GTC 2012 Program Guide - GPU Technology Conference

TUESDAY
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (50 MINUTES)
ROOM A5
S0261 Scalable GPU Computing Service Architecture
In this session we describe our GPU accelerated computing
service which supports several internal business processes in a
large scale company setup. The service supports diverse
computational needs such as on-demand rendering, mesh
optimization, a Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMO), product
visualizations and other demanding computational tasks. We
present the architectural considerations for a service-oriented
computational framework and the practical learning’s and
opportunities encountered during development a enterprise
system using NVIDIA technologies such as CUDA, OptiX, OpenGL
and OpenCL. Our aim is to share knowledge and present LEGO’s
vision for a GPU accelerated computational platform as a
business-driven technology.
Speaker(s): Henrik Høj Madsen (Solution Architect, LEGO), Michael
Schøler (Senior Consultant, LEGO)
Topic(s): Cloud Computing, Computer Graphics, Ray Tracing
(Intermediate)
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (25 MINUTES)
ROOM A7
S0336 GPU Acceleration for Seismic
Interpretation Algorithms
The oil and gas industry is already leveraging GPUs for seismic
data processing, but what about 3D seismic interpretation? This
session will cover how the GPU is being used by TerraSpark
Geosciences to dramatically decrease the runtime of algorithms
for enhancing faults, computing horizon orientation, and
calculating volumetric curvature. We will share our experiences in
porting these techniques to the GPU, the challenges encountered,
the solutions found, and, of course, the benefits to execution time.
Speaker(s): Jonathan Marbach (Director, Software Architecture and
Engineering, TerraSpark Geosciences)
Topic(s): Energy Exploration (Beginner)
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (50 MINUTES)
ROOM J2
S0356 Optimized Texture Transfers
Many real world graphics applications need to transfer textures
efficiently in and out of GPU memory in the form of 2D images,
2.5D terrains or 3D volumes as well as their time-varying
counterparts. The first part of this talk covers technical pointers
on how to optimize your OpenGL application to overlap transfers
with rendering using the NVIDIA Copy Engines. The second part
demonstrates the integration and performance of this feature
within the a real world latency-sensitive broadcast graphics
application from VizRT.
Speaker(s): Shalini Venkataraman (Senior Applied Engineer, NVIDIA),
Gerhard Lang (Chief Engineering Officer, VizRT )
Topic (s): Computer Graphics, Visualization
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (50 MINUTES)
ROOM L
S0435 Leveraging GPGPU Technology for Valuation of
Complex Insurance Products
We share our experiences moving a mature, large scale insurance
application from a CPU to GPU environment. This session explores
the nuances of porting a C++ application when ‘blank sheet’
re-architecture is not an option. This session will cover: Insurance
differences from other financial products (and the implications for
the GPU), Considerations when moving an existing, fully featured
C++ system to a GPGPU platform, Supporting CPU and GPU
implementations from a single code base, Supporting user defined
code extensions on the GPU, CUDA 4.0 C++ extensions: experiences,
challenges and limitations and Performance case study.
Speaker(s): Chris Stiefeling (Oliver Wyman Financial Services)
Topic(s): Finance (Intermediate)
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (50 MINUTES)
ROOM N
S0526 Tools for Mobile Computational Photography
This session will talk about advances in Mobile Computational
Photography and the tools that NVIDIA is putting together to
enable these on Tegra powered devices. It will demonstrate the
use of FCam, an Application Programming Interface (API) that
allows for easy and precise control of the camera system. In
addition, the FCam API can enable the application developer to
replace basic camera routines such as metering, which are
typically hidden inside black boxes in traditional camera
programming models.
Speaker(s): Alejandro Troccoli (Mobile Imaging Researcher, NVIDIA)
Topic(s): Computational Photography (Intermediate)
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (50 MINUTES)
ROOM M
S0638 Lenovo ThinkStation Accelerates Medical
Research with Beckman Coulter (Presented by Lenovo)
Lenovo ThinkStations utilize Nvidia Maximus technology to
accelerate mission critical applications across multiple industries,
including manufacturing, media & entertainment, and Life
Sciences. Discover how GPUs are used to accelerate medical
research from product experts with Lenovo and Beckman Coulter.
Beckman Coulter has utilized Nvidia GPUs to reduce software
development and test cycles by 50% with their Kaluza software.
Kaluza is a revolutionary flow cytometry analysis software solution
that provides visualization tools, speed and an innovative
simplicity to the flow community. See how Kaluza allows users to
analyze 10 million cells in real time. Session attendees will
receive a drawing entry to win a brand new ThinkPad Tablet.
Speaker(s): Scott Ruppert (ThinkStation Technical Solutions Manager,
Lenovo), Tanmay Dharmadhikari (Senior Software Development
Engineer, Beckman-Coulter)
Topic(s): Computer Graphics, Life Sciences (Beginner)
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 16:00 (50 MINUTES)
HALL 1
S0641 CUDA 5 and Beyond
CUDA, NVIDIA’s platform for parallel computing, has grown
rapidly in the past 5 years. The performance and efficiency of
software built on CUDA, combined with a thriving ecosystem of
programming languages, libraries, tools, training, and service
providers, have helped make GPU computing a leading HPC
technology. CUDA 5 and the Kepler GPU architecture don’t just
increase application performance; they enable a more powerful
parallel programming model that expands the possibilities of GPU
computing, and language features that improve programmer
productivity. In this talk you’ll hear about these revolutionary
features and get insight into the philosophy driving the
development of new CUDA hardware and software. You will learn
about NVIDIA’s vision for CUDA and the challenges for the future
of parallel software development.