This schedule is designed to give you an overview of the topics involved with the program and of the activities planned. This is a living document and will be updated throughout the program. Please see the Program Details for more explanations regarding the program and the schedule.
The chapter numbers and their titles refer to the book Peter S. Pacheco, Parallel Programming with MPI, Morgan Kaufmann, 1997.
Week 1: 06/18/17-06/24/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 06/18/17 | 12:00-04:00 | Move-in | |
| 05:00-07:00 | Welcome meeting | MP 101 | |
| Monday, 06/19/17 | 08:30-09:30 | Orientation | MP 422 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 1: Overview and orientation for the cluster maya | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 1: Linux on maya, serial “Hello, world!” | ENGR 021 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 2: Motivation for parallel computing and parallel “Hello, world!” | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 2: HW 1 on parallel computing: compiling and running sample codes | ENGR 021 | |
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Tuesday, 06/20/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 022 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 3: Chapter 3: Greetings! | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 3: HW 2 (start) on parallel computing: format conversions, command-line arguments, and error check | ENGR 021 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 4: Chapter 4: An Application: Numerical Integration | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 4: HW 2 on parallel computing: trapezoidal rule | ENGR 021 | |
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Wednesday, 06/21/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 022 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 5: Chapter 5: Collective Communication | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 5: HW 3 (start) on parallel computing: parallel dot product | ENGR 021 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 6: Statistics 1: R overview and Introductory Statistics | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 6: Descriptive statistics, hypothesis test, confidence interval | ENGR 021 | |
| 05:00-06:00 | Dinner break | ||
| 06:00-09:00 | GRE preparation course 1: pre-test | ENGR 104 | |
| Thursday, 06/22/17 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 2: Part 1 of Session I | MEYR 120 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:00 | VIP meeting with Dr. Rouben Rostamian, Chair of Mathematics & Statistics | BIOL 120 | |
| 02:00-05:00 | Presentations by project clients | BIOL 120 | |
| 06:00-08:00 | Professional development workshop with dinner | ||
| Friday, 06/23/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 022 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 7: Chapter 5: Collective Communication | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 7: HW 3 on parallel computing: coding of auxiliary functions for power method | ENGR 021 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 8: Statistics 2: Estimation Methods | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 8: Monte Carlo Estimation with R using snow | ENGR 021 | |
| Saturday, 06/24/17 | Complete homework |
Week 2: 06/25/17-07/01/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 06/25/17 | Complete homework | ||
| Monday, 06/26/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 022 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 9: Matlab 1: Programming in Matlab | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 9: HW 4 on parallel computing: code for power method | ENGR 104 |
|
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 10: Statistics 3: Simulations and Monte Carlo Integration | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 10: Monte Carlo Integration with snow | ENGR 021 | |
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Tuesday, 06/27/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 022 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 11: Matlab 2: Graphics in Matlab |
ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 11: HW 5 on parallel computing: setup and post-processing of performance studies |
ENGR 021 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 12: Statistics 4: Regression Methods | ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 12: Serial and Parallel computation of PRESS | ENGR 021 | |
| facilitated by RA | |||
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Wednesday, 06/28/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 022 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 13: Introduction to BLAS, LAPACK, MKL |
ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 13: HW 6 on parallel computing: comparison of BLAS functions |
ENGR 021 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 14: Chapter 11: Performance |
ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 14: HW 7 (start) on parallel computing: use of BLAS in utility routines | ENGR 021 | |
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Thursday, 06/29/17 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 3: Part 2 of Session I | ITE 233 |
| 12:00-01:15 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:15-01:45 | VIP meeting with Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, University President | BIOL 120 | |
| 02:00-05:00 | Presentations by project clients | BIOL 120 | |
| 06:00-08:00 | Professional development workshop with dinner | ||
| Friday, 06/30/17 | 09:00-01:30 | June 2017 Summer Horizons: Apply to Graduate School | Commons |
| hosted by UMBC Graduate School | Gameroom | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 15: LaTeX and BibTeX for reports |
ENGR 022 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 15: HW 7 on parallel computing: LaTeX report on studies for power method | ENGR 021 | |
| Saturday, 07/01/17 | Complete homework |
Week 3: 07/02/11-07/08/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/02/17 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/03/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 202 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Tuesday, 07/04/17 | Independence Day | ||
