WELCOME TO CUDA: WEEK IN REVIEW

WELCOME TO CUDA: WEEK IN REVIEW News and resources for the worldwide GPU and parallel programming community.

CUDA PRO TIP

Always set the current device to avoid multithreading bugs. Learn more on the Parallel Forall blog.

CUDA SPOTLIGHT

An Interview with Harvard's Cris Cecka This week's Spotlight features Cris Cecka, a lecturer and research scientist at the Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) at Harvard University. His research focuses on computational mathematics, particularly for interdisciplinary applications in science and engineering. Cris teaches CUDA in Harvard's CS205 course, a core requirement for the IACS Master's program. He is also performing research with the Mathematics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read the Spotlight.

CUDA NEWS

Introducing cuDNN for Machine Learning Developers Machine Learning, a sub-field of Artificial Intelligence, is becoming pervasive. It's at the foundation of applications such as internet search, fraud detection, image tagging and brain mapping, to name a few. The hottest area in Machine Learning is the area of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). The success of DNNs has been greatly accelerated with GPU computing. Because of the increasing importance of DNNs in both industry and academia, NVIDIA has introduced a new library for deep neural networks called cuDNN. The cuDNN library makes it easy to obtain state-of-the-art performance with DNNs, along with other important benefits. Learn more. Cancer Research Funding Announced  The NVIDIA Foundation and the National Cancer Institute have kicked off funding opportunities in the fight against cancer. Up to $2 million is available for projects that leverage the power of computation in the search for a cure. Applications are due Oct. 8. Learn more. Tell Us Your GPU Story  At SC14, NVIDIA will highlight GPU programming/science stories from around the world. If you are a GPU developer or researcher, tell us how you are using GPUs in 140 characters or less. Your submission will be considered for display in the NVIDIA booth and/or on the NVIDIA website. Respond here by Oct. 10. CUDA 6.5 Available Now The CUDA 6.5 Production Release is now available to the public. Download CUDA 6.5. GPU Technology Conference 2015: Call for Submissions The Call for Submissions for the GPU Technology Conference (March 17-20, 2015) is open until Oct 6. Global Impact Award: Now Accepting Applications The NVIDIA Global Impact Award is an annual grant of $150,000 for groundbreaking work using NVIDIA technology to address social and humanitarian problems. Nominations are due Oct. 31.