Dallas, Texas, USA Dallas Chapter
20 APR 2012 Meeting
IEEE Computer Society
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Dallas, Texas, USA |
IEEE Computer Society Dallas Chapter 20 APR 2012 Meeting |
IEEE Computer Society |
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| When: | Friday 20 APR 2012 Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Talk: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM |
| Where: | Texas Instruments ("South Campus") 12500 TI Boulevard (SAME location as 8505 Forest Ln; just redefined main gate) Dallas, TX (Conference Rooms S1 & S2) |
| Topic: | "Reconfigurable EXASCALE Computing" |
| Speaker: | Steve Wallach, Chief Scientist, Co-Founder, & Director Convey Computer Corporation |
| Abstract: | High Performance Computing (HPC) research is focused on achieving ExaFlop/ExaOp performance by 2020. Unlike reaching a PetaFlop, to reach ExaScale computing, the general consensus is that vastly new programming paradigms, hardware architectures, and interconnects will be needed (as well as new power plants). This presentation will be focused on increasing uniprocessor performance and the roles that application specific heterogeneous computing and compilers play in evolving processor architecture. |
| Bio: | Steve Wallach is Chief Scientist, Co-Founder, and Director of Convey Computer Corporation. He is also an advisor to venture capital firms CenterPoint Ventures, Sevin-Rosen, and InterWest Partners. Previously, he served as Vice President of Technology for Chiaro Networks Ltd., and as co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Development of Convex Computer Corporation. After Hewlett-Packard Co. bought Convex, Wallach became CTO of HP's Enterprise Systems Group. Wallach served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Simulation and Computing Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1998 to 2007. He was also a visiting professor at Rice University in 1998 and 1999, and was Manager of Advanced Development for Data General Corporation. His efforts on Data General's MV/8000 are chronicled in Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize winning book, "The Soul of a New Machine." Steve Wallach holds 34 patents, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow, and was a founding member of the Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee. In 2008, he received IEEE's prestigious Seymour Cray Award. |
| Directions: | Even though TI's Forest Lane site has been given a new official entrance address at 12500 TI Boulevard and been renamed as TI's "South Campus," find our Dallas IEEE CS meetings just as you've always done. Head to the site's SouthEast (SE) entrance off Forest Lane JUST west of Greenville Avenue. Preferred parking is at extreme SE corner of the building. Enter the public lobby at building's SE corner and ask guard to direct you to conference rooms S-1/S-2 (very near this entrance). (See map.) |
| Cost: |
Technical Presentation: FREE to
both IEEE CS Members and the general public. Lunch: $10 to both Members and Non-Members. Please reserve lunch by 18 APR with our online form or by contacting Lucrecia at 214-567-4194 (Lucrecia) . |
| Access: | Since the meeting rooms are inside TI, some attendees may need to pre-register for access. If you are neither a U.S. citizen nor permanent U.S. resident (with "green card") and are from a "restricted country", please contact Lucrecia at 214-567-4194 (Lucrecia) by 18 APR to arrange for convenient pre-registration . |
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