[Omp] IWOMP 2006 OMPlab - June 06

[Rick Kufrin]

IWOMP 2006 OMPlab Offers Comprehensive Hands-On Exposure, Information, 
and Insight to the OpenMP Community
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Organizers of the 2006 International Workshop on OpenMP (IWOMP), scheduled
to take place on June 12-15, 2006 in Reims, France, have announced
the agenda for OMPlab, the hands-on laboratory portion of the meeting.
OMPlab is to be held at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne during
the second half of IWOMP (June 14-15), following a two-day schedule
of keynote speeches, technical paper presentations, panel discussions,
and social events scheduled at nearby Pommery Castle.

The mission of OMPlab is to provide OpenMP users of all experience levels
an opportunity to increase their knowledge and effective use of the
OpenMP API for shared-memory parallel programming.  OMPlab will offer
parallel sessions over a two-day period that will include a beginner's
tutorial introduction to OpenMP, an advanced OpenMP introduction, case
studies of OpenMP usage and effectiveness in real world applications, and
exposure to the latest offerings in OpenMP-targeted development tools.
The OMPlab agenda, along with latest updates, can be found at the IWOMP
website: http://www.iwomp.org/

Attendees of OMPlab will have access to a variety of current hardware for
running applications of their choice for activities such as porting and
performance tuning/evaluation for the duration of the event.  Several
application-focused proposals for OMPlab have been submitted by OMPlab
participants and are available on the IWOMP website. Additional openings
remain for researchers who would like to bring their own codes to work 
with during OMPlab in order to take advantage of the assistance of OpenMP
experts and tool developers who will be in attendance.  Prepared lab
examples and exercises will be also be available for those participants
who prefer to gain hands-on experience in a more structured format.
The expected hardware and software offerings supporting OMPlab are
available for viewing at the IWOMP website.

OMPlab registration is included in the price of IWOMP and can be completed
online at http://www.iwomp.org/.  The registration deadline for IWOMP is
June 8.  IWOMP offers discounts for a limited number of student attendees.