Workshop Chairs
Intel Corporation
Rice University
First Concurrent Collections Workshop (CnC ’09)
July 23-24, 2009
Intel Corporation, 77 Reed Road, Hudson, Massachusetts
Concurrent Collections (CnC) is a new parallel programming model for mainstream programmers that differs from other approaches in its philosophy. The programmer doesn’t specify what operations run in parallel; instead, they only specify the semantic ordering constraints. This provides a separation of concerns between domain experts and tuning experts, simplifying the job of the domain expert while providing more flexibility to the tuning expert. Details on CnC and related research can be found at:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-concurrent-collections-for-cc/ and
The agenda includes a hands-on tutorial on Day 1 (July 23) and a research workshop on Day 2 (July 24). For those with no prior knowledge of CnC, the Day 1 tutorial will provide sufficient background for attending Day 2. The Day 2 workshop will include research presentations and a discussion of future directions in building a CnC research community. A detailed agenda for Day 1 and Day 2 can be found here.
The workshop will be held at the Intel site at 77 Reed Road in Hudson, MA, about 45 minutes from Boston/Cambridge. Local information with nearby hotels and directions can be found here.
Since there is no registration fee for the workshop, attendees should plan to cover their own local expenses (lodging, meals, etc).
Please contact the workshop chairs, Kathleen Knobe and Vivek Sarkar, if you are interested in attending this workshop.
We would like to thank the following people at Intel for their help with local arrangements, computer support and workshop organization: Susan Cooney, Mark Hampton, Ryan Newton, Sagnak Tasirlar.