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: 06/15/15-06/19/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 06/14/15 | 09:00-04:00 | Move-in | |
| 05:00-07:00 | Welcome meeting | SOND 409 | |
| Monday, 06/15/15 | 08:30-09:30 | Orientation with breakfast | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 1: Overview and orientation for the cluster maya | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 1: Linux on maya, serial “Hello, world!” | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by all RAs | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Joint lunch with all participants | Skylight Room | |
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 2: Motivation for parallel computing and parallel “Hello, world!” | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 2: HW 1 on parallel computing: compiling and running sample codes | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by all RAs | |||
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Tuesday, 06/16/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 023 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 3: Chapter 3: Greetings! | ENGR 023 | |
| 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 104 | |
| facilitated by all RAs | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 4: Chapter 4: An Application: Numerical Integration | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 4: HW 2 on parallel computing: trapezoidal rule | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by all RAs | |||
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Wednesday, 06/17/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 023 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 5: Chapter 5: Collective Communication | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 5: HW 3 (start) on parallel computing: parallel dot product | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Ari Blenkhorn, Jon Graf, and Sam Khuvis | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 6: Statistics 1: R overview and Introductory Statistics | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 6: Descriptive statistics, hypothesis test, confidence interval | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Sai Popuri | |||
| 06:00-08:30 | GRE preparation course 1: pre-test | ENGR 104 | |
| Thursday, 06/18/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 2 | MEYR 120 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:00 | VIP meeting with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of UMBC | SOND 409 | |
| 02:15-05:00 | Presentations by project clients | SOND 409 | |
| 06:00-08:00 | Professional development workshop with dinner | ||
| Friday, 06/19/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 023 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 7: Chapter 5: Collective Communication | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 7: HW 3 on parallel computing: coding of auxiliary functions for power method | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Ari Blenkhorn, Jon Graf, and Sam Khuvis | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 8: Statistics 2: Estimation Methods | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 8: Monte Carlo Estimation with R using snow | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Sai Popuri | |||
| Saturday, 06/20/15 | Complete homework |
Week 2: 06/22/15-06/26/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 06/21/15 | Complete homework | ||
| Monday, 06/22/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 023 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 9: Matlab 1: Programming in Matlab | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 9: HW 4 on parallel computing: code for power method | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Ari Blenkhorn, Jon Graf, and Sam Khuvis | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 10: Statistics 3: Simulations and Monte Carlo Integration | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 10: Monte Carlo Integration with snow | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Sai Popuri | |||
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Tuesday, 06/23/15 | 09:00-09:30 | VIP meeting with Dr. William LaCourse, Dean of CNMS | ENGR 023 |
| hosted by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 11: Matlab 2: Graphics in Matlab |
ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 11: HW 5 on parallel computing: setup and post-processing of performance studies |
ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Ari Blenkhorn, Jon Graf, and Sam Khuvis | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 12: Statistics 4: Regression Methods | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 12: Serial and Parallel computation of PRESS | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Sai Popuri | |||
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Wednesday, 06/24/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | ENGR 023 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Lecture 13: Introduction to BLAS, LAPACK, MKL |
ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 13: HW 6 on parallel computing: comparison of BLAS functions |
ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Ari Blenkhorn, Jon Graf, and Sam Khuvis | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 14: Chapter 11: Performance |
ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 14: HW 7 (start) on parallel computing: use of BLAS in utility routines | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by Ari Blenkhorn, Jon Graf, and Sam Khuvis | |||
| 05:30-06:30 | Dinner break | ||
| Thursday, 06/25/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 3 | MEYR 272 |
| 09:30-01:30 | Field trip to Data Science Day at the Nielsen Corporation | Columbia, MD | |
| hosted by Dr. Neerchal | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 02:00-03:45 | Presentations by project clients | SOND 409 | |
| 03:45-04:15 | VIP meeting with Dr. Philip Rous, Provost of UMBC | SOND 409 | |
| 04:30-05:30 | Presentations by project clients | SOND 409 | |
| 06:00-08:00 | Professional development workshop with dinner | ||
| Friday, 06/26/15 | 09:00-09:30 | VIP meeting with Kerry Kidwell-Slak, Associate Director of the UMBC Career Center | ENGR 023 |
| hosted by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 09:30-11:00 | Lecture 15: LaTeX and BibTeX for reports | ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab 15: HW 7 on parallel computing: post-processing of study results and powerful graphics, LaTeX |
ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by all RAs | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-02:45 | Lecture 16: Hybrid Programming using GPUs and Intel Phi Accelerators |
ENGR 023 | |
| presented by Dr. Gobbert | |||
| 03:00-04:00 | Lab 16: HW 7 on parallel computing: LaTeX report on studies for power method | ENGR 104 | |
| facilitated by all RAs | |||
| Saturday, 06/27/15 | Complete homework |
Week 3: 06/29/15-07/03/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 06/28/15 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 06/29/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Initial project work: development of work plan | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Tuesday, 06/30/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting: Meet your faculty mentors | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Wednesday, 07/01/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Class: presentation of work plans; outline of tech. report | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: proposal to client | SOND 409 | |
