Parallel Computing Courses and Certifications

Nvidia

DirectX 11 Debugging with Parallel Nsight 2.1

Learn advanced DirectX 11 debugging techniques using Parallel Nsight 2.1, covering pipeline setup, shader authoring, and new features for efficient game and engine development.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nvidia

OpenGL and CUDA-Based Tessellation

Explore advanced tessellation techniques using CUDA to overcome OpenGL limitations, enabling higher-order surfaces, custom UV coordinates, and trimming curves for improved visual quality in graphics rendering.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nvidia

Parallel Nsight 2.0 and CUDA 4.0 for GPU Computing - SIGGRAPH 2011

Explore GPU computing with CUDA 4.0 and Parallel Nsight 2.0, integrated into Visual Studio for enhanced graphics and parallel application development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nvidia

Profiling Deep Learning Applications with NVIDIA Tools Extension (NVTX)

Enhance deep learning application performance using NVIDIA Tools Extension Library (NVTX) for code profiling and optimization techniques.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

TED

How Do I Compute the Body Electric?

Explore computational physics and supercomputing to revolutionize personalized medicine through advanced simulations of the human body.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Open Source Graphics 101 - Getting Started

Explore GPU concepts, graphics APIs, and open-source stack Mesa. Learn about pipeline stages, shaders, and parallel computing for a comprehensive introduction to graphics programming.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Pragmatic AI Labs

K-Means Clustering - Theory, Algorithm, Implementation, Scaling

Comprehensive exploration of k-means clustering, covering theory, implementation, and scaling techniques. Includes hands-on demonstrations and practical applications using cloud computing resources.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

USENIX

Scalable Distributed Massive MIMO Baseband Processing

Innovative system for scaling massive MIMO baseband processing in software-defined radio networks. Reduces inter-server communication to support larger MIMO configurations, enhancing 5G network capacity.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Devoxx

Turbo Charge CPU Utilization in Fork - Join Using the ManagedBlocker

Optimize Fork/Join CPU usage with ManagedBlocker: Learn to implement reserved caching, reduce wasted cycles, and maintain parallelism in recursive decomposition algorithms.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Java

Vector API for Java: Overview, Implementation, and Design Challenges

Explore Java's Vector API for efficient parallel processing, enhancing performance in scientific computing, machine learning, and data-intensive applications.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Devoxx

Turbo Charge CPU Utilization in Fork - Join Using the ManagedBlocker

Optimize Fork/Join parallelism with ManagedBlocker to reduce wasted CPU cycles and maintain desired parallelism levels in recursive decomposition algorithms.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

USENIX

Encoding, Fast and Slow - Low-Latency Video Processing Using Thousands of Tiny Threads

Innovative video processing system using cloud functions and parallel computing for low-latency editing and encoding of high-resolution videos, including 4K and VR content.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

USENIX

Rammer - Enabling Holistic Deep Learning Compiler Optimizations with rTasks

Optimizing DNN computation on hardware accelerators through novel abstractions and holistic scheduling, achieving significant performance improvements over existing compilers and libraries.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Simons Institute

Parallel Discrete Sampling via Continuous Walks

Explore innovative techniques for sampling discrete distributions using continuous walks, with applications in determinantal point processes and directed Eulerian tours.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

StatQuest with Josh Starmer

Transformer Neural Networks, ChatGPT's Foundation, Clearly Explained

Clear explanation of Transformer Neural Networks, the foundation of ChatGPT and modern AI. Covers key concepts like word embedding, self-attention, and encoder-decoder architecture.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video