This schedule is designed to give you an overview of the
topics involved with the program and of the activities planned.
This is a living document and will be updated throughout the program.
Please see the
for more explanations regarding the program and the schedule.
The chapter numbers and their titles refer to the book
Peter S. Pacheco,
Day | Time | Main topic | Location
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Sunday, 06/17/12
| 09:00-04:00
| Move-in
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| 05:00-07:00
| Welcome meeting
| MP 422
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Monday, 06/18/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Orientation with breakfast
| MP 422
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| 09:30-10:45
| Class 1: Overview and motivation for parallel computing
| MP 401
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| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Walking tour of campus
| Campus
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Joint lunch with all participants
| Skylight Room
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 2: Orientation for the cluster tara,
serial and parallel "Hello, world!"
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
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| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 1: Homework 1 on parallel computing: Linux on tara and sample codes
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair, Bob Forder,
Jonathan McHenry, and Xuan Huang
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|
| 05:30-06:30
| Dinner break
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|
| 06:30-07:45
| Class 3: Statistics 1: R overview, Sampling
| MP 401
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| |
|
| | Sampling; Estimation and Uncertainty
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| 08:00-09:00
| Lab 2: Homework 2 on statistics: Monte Carlo Estimation with R
| MP 412
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Tuesday, 06/19/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
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| 09:30-10:45
| Class 4: Chapter 3: Greetings!
| MP 401
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| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 3: Format conversions, command-line arguments, and error check
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
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|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 5: Chapter 4: An Application: Numerical Integration
| MP 401
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| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 4: Homework 3 on parallel computing: trapezoidal rule
| MP 412,
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| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 05:30-06:30
| Dinner break
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|
| 06:30-07:45
| Class 6: Statistics 2: Monte Carlo Integration
| MP 401
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| |
|
| 08:00-09:00
| Lab 5: Homework 4 on statistics: Importance Sampling, SNOW
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Sai Popuri
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Wednesday, 06/20/12
| 09:00-09:30
| VIP meeting with
Dr. Philip Rous, Provost and Senior Vice President
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 7: Chapter 5: Collective Communication
| MP 401
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| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 6: header files and make utility
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
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|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 8: Chapter 5: Collective Communication
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 7: Homework 5 on parallel computing:
dot and matrix products
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Bob Forder
|
| 05:30-06:30
| Dinner break
|
|
| 06:30-07:45
| Class 9: Statistics 3: Statistical Methods in Parallel Computing
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| |
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| 08:00-09:00
| Lab 8: Homework 6 on statistics: Regression, MLE, SNOW
| MP 412
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| |
|
Thursday, 06/21/12
| 09:00-12:00
| GRE preparation course 1: pre-test
| ENGR 122
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 02:00-04:30
| Presentations by project clients
| MP 401
|
| 05:30-07:30
| Professional development workshop with dinner
|
|
Friday, 06/22/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 10: Chapter 9: Debugging Your Program
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 9: Serial coding for Homework 7: power method
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 11: Chapter 11: Performance
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 10: Homework 7 on parallel computing: power method
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Bob Forder
|
Saturday, 06/23/12
|
| Complete homework
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Day | Time | Main topic | Location
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Sunday, 06/24/12
|
| Complete homework
|
|
Monday, 06/25/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 12: MATLAB 1: Programming in MATLAB
| MP 401
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| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 11: MATLAB code for Poisson equation using CG
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 13: Chapter 10: Design and Coding of Parallel Programs (CG method)
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 12: Homework 8: serial code for CG method
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Bob Forder
|
| 05:30-06:30
| Dinner break
|
|
| 06:30-07:45
| Class 14: Statistics 4: Random Walk Processes
| MP 401
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| |
|
| 08:00-09:00
| Lab 13: Homework 9 on statistics: Simulation excercise in SNOW
| MP 412
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| |
|
Tuesday, 06/26/12
| 09:00-09:30
| VIP meeting with
Dr. William LaCourse, Dean of CNMS
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 15: MATLAB 2: Advanced MATLAB
| MP 401
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| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
