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8-9 Oct 2018: Training
9-11 Oct 2018: Tutorials & Conference
London, UK
Colin Healy

Colin Healy
Consultant Solution Architect, Dell EMC

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Qualified in Industrial Computing and Engineering. Working 25 years with GPU’s in Application and Compute across Poweredge Server & Precision Workstation

Sessions

14:35–15:15 Thursday, 11 October 2018
Efficient neural network training on Intel Xeon-based supercomputers
Location: King's Suite - Sandringham
Secondary topics:  Edge computing and Hardware, Platforms and infrastructure
Ananth Sankaranarayanan (Intel), Valeriu Codreanu (SURFsara), Damian Podareanu (SURFsara), Colin Healy (Dell EMC)
SURFSara and Intel collaborated as part of the Intel Parallel Computing Center initiative to advance the state of large-scale neural network training on Intel Xeon CPU-based servers. Ananth Sankar, Valeriu Codreanu, Damian Podareanu, and Steve Smith share insights on several best-known methods for neural network training and present results from tests performed on Stanford's CheXNet project. Read more.