| Thursday, 07/02/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 4 | MEYR 120 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 02:00-04:00 | Meeting with program evaluator I | MP 422 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop: research presentations by RAs | SOND 409 | |
| hosted by Jonathan Graf | |||
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/03/15 | Independence Day Observed | ||
| Saturday, 07/04/15 | Independence Day |
Week 4: 07/06/15-07/10/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/05/15 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/06/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Class: project updates | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: framework of slides in LaTeX for client updates | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Tuesday, 07/07/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Wednesday, 07/08/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 12:00-04:00 | Field trip to the National Cryptologic Museum | ||
| hosted by Dr. Adragni | |||
| Thursday, 07/09/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 5 | MEYR 120 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop with Dr. Janet Rutledge, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School | SOND 409 | |
| hosted by Dr. Neerchal | |||
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/10/15 | 09:00-10:00 | VIP meeting with Dr. Karl Steiner, Vice President for Research | SOND 409 |
| hosted by Dr. Neerchal | |||
| 10:00-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Section 2 Background due by COB | SOND 409 | |
| Saturday, 07/11/15 | Project work |
Week 5: 07/13/15-07/17/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/12/15 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/13/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Class: project updates using LaTeX slides | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Tuesday, 07/14/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:30 | Professional development workshop with Kathy Sutphin, Assistant Dean of CNMS | SOND 409 | |
| hosted by Dr. Peercy | |||
| 10:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Wednesday, 07/15/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Thursday, 07/16/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 6 | MEYR 145 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop with Kate Phelps, Assistant Director of the UMBC Career Center | SOND 409 | |
| hosted by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/17/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Section 3 Methodology due by COB | SOND 409 | |
| Saturday, 07/18/15 | Project work |
Week 6: 07/20/15-07/24/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/19/15 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/20/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-11:00 | Class: project updates; how to write scientific abstracts | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: abstracts for SURF | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Tuesday, 07/21/15 | 09:00-09:15 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:15-12:00 | Field trip to Advanced Computing Systems | ||
| hosted by Dr. Adragni | |||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Wednesday, 07/22/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 10:00-02:00 | Field trip to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | ||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 02:00-03:00 | Ph.D. defense: Elias Al-Najjar | MP 105 | |
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Thursday, 07/23/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 7 | MEYR 120 |
| 10:00-01:00 | Field trip to the University of Maryland Proton Therapy Center | ||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-04:30 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| 04:00-05:00 | Professional development workshop with Dr. Bradford E. Peercy on publishing papers | SOND 409 | |
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/24/15 | 08:30-12:00 | July 2015 Summer Horizons: Apply to Graduate School! | MEYR 120 |
| hosted by the UMBC Graduate School | |||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Section 4 Results due by COB | SOND 409 | |
| Saturday, 07/25/15 | Project work |
Week 7: 07/27/15-07/31/15
12:00-01:30Lunch break
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 07/26/15 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 07/27/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: project updates; LaTeX for posters | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: framework of posters in LaTeX for SURF | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | ||
| Tuesday, 07/28/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Project work | ||
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | ||
| Wednesday, 07/29/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Class: project updates: posters for SURF | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Thursday, 07/30/15 | 09:00-12:00 | GRE preparation course 8: post-test | ENGR 104 |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: finalization of posters for SURF | SOND 409 | |
| 05:30-07:30 | Joint dinner | ||
| Friday, 07/31/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:15 | VIP meeting with Dr. Animikh Biswas, Graduate Program Director | SOND 409 | |
| 10:15-12:00 | Project work: draft of project webpage for each team | SOND 409 | |
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work: Sections 1 Introduction and 5 Conclusions due by COB | SOND 409 | |
| Saturday, 08/01/15 | Project work |
Week 8: 08/03/15-08/07/15
| Day | Time | Main topic | Location |
| Sunday, 08/02/15 | Project work | ||
| Monday, 08/03/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: Confirmation of project posters; review of project webpages | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: finalization of project webpages | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Tuesday, 08/04/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: Oral presentation of all teams | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Lab: finalization of oral presentations | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:00-03:00 | Ph.D. defense: Zana Coulibaly | MP 103 | |
| 03:00-05:00 | Project work | SOND 409 | |
| Wednesday, 08/05/15 | 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 409 | |
| Thursday, 08/06/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-12:00 | Class: Final review of project reports | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 01:30-05:00 | Finalize project reports | SOND 409 | |
| 05:30-08:00 | Professional development workshop with Dr. Ken Baron, Director of Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising |
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| hosted by Dr. Peercy | |||
| Friday, 08/07/15 | 09:00-09:30 | Morning meeting | SOND 409 |
| 09:30-10:45 | Class: Final program wrap-up | SOND 409 | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Participant feedback on program | SOND 409 | |
| 12:00-01:30 | Joint lunch with all participants | Skylight Room |