[Jlab-scicomp-briefs] Computing Round Table from the Computational Side of the Moon, July 17, 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

[Bryan Hess]

Computing Round Table from the Computational Side of the Moon, July 17, 1:00 p.m. (EDT)

Dear all:

On Wednesday, July 17, we will have a Computing Round Table from the Computational Side of the Moon and participate in a webinar by Mark Miller (LLNL) on "When 100 Flops/Watt was a Giant Leap: The Apollo Guidance Computer Hardware, Software and Application in Moon Missions”:

"Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings, this webinar will describe the revolutionary computer, the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). The AGC made autonomous travel to the Moon and back not only possible but added profoundly to crew safety, flight profile accuracy and even optimized propellant use to such an extent that final missions plans traded fuel for added weight in equipment and lunar samples. The webinar will give an overview of the AGC hardware architecture, the guidance software it executed as well as the pioneering efforts in developing both. HPC/CSE code teams will discover many familiar themes such as flops/watt power constraints and performance portability challenges. The webinar will conclude with several user stories about the actual operation of the AGC in various Apollo missions.”

At Jefferson Lab we will meet in F326-327. For remote participation, we will use BlueJeans (ID: 373678588). You will be able to join via browser:

https://bluejeans.com/373678588

or dial into the meeting:

  *   US: (888) 240-2560
  *   International numbers: https://www.bluejeans.com/numbers
  *   Meeting ID: 373678588

More information about the Computing Round Table (upcoming meetings, previous presentations) can be found on: https://www.jlab.org/indico/event/307/

Our mailing list is organized via: https://mailman.jlab.org/mailman/listinfo/computingroundtable

Yours sincerely,

Amber, Balint, Chip, David, Graham, Mark, and Markus.

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