BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20111115T220000Z DTEND:20111115T230000Z LOCATION:WSCC 2A/2B DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: Introduction to NVIDIA's CUDA, a platform for using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) as powerful parallel accelerators for general purpose applications. Topics include: an introduction to GPU architectures and programming models (Thread/Block/Grid/Kernel concepts); the basics of getting data to and from a GPU using the CUDA API; hands-on experience with first CUDA Kernels.=0A=0APrerequisite: "Introduction to Accelerators and GPGPU" session or equivalent. SUMMARY: PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR