UPCRC Illinois Hosts FREE Intel "Think Parallel" Workshop for Faculty

May 21, 2009
By: Cheri Helregel

UPCRC Illinois will be hosting a FREE Think Parallel Workshop, July 21-22, 2009 at the Siebel Center for Computer Science. Organized by the Intel Academic Program, this hands-on, lab based workshop offers parallelism training for faculty who want to incorporate parallel programming into their undergraduate curriculum. Classes are taught by Dr. Clay Breshears. Intel will provide fully equipped laptops for use throughout the workshop. Although the workshop is free, Intel cannot cover travel expenses for participants.

For more information, visit http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-academic-program-is-teaching-this-summer/.

To register for the workshop, send an e-mail to Register. Please include your name, e-mail address, institution name, phone number, and workshop dates you are registering for. Preference will be given to faculty who plan to integrate parallelism into their curriculum. The last date to register is July 6, 2009.

About UPCRC Illinois
The Universal Parallel Computing Research Center (UPCRC Illinois) at the University of Illinois is a joint research endeavor of the Department of Computer Science, the Coordinated Science Laboratory, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and corporate partners Microsoft and Intel. The center builds on a history of Illinois innovation in parallel computing that spans four decades. UPCRC Illinois is also one of many Parallel@Illinois efforts currently invested in pioneering and promoting parallel computing research and education.

About Intel
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com.