Parallel computing

Petuum Awarded OSDI 2021 Best Paper for Goodput-Optimized Deep Learning Research

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

PITTSBURGH and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Petuum's CASL research and engineering team has won this year's OSDI 2021 Best Paper Award.

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  • PITTSBURGH and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Petuum's CASL research and engineering team has won this year's OSDI 2021 Best Paper Award.
  • This effort is led by Dr. Aurick Qiao who heads the Composability, Automatic, and Scalable Learning ( CASL ) research and engineering team at Petuum .
  • Dr. Qiao received the Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award at the 15th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation ( OSDI ) 2021 for the paper he co-authored, Pollux: Co-adaptive Cluster Scheduling for Goodput-Optimized Deep Learning whichcaptures the revolutionary work implemented using one of CASL's key components, AdaptDL .
  • Pollux as implemented by AdaptDL improves scheduling performance in deep learning (DL) clusters by adaptively co-optimizing inter-dependent factors both at the per-job level and at the cluster-wide level.

omniQ Receives a 3-Year Contract to Deploy its AI Based Machine Vision Solution from Cypress College in California for Smart and Flexible Campus Parking Management

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Friday, July 23, 2021

Furthermore, PERCS will enable issuing virtual permits and enforcement of college parking rules with mobile and handheld omniQ Vision LPR.

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  • Furthermore, PERCS will enable issuing virtual permits and enforcement of college parking rules with mobile and handheld omniQ Vision LPR.
  • We are to enter into a 3-year agreement with Cypress College, reflecting continued momentum for our AI based PERCS software to enable smart campus parking management, said OMNIQs CEO, Shai Lustgarten.
  • We are pleased to partner with OMNIQ and have a one-stop shop for our smart campus parking management needs, said Alex Bernal, Campus Safety Coordinator at Cypress College.
  • It is a tremendous value to utilize streamlined technology to automate the more time intensive administrative aspects of campus management.

OpenMP ARB Releases Technical Report 10

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) has released Technical Report 10, the preview for the future version 5.2 of the OpenMP API.

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  • The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) has released Technical Report 10, the preview for the future version 5.2 of the OpenMP API.
  • Version 5.2 refactors the OpenMP specification to improve consistency of its syntax and semantic restrictions, OpenMP Language Committee Chair Bronis R. de Supinski said.
  • Technical Report 10 is an important milestone on the path to OpenMP 5.2.
  • The OpenMP ARB owns the OpenMP brand, oversees the OpenMP specification and produces and approves new versions of the specification.

Researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Adopt Deep Learning for Multi-Object Tracking

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

One example is object tracking, which involves recognizing persistent objects in video footage and tracking their movements.

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  • One example is object tracking, which involves recognizing persistent objects in video footage and tracking their movements.
  • This, in turn, can lead to the algorithm to mix up objects in a scene and ultimately produce incorrect tracking results.
  • At the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea, a team of researchers led by Professor Moongu Jeon seeks to solve these issues by incorporating deep learning techniques into a multi-object tracking framework.
  • Moreover, the researchers also offset a main drawback of deep learninglow speedby adopting indexing-based GPU parallelization to reduce computing times.

Julia Computing Raises $24M in Series A, Former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia Joins Board

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Also announced today, Bob Muglia, former Snowflake CEO and former Microsoft President of Servers and Tools, will join the Julia Computing Board of Directors.

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  • Also announced today, Bob Muglia, former Snowflake CEO and former Microsoft President of Servers and Tools, will join the Julia Computing Board of Directors.
  • Julia Computing will use the funding to further develop and advance its secure, high-performance JuliaHub cloud platform and to grow the Julia ecosystem.
  • Julia Computing was founded by the creators of Julia the fastest and easiest high-performance computing language for artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, data science, modeling, and simulation.
  • "Technical computing is stuck in a rut today," said Viral Shah, co-founder and CEO of Julia Computing and co-creator of Julia.

Julia Computing Raises $24M in Series A, Former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia Joins Board

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Also announced today, Bob Muglia, former Snowflake CEO and former Microsoft President of Servers and Tools, will join the Julia Computing Board of Directors.

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  • Also announced today, Bob Muglia, former Snowflake CEO and former Microsoft President of Servers and Tools, will join the Julia Computing Board of Directors.
  • Julia Computing will use the funding to further develop and advance its secure, high-performance JuliaHub cloud platform and to grow the Julia ecosystem.
  • Julia Computing was founded by the creators of Julia the fastest and easiest high-performance computing language for artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, data science, modeling, and simulation.
  • "Technical computing is stuck in a rut today," said Viral Shah, co-founder and CEO of Julia Computing and co-creator of Julia.

NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA vector supercomputer sets record in processing performance in STAC-A2 Benchmarks

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Friday, July 16, 2021

TOKYO, July 16, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that the NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA vector supercomputer set a record in the STAC-A2 Benchmark tests, which measure the computational performance of Monte Carlo-based risk simulations common in financial markets.

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  • TOKYO, July 16, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that the NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA vector supercomputer set a record in the STAC-A2 Benchmark tests, which measure the computational performance of Monte Carlo-based risk simulations common in financial markets.
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    In recent years, as the digitization of financial transactions has progressed, the amount of data being processed has increased exponentially.
  • Based on the results of the STAC-A2, NEC aims to use SX-Aurora TSUBASA to help improve the fairness and reliability of financial markets.
  • Moreover, the system is specialized for high-speed processing of large-scale data using NEC's unique vector processors, making it ideal for contributing to financial markets.

Rockridge Intersects Additional Copper Mineralization and Plans Upcoming Summer Exploration Program at the Knife Lake Copper Project, Saskatchewan

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Planning is now underway for a fully funded and permitted summer 2021 exploration program to follow up on the encouraging results from this drill program.

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  • Planning is now underway for a fully funded and permitted summer 2021 exploration program to follow up on the encouraging results from this drill program.
  • The program will include a VTEM Plus Geophysical program to expand on the winter 2021 geophysical program.
  • VTEM Plus has proven to be a useful tool for target generation on the Knife Lake Property.
  • Knife Lake Geology and History:
    The Knife Lake Deposit is interpreted to be a remobilized VMS deposit.

MEDIA ALERT: Join Andes Principle Architect Dr. Thang Tran's Lecture, "Demystifying RISC-V Vector Extension"

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Friday, July 9, 2021

The hour long event will be the first of a 4-part lecture series on next-generation vector processor design.

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  • The hour long event will be the first of a 4-part lecture series on next-generation vector processor design.
  • It will showcase a 5-stage pipeline and an 8-stage in-order superscalar vector processor based on Andes latest AndeStar V5 Architecture.
  • Who: Dr. Thang Tran, Principal Architect and veteran of high-performance computing (HPC) at Andes Technology Corp. will be the series' presenter.
  • The vector processor issues 8 micro-ops per cycle with up to 14 vector instructions in parallel execution.

NTHU Team Steals the Show at the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge

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Monday, July 5, 2021

A team from NTHUs Department of Computer Science has won the Championship in the online group of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, outperforming more than 300 teams representing prestigious universities around the world.

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  • A team from NTHUs Department of Computer Science has won the Championship in the online group of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, outperforming more than 300 teams representing prestigious universities around the world.
  • NTHU, currently ranking second in the world, is a force to be reckoned with in the circle of supercomputer competitions.
  • The team also won several awards at SCC, including the Championship in 2010, 2011 and the Highest LINPACK Award in 2007, 2008, and 2014.
  • This years team consisted of juniors Wang Tzuwen, Huang Wenyuan, and Chang Chenghsun, and sophomores Mou Chanyu and Chiang Liyuan.