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| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 14: Studies and post-processing of MATLAB results
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 16: Chapter 13: Advanced Point-to-Point Communication
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 15: Homework 10 on parallel computing: code for CG method
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Bob Forder
|
| 05:30-06:30
| Dinner break
|
|
| 06:30-07:45
| Class 17: Statistics 5: Regression Methods
| MP 401
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| | presented by Andrew Raim
|
| 08:00-09:00
| Lab 16: Homework 11 on statistics: Serial and Parallel PRESS residual computation
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Sai Popuri, Andrew Raim
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Wednesday, 06/27/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 18: MATLAB 3: Graphics in MATLAB
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 17: Powerful plots in MATLAB
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 19: Chapter 13: Advanced Point-to-Point Communication
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 18: Homework 12 on parallel computing: studies for CG method
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Bob Forder
|
| 08:30-09:30
| Field Trip to the
SIAM Section Summer Meeting
|
|
Thursday, 06/28/12
| 09:00-12:00
| GRE preparation course 2
| MEYR 120
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 02:00-04:30
| Presentations by project clients
| MP 401
|
| 05:30-07:30
| Professional development workshop with dinner
|
|
Friday, 06/29/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-12:00
| Class: Project selection
| MP 401
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 20: LaTeX and BibTeX for writing reports
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 19: Homework 13: Report on studies for CG method
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
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Saturday, 06/30/12
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| Complete homework
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Day | Time | Main topic | Location
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Sunday, 07/01/12
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| Project work
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Monday, 07/02/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 21: Chapter 10: Design and Coding of Parallel Programs (Sorting)
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab 20: Homework 14: performance comparison of BLAS1, BLAS2, BLAS3
| MP 412
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| |
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Class 22: Introduction to BLAS, LAPACK, ACML
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 03:00-04:00
| Lab 21: Homework 15 on parallel computing: use of BLAS in utility routines
| MP 412
|
| | facilitated by Terry Lebair
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Tuesday, 07/03/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class 23: Intuitive introduction to the conjugate gradient method
| MP 401
|
| | presented by Dr. Gobbert
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Project work
| MP 412
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-05:00
| Project work
| MP 412
|
Wednesday, 07/04/12
|
| Independence Day Holiday
|
Thursday, 07/05/12
| 09:00-12:00
| GRE preparation course 3
| MEYR 120
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-04:00
| Project work: proposal to client
| MP 422
|
| 04:00-05:00
|
Professional development workshop with Kathy Sutphin,
Assistant Dean of CNMS
| MP 401
|
| 05:00-07:00
| Joint dinner
|
|
Friday, 07/06/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:30
| Project work: proposal to client
| MP 412
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| |
|
| 11:00-11:30
|
VIP meeting with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC
| MP 422
|
| 11:30-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 02:00-03:30
| First meeting of the evaluation team with the teams
| MP 422
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Saturday, 07/07/12
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| Project work
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Day | Time | Main topic | Location
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Sunday, 08/05/12
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| Project work
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Monday, 08/06/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
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| 09:30-10:45
| Class: Confirmation of project posters; review of project webpages
| MP 401
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab: finalization of project webpages
| MP 412
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-05:00
| Project work
| MP 412
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Tuesday, 08/07/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
|
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class: Final review of project reports
|
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Lab: finalization of project report
| MP 412
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-02:45
| Rehearsal of oral presentation
| MP 401
|
| 03:00-05:00
| Project work
| MP 401
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Wednesday, 08/08/12
| 09:00-12:30
| Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF)
| AOK Library
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Joint lunch with all participants
| Skylight Room
|
| 01:30-03:00
| Project delivery to client
|
|
| 03:30-05:00
| Project wrap-up to mentors
|
|
Thursday, 08/09/12
| 09:00-12:00
| GRE preparation course 8: post-test
| ENGR 104
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Lunch break
|
|
| 01:30-03:00
| Program evaluation
|
|
| 03:30-05:00
| Finalize project work
|
|
| 05:30-07:30
| Professional development workshop with dinner
|
|
Friday, 08/10/12
| 09:00-09:30
| Morning social
| MP 422
|
| 09:30-10:45
| Class: Final program wrap-up
| MP 401
|
| 11:00-12:00
| Participant feedback on program
| MP 401
|
| 12:00-01:30
| Joint lunch with all participants
| Skylight Room
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