CERN openlab Mini-Workshop on Floating-Point Computation

Europe/Zurich
31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre (CERN)

31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

CERN

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Luca Atzori (CERN), Omar Awile (CERN)
Description

The workshop

CERN openlab is pleased to announce a mini-workshop on floating-point computation and arithmetic to be offered at CERN on 9 May 2017.

The workshop will be run by Jeff Arnold, former Intel staff software engineer and a long-standing collaborator with CERN openlab. The target audience for this workshop are those who wish to gain a basic understanding of the fundamentals of floating-point arithmetic and computations. While extensive knowledge of floating-point arithmetic is not assumed, experience with scientific programming in C, C++ or Fortran is required.

Topics

The topics to be covered include:

  • Basics of floating-point arithmetic on x64 architecture
  • IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754-2008)
  • Properties of floating-point arithmetic
  • Error-Free Transformations and their uses
  • Pitfalls in floating-point computations
  • Impact of compilers and math libraries

The workshop will include hands-on exercises. Attendees are expected to have access to CERN computing facilities and to bring their own laptop to the workshop.


 

Participants
Webcast
There is a live webcast for this event
    • 09:00 10:00
      Lecture 1h
      Speaker: Jeffrey Arnold (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • 10:00 10:10
      Break 10m
    • 10:10 11:10
      Lecture 1h
      Speaker: Jeffrey Arnold (openlab/Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • 11:10 11:20
      Break 10m
    • 11:20 12:30
      Lecture and demonstrations 1h 10m
      Speaker: Jeffrey Arnold (openlab/Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:30 14:45
      Lecture and demonstrations 1h 15m
      Speaker: Jeffrey Arnold (openlab/Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • 14:45 15:00
      Break 15m
    • 15:00 17:00
      Exercises 2h
    • 17:00 17:30
      Wrap-up 30m