[Colloquium] Seminar Announcement: Cray Technology Update - REMINDER!

[Ninfa Mayorga]

Computation Institute Presentation

Speaker: Dave Strenski, Application Analyst
Date: June 16, 2011
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: The University of Chicago, Searle 240A, 5735 S. Ellis Avenue

Cray Technology Update

Abstract:
Dave Strenski from Cray will be talking about the current architecture  
of Beagle, the Cray XE6 just acquired by the University of Chicago. He  
will also give an overview of the latest generation of Cray machines:  
the GPU based machine - the Cray XK6; and the uniquely designed  
database, graph and analytics machine - the Cray XMT. He will also  
give an overview of what we can expect from Cray in the future.

Specifications about the three machines can be found at:
XE6 - http://www.cray.com/Products/XE/CrayXE6System.aspx
XK6 - http://www.cray.com/Products/XK6/KX6.aspx
XMT - http://www.cray.com/products/XMT.aspx

Bio: Dave Strenski has been an Application Analyst for Cray Inc for 18  
years, which designs and manufactures high performance computers.  
Prior to Cray Dave has held a variety of technical positions at  
several computer and research organizations. Dave holds degrees in  
Land Surveying, Civil and Mechanical Engineering. His publications  
include works in parallel computing, numerical consistency, genomic  
data searching algorithms reconfigurable computing, and was issued a  
patent for a meshing algorithm for threaded fasteners. As a hobby,  
Dave plays with solar power and helps design and install photovoltaic  
systems in Ypsilanti. Dave has reached over 1300 people with his solar  
presentation which can be found at SolarYpsi.org.


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