| Wednesday, 07/05/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 202 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project Work | SOND 202 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Thursday, 07/06/17 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 4: Part 1 of Session II | MEYR 120 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:00 | Project work | MP 422 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop with Chrisi Giannakaris, UMBC Career Center | BIOL 120 | |
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/07/17 | 09:00-09:30 | VIP meeting with Dr. William LaCourse, Dean of CNMS | SOND 202 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Class: presentation of work plans; outline of tech. report | SOND 202 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: proposal to client | SOND 202 | |
| Saturday, 07/08/17 | Project work |
Week 4: 07/09/17-07/15/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/09/17 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/10/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Class: project updates | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: framework of slides in LaTeX for client updates | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Tuesday, 07/11/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:00-03:30 | Field trip: Cryptologic Museum and NSA Career Panel | ||
| 03:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Wednesday, 07/12/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Thursday, 07/13/17 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 5: Part 2 of Session II | ITE 233 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop with Dr. Janet Rutledge, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School | BIOL 120 | |
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/14/17 | 09:00-09:10 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:10-11:40 | Field trip to Advanced Computing Systems | ||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Section 2 Background due by COB | SOND 202 | |
| Saturday, 07/15/16 | Project work |
Week 5: 07/16/17-07/22/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/16/17 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/17/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Tuesday, 07/18/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Wednesday, 07/19/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Class: project updates using LaTeX slides | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Thursday, 07/20/17 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 6: Part 1 of Session III | ITE 233 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop with Kathy Sutphin, Assistant Dean of CNMS | BIOL 120 | |
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/21/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Section 3 Methodology due by COB | SOND 202 | |
| Saturday, 07/22/17 | Project work |
Week 6: 07/23/17-07/29/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/23/17 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/24/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Class: project updates; how to write scientific abstracts | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: abstracts for SURF | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Tuesday, 07/25/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning Meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Wednesday, 07/26/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Thursday, 07/27/17 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 7: Part 2 of Session III | MEYR 120 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/28/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Section 4 Results due by COB | SOND 202 | |
| Saturday, 07/29/17 | Project work |
Week 7: 07/30/17-08/05/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/30/17 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/31/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: project updates; LaTeX for posters | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: framework of posters in LaTeX for SURF | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Tuesday, 08/01/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Wednesday, 08/02/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: project updates: posters for SURF | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Project work: finalization of posters for SURF | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Thursday, 08/03/17 | 09:00-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| 06:00-09:00 | GRE preparation course 8: post-test | ENGR 104 | |
| Friday, 08/04/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-10:30 | VIP meeting with Dr. Karl Steiner, Vice President for Research | MP 104 | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Project work: draft of project webpage for each team | MP 104 | |
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Sections 1 Introduction and 5 Conclusions due by COB | SOND 202 | |
| Saturday, 08/05/17 | Project work |
Week 8: 08/06/17-08/11/17
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 08/06/17 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 08/07/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: Confirmation of project posters; review of project webpages | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: finalization of project webpages | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:00-03:00 | Class: Oral presentation of all teams | SOND 202 | |
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab: finalization of oral presentations | SOND 202 | |
| Tuesday, 08/08/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 202 | |
| Wednesday, 08/09/17 | 09:00-12:30 | Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF) | UC Ballroom |
| 12:00-01:30 | Joint lunch with all participants | ||
| 02:00-04:00 | Meeting with program evaluator II | MP 422 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Project wrap-up to mentors | SOND 202 | |
| Thursday, 08/10/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | MP 104 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:30 | Finalize project reports | MP 422 | |
| 04:30-08:00 | Professional development workshop with Dr. Ken Baron, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Advising and Student Success | Community Center | |
| Friday, 08/11/17 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | MP 104 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: Final program wrap-up | MP 104 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Participant feedback on program | MP 422 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Joint lunch with all participants |