2018 NCTS Short Course on
Scientific Computing and Machine Learning on Multi- and Manycore Architectures
國家理論中心數學組 2018 短期課程:多核心電腦上的科學計算與機器學習
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Hartwig Anzt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and University of Tennessee, USAhttp://www.icl.utk.edu/~hanzt/index_kit.html
Short Bio: My research focus is on developing and optimizing numerical methods for efficient high-performance computing. In particular, I am interested in sparse linear algebra, iterative and asynchronous methods, Krylov solvers, preconditioning. The approach I take is based on the idea of re-formulating the problems in terms of fixed-point problems to allow for higher parallelization levels. The implementation of the fixed-point methods typically make heavy use of (data-parallel) batched routines, and possess relaxed synchronization requirements. I also work on fault tolerance, energy efficiency, as well as Multi- and Manycore (GPU) computing.
Time
2018/1/15-19 and 1/22-25 (Monday to Friday, 9:30-12:20 and 13:40-15:30 with 10-minute breaks for every 50-minute lecture)
2018/1/30 (Tuesday, 15:30-18:00 for project presentation and then have a pizza dinner)
Place
Room 440, Astro-Mathematics Building, NTU (台灣大學 天文數學館 440室)
Course Overview
This course covers the fundamentals of designing and implementing numerical linear algebra operations and algorithms on modern multi- and manycore architectures. New trends in the direction of Machine Learning/ Deep Learning will also be covered. The course bridges between mathematical theory on linear solvers, iteration methods, and preconditioning and programming aspects like MPI, OpenMP and CUDA programming. The course splits into five parts:
Each day contains two blocks: one morning block (3 hours) and one afternoon block (2 hours). While the morning block covers the more challenging theoretical background, the afternoon block aims at student involvement by containing practical examples, small exercises, and discussions. The students will have to complete 8 homework assignments covering the distinct topics.
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Organizers
Tsung-Min Huang, National Taiwan Normal University
Wen-Wei Lin, National Chiao Tung University
Yu-Chen Shu, National Cheng Kung University
Weichung Wang, National Taiwan University
Contact person: 游墨霏小姐 (02-3366-8814, murphyyu@ncts.ntu.edu.tw)