Hi, This will be the first in a series of workshops on Parallel Programming as part of the iHub Cluster's efforts to spread use of HPC's in Kenya's markets. The session starts at 9 am and ends at 12 pm at the iHub Cluster, 1st Floor, Bishop Magua building. Snacks will be served. There will be a short overview presentation on what the Cluster has been up to, which projects are running and how you can help. The workshops will be conducted by Conrad Akunga, a seasoned entrepreneur, Software Developer who is also a Microsoft MVP (Most Valued Professional) for several years running. Curriculum What is parallel programming Need for performance Barriers in traditional programming Concurrency, parallelism & distribution Opportunities (security, data mining, AI, multimedia, modeling, etc) Parallel hardware and software Basics (caches, memory, instruction parallelism) Processes, tasks & threads SIMD, MIMD, interconnected networks Issues for consideration & performance Shared memory programming with threads Creating, starting, stopping, suspendng Shared data structures Controlling access to data structures (semaphores, locks, mutexes, etc) Thread safety Shared memory programming with OpenMP Other shared memory programming models Distributed memory programming (MPI) Parallel program development Attendance Requirements & Considerations Basic appreciation of programming Note taking Code samples will be in C++, C#, F# & VB.NET You can register here for the class. http://ihubcluster.eventbrite.com/ -- Regards, Phares Kariuki | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | B: http://www.kaboro.com/ |