The evolution of computer architecture and the incorporation of a larger numberof units within the processor for calculating call for the development ofsoftware programs that solve complex calculations. Thinking on this researchersfrom the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) proposed in 2006 to develop aNational Grid.
Grid are groups of computing resources, storage and information that aredistributed through the network and whose administration does not belong to asingle agency, but the institutions that make up this grid and connect theirresources to it. Its purpose is to obtain, among others, major computationalcapacity, storage and availability of information to obtain better results inscience and industry.
The national initiative is called CLGrid, which began at CMM along with REUNA, hasspread to some research and development centers in the country, such as: theCenter for Technological Innovation in the HPC-UTFSM, the Department of SystemsEngineering and Computer Science at Universidad Católica del Norte, the Centerfor Modeling and Computer Science at Universidad de La Frontera.
This year the fifth version of the Workshop CLGrid5 will take place and addressthe issues of “Multicore Architectures, Programming and PerformanceEvaluation.” The speakers are two experts in the field: Carsten Trinitisand Michael Gerndt, both of the Department of Informatics at the TechnicalUniversity of Munich. They joined the courses taught by Gonzalo Hernández (CMM,Universidad de Chile and CIT-HPC, UTFSM) and Andrés Avila (Department of EngineeringMathematics, Universidad de La Frontera).
The activity, sponsored by Intel, Adexus and Omega Systems, will be developed freeof charge between September 29 and October 3, at the Universidad Federico SantaMaría located on Avenida España 1680, Valparaiso.
More details of this workshop on: http://clgrid5.cmm.uchile.cl/
