{"id":58,"date":"2008-12-20T22:24:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2008-12-21T00:39:56","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T05:39:56","slug":"arbcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"ArbCamp!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59 alignnone\" style=\"padding-right:10px;\" title=\"SessionGrid!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_1798-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"SessionGrid!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_1798-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_1798-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/a2geeks.org\/display\/geek\/ArbCamp+08\">ArbCamp08<\/a> was great, thanks to all the organizers, who had to scramble at the last minute to handle a huge turnout by changing the venue.\u00a0 With more than 160 attendees, there was a wide variety of interesting breakout sessions and impromptu discussions.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the parallel programming session led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcohen.name\/\">Jon Cohen<\/a> &#8211; I hadn&#8217;t realized that graphics processors were up in the hundreds of cores, and that they can be utilized for scientific computing with the help of Nvidia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/cuda_home.html\">Cuda<\/a> compiler.\u00a0 Users of this technology were first hand, including Eric <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Janikowski<\/span> Jankowski, who agreed that this technology has revolutionized molecular simulation work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-60\" style=\"padding-left:10px;\" title=\"A2game disussion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_1799-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A2game disussion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_1799-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ryanburns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_1799-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Other sessions of note included a plan to set up a co-working space in the Arcadian Antiques location on Main Street, and a loose discussion of DIY photography.\u00a0 Apparently the disposable digital cameras available at CVS are a good source of image sensors for DIY photography projects like kite photography.\u00a0 Someone has even mounted one inside a volleyball to take pictures on each impact.<\/p>\n<p>The event was, more than anything, a great opportunity to meet some of the interesting people in Ann Arbor, and for people in different disciplines to cross-polinate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ArbCamp08 was great, thanks to all the organizers, who had to scramble at the last minute to handle a huge turnout by changing the venue.\u00a0 With more than 160 attendees, there was a wide variety of interesting breakout sessions and impromptu discussions. 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