CERN openlab/Intel Workshop on Numerical Computing

7 Feb 2012, 09:00 → 8 Feb 2012, 17:00 Europe/Zurich

Building 593, Room 11 (CERN)

 

The registration to this workshop is now closed, as all places have been taken.

A new workshop will take place in the third quarter of this year, more information will follow.

Topics

• Advanced Floating point computing on x86
• Pitfalls in High Energy Physics software
• Floating point control in Intel Software
• Future directions in accuracy control
• Hands-on tutorials

 

Speakers

Jeff Arnold, Intel
Martyn Corden, Intel
Florent de Dinechin, ENS Lyon
John Gustafson, Intel Research
Vincenzo Innocente, CERN
Lorenzo Moneta, CERN

More information will follow shortly.

 

Poster FP_workshop_poster_v3.jpg

Tuesday 7 February

09:00 → 09:15 Introduction to the workshop

Sverre Jarp

Convener: Mr Sverre Jarp (CERN)

09:15 → 10:15 Floating-point issues and pitfalls seen in High Energy Physics calculations (PH/SFT)

• Reconstruction (30 m) - V. Innocente
• Data analysis (30 m) – L. Moneta

Conveners: Lorenzo Moneta (CERN), Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

09:15 Floating Point in Experimental HEP Data Processing

Speaker: Vincenzo Innocente (CERN)

Slides FPinEHEP.pdf

09:35 Floating point issues in Data Analysis

Speaker: Lorenzo Moneta (CERN)

Slides FPDataAnalysis.pdf

10:15 → 10:30 Break

10:30 → 11:15 Understand floating-point arithmetic (x86-64) Part - 1

Convener: Jeffrey Arnold (Intel Corporation (US))

slides Arnold-FPWorkshop-Print.pdf

11:15 → 11:30 Break

11:30 → 12:15 Understand floating-point arithmetic (x86-64) Part - 2

Convener: Jeffrey Arnold (Intel)

12:15 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Exercises Part 1

Please bring your own laptop

Wednesday 8 February

09:00 → 10:00 Floating-point control in the Intel C/C++ compiler and relevant libraries

Convener: Martyn Corden (Intel)

slides Corden_FP_control.pdf

10:00 → 10:15 Break

10:15 → 11:00 From CRLibm to Metalibm: assisting the production of high-performance proven floating project code (Florent de Dinechin)

Convener: Florent de Dinechin (ENS, Lyon)

slides DeDinechin-2012-CERN.pdf

11:00 → 11:15 Break

11:15 → 12:15 An Accuracy-Aware Analysis Environment for High-Efficiency Math

Convener: John Gustafson (Intel Research)

slides Gustafson-CERNtalk-FP.pdf

12:15 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Exercises Part 2

Bring your own laptop