Parallel Programming Contest

[Barb Autterson]

Who has the best parallel programmers???
 
Announcing the First HPCS Parallel Programming Contest
 
Graduate and undergraduate students are the future of research in the
computational sciences.  In these exciting times for HPC, it is
especially necessary to mentor and encourage the next generation of
HPC-enabled research scientists.
 
The First HPCS Programming Contest provides graduate and undergraduate
students in the computational sciences with the opportunity to
demonstrate their problem-solving, parallel programming and teamwork
skills in a competitive but supportive environment.  The contest
provides a platform for HPCS, C3, academia and industry to encourage
students and focus public attention on the next generation of high
performance computation professionals.
 
The contest will be limited to 10 teams.  Each team is to be composed of
two students (either graduate or undergraduate).  The two students will
pair program a set of four HPC problems.  The time limit is 4 hours.
The results will be evaluated for correctness, efficiency, and elegance.
The four problems will span the range of problems typically encountered
in an HPC environment.
 
The programming environment will be the following:
-          an Alpha cluster of 108 CPUs running RH Linux
-          a Quadrics interconnect
-          LSF scheduler 
-          mpich (version 1.1)
-          gcc compiler
 
The contest will be held during HPCS 2005 at the University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario.  It will take place on Monday, May 16 from 1PM to 5PM.
Conference registration for the participants is encouraged but not
required.
 
Prizes for the winning teams will be presented at the HPCS 2005 banquet
on Tuesday, May 17.
 
Registration is open until May 1, 2005 or until the team limit has been
reached.
 
To register online for the contest, go to the main HPCS 2005 website
(http://www.sharcnet.ca/events/hpcs2005), click on the Contest Link and
provide the following information:
*	name, affiliation (department, university), programme
(undergraduate, graduate) and email address for each team member
*	name, affiliation (department, university) and email for a
faculty member who will "sponsor" the team.  Note: the faculty member
only has to vouch for the accuracy of the supplied information about the
team members, they do not have to coach, financially sponsor or attend
the conference with the team but all those activities are encouraged!
*	if any of the team members has a SHARCNET account, then please
supply that account information, i.e. login name
 
Let the parallel programming games begin!
 
Summary of Contest Details
Date: Monday, May 16
Time: 1PM to 5PM
Place: HPCS 2005, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Participants:
*	teams of two programmers 
*	open to undergraduate and graduate students and research
associates (post-docs, etc.) who are working in academia and are not
more than 2 years out of their last degree.
*	any degree or diploma granting academic institution inside or
outside of Canada is eligible
*	limited to 10 teams
 
Registration 
            - online registration at <URL>
            - registration closes on May 1, 2005
            - check http://www.sharcnet.ca/events/hpcs2005 to see if
participant limit has been reached
 
For more information please email Deborah Stacey at
dastacey at uoguelph.ca.
 
 
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