[MADdotNET] .NET Meeting the WEEK, August 3rd - "Async and Parallel Programming in .NET 4" - then .NET Lunch Aug 10th.

[Lance Larsen]

1) Presentation Meeting | 5:30-8pm | (Herzing #120) --- "Async and Parallel Programming in .NET 4"

Quite a coupe, I was able to lure up Dr. Joe Hummel, PhD with Madison's lovely sailing lakes - for our presentation meeting this week!... :) 

I drove down to Chicago to specifically see one of his full day training sessions on the newest .NET parallel programming techniques - and was highly impressed with his awesome knowledge on the subject and fantastic presentation style - so this is a don't miss meeting to be able to tap into these powerful techniques and see how easy .NET makes it to take advantage of all of our multi-core machines these days.

Where: Herzing University - 5218 East Terrace Drive, Madison, WI 53718

When: 5:30 to 8:00 ( presentation starts at 6 # )

2) .NET Lunch | 11:45am-1pm | (Alt'n Bach's)

The .NET Lunches have been great -- so come talk .NET over a great patty-melt on Wed August 10th. -- We meet at Alt-n-Backs Pub for a great lunch starting at 11:45, and host an open discussion on .NET topics. (2602 Whalen Lane Madison, WI)  Great way for those looking to meet other .NET developers to stay in touch.

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Title: Async and Parallel Programming in .NET 4

Abstract: Need to make your apps more responsive?  Run faster?  On today's multicore hardware, async and parallel programming may be the answer.  This talk will introduce the new Task-oriented programming model in .NET 4, discuss its underlying execution model, and demonstrate some of the higher-level constructs and patterns supported by the Task Parallel Library.  A number of examples will be presented; and if time permits, we'll compare and contrast parallel programming in C# (imperative) vs. F# (functional). 

 

Bio: Joe is a member of the technical staff at Pluralsight, where he focuses on High Performance Computing. He has been specializing in Microsoft technologies since 1992 (the days of VB3), and is well-versed in Microsoft's High-Performance Computing initiative:  Windows HPC Server, Compute Cluster Server, multicore (TPL, PPL, OpenMP), GPU (CUDA), and cluster (MPI, SOA, Dryad, Azure).  Joe has a PhD in Computer Science from the U. of California, Irvine, where he is currently a visiting professor and researching HPC in the cloud.  Joe resides in Chicago with his wife, daughter, and sailboat. 

Regards...

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