the Relationship Manager for the Intel [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Academic, academic community, Think Parallel, zander, Zander Sprague
WOW 1000
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on March 3, 2009 at 8:02 am
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It is really an exciting day for the Academic world; today the Intel Academic Community announced that the 1000th university joined the program. In conjunction with this momentous event, I am running a Day of Parallelism here in Chattanooga, TN. The morning has kicked off with a riveting talk by Dr. Mathew Wolf of [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: Intel Academic Community, parallel programming, zander, Zander Sprague
Howdy from Austin: Day 3 of SC08
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 19, 2008 at 7:53 pm
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Howdy from Austin, TX and day 3 of SC08. The Intel Academic Community kicked off the day with another great round of debate on the No more sequential code topic. Today we had Dr Steve Heller from Sun and Dr Dan Heller from Microsoft. They both brought fresh ideas to this subject and even got [...]
Category: Academic, Events, Parallel Programming
Tags: concurrent programing, Intel Accademic Community, SC08, zander
SC 08 day 2: the excitement builds
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 18, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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There is a building excitement here at SC 08. As we talk to more and professors, we are hearing that they are looking for ways to implement concurrent programming in to their curriculums. Today was an exciting day for me at my first Super Computing convention. I spent the day talking to professors and graduate [...]
Category: Academic, Events, Parallel Programming
Tags: Debate, Intel Accedemic Community, SC08, Universiites, zander
The Elephant in the Room
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on November 18, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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Hello from Super Computing 08. The Intel Academic Community kicked off our time at SC08 with a rousing Bird of a Feather panel talk about Sequential programming and why we are still teaching it. There was great audience participation, with many sides of the issue raised. What model do you use to teach concurrent programming? [...]
Category: Academic, Events, Parallel Programming
Tags: Debate, Intel Accedemic Community. Concurent Programing, SC08, zander
The Dawn of Atom
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on September 16, 2008 at 2:40 pm
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I wanted to talk about my new netbook, no, I want gush about how very cool it is. Two weeks ago, I decided to go to a conference and I was pondering what technology I might need. Since this is a personal trip, I would not bring my work laptop. I have a wonderfully heavy [...]
Category: Mobility
Tags: acer, aspire, bestofisn, cool, cool form factor, Intel® Atom™
The other side of Multicore and Parallel Programming
By Zander Sprague (Intel) (18 posts) on April 21, 2008 at 10:54 am
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My name is Zander Sprague and I am the Americas Geography Manager for Intel Software College. I want to start off my blog, by stating that I am rather nervous about this experience. I do not view myself as a writer; I am a speaker, so I feel a little out of my element. That [...]