summary for the worldwide CUDA, GPGPU and parallel programming community. CUDA: WEEK IN REVIEW

Welcome to CUDA: WEEK IN REVIEW

A news summary for the worldwide CUDA, GPGPU and parallel programming community.

CUDA Pro Tip: GPU libraries provide an easy way to accelerate apps without writing GPU-specific code. The CUDA 5.5 version of the NVIDIA CUFFT Fast Fourier Transform library now supports the popular FFTW API. Learn more in CUDACast #8.

CUDA SPOTLIGHT

CUDA-Accelerated Neuroscience This week’s Spotlight is on Dr. Adam Gazzaley, of UC San Francisco, where he is the founding director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center and an Associate Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry. His laboratory studies neural mechanisms of perception, attention and memory, with an emphasis on the impact of distraction and multi-tasking on these abilities. Learn how Adam is using GPU computing in his research.

CUDA NEWS

Nsight Visual Studio Edition 3.1 NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition 3.1 is available for download. Now supporting Visual Studio 2012, Direct3D 11.1 and CUDA 5.5. MATLAB Extends GPU support for Image Processing The MathWorks R2013b release now supports 34 GPU-enabled Image Processing Toolbox functions. In this release, GPU support was added in the areas of object analysis, filtering and image type conversions. Parallel Computing Toolbox includes a new option for faster random number generation on the GPU, and continues to add more GPU-enabled functions. More info on GPU computing in MATLAB | MATLAB supports CUDA kernel development GPU Computing on LinkedIn Groups on LinkedIn are a great way to network and keep up with industry news. Here are a few suggestions: CUDA Developers | CUDA Users Group | GPGPU Users | HPC Professionals CUDA Summer Camp NVIDIA Japan hosted a CUDA summer camp for high school students in August at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. 75 high school students (and two junior high school students) participated. Instructors included Prof. Takayuki Aoki and Prof. Takashi Shimokawabe of Tokyo Tech. GTC 2014 Call for Submissions Call for Submissions for the GPU Technology Conference (March 24-27, 2014) is open through Sept. 27. Compute the Cure The NVIDIA Foundation is awarding up to $200k to a selected cancer research project. Applications are due by Oct. 7. Learn more. Upcoming Webinars Sept. 10: Virtualizing Tough 3D Workloads with VMware and NVIDIA, Mike Coleman, VMware Sept. 12: Guided Performance Analysis with NVIDIA Visual Profiler, David Goodwin, NVIDIA Sept. 17: ArrayFire: Productive GPU Software Library for Defense, Kyle Spafford, AccelerEyes Sept. 19: Debug OpenGL 4.2 with NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition 3.1, Daniel Price, NVIDIA Sept. 25: An Introduction to GPU Programming, Kelly Goss, Acceleware Sept. 26: Profile OpenGL 4.2 with NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition 3.1, Jeff Kiel, NVIDIA