Scientific Computing Seminar

Date and Place: Thursdays and hybrid (live in 32-349/online via Zoom). For detailed dates see below!

Content

In the Scientific Computing Seminar we host talks of guests and members of the SciComp team as well as students of mathematics, computer science and engineering. Everybody interested in the topics is welcome.

List of Talks

Event Information:

  • Thu
    11
    Nov
    2021

    SC Seminar: Max Sagebaum

    12:00Online

    Dr. Max Sagebaum, Chair for Scientific Computing (SciComp), TU Kaiserslautern

    Title:
    Aggregated type handling in CoDiPack

    Abstract:

    The development of AD tools focuses mostly on handling floating point types in the target language. Taping optimizations in these tools mostly focus on specific operations like matrix vector products. Aggregated types like std::complex are usually handled by specifying the AD type as a template argument. This approach provides exact results, but prevents the use of expression templates. If AD tools are extended and specialized such that aggregated types can be added to the expression framework, then this will result in reduced memory utilization and improve the timing for applications where aggregated types such as complex number or matrix vector operations are used. Such an integration requires a reformulation of the stored data per expression and a rework of the tape evaluation process. In this talk we demonstrate the overhead of unhandled aggregated types in expression templates and provide basic ingredients for a tape implementation that supports arbitrary aggregated types for which the user has implemented some type traits. Finally, we demonstrate the advantages of aggregated type handling on a synthetic benchmark case.

    How to join

    The talk is held online via Jitsi. You can join with the link https://jitsi.rptu.de//SciCompSeminar_02. Please follow the rules below:

    • Use a chrome based browser (One member with a different browser can crash the whole meeting).
    • Mute your microphone and disable your camera.
    • If you have a question, raise your hand.

    More information is available at https://rz.rptu.de/dienstleistungen/netz-telefonie/konferenzdienste/jitsi/.