[SFS] Free computer science/programming lessons

[Alessandro Fanfarillo]

Sounds good for me. I will send you an email with more details about it.

On 05/21/2014 05:48 PM, David L. Willson wrote:
> Hmm... How about both?
>
> I think you'll catch more fish with basics, but you may be right about the MPI class being more fun for vets.
>
> So, my favorite solution to this sort of "problem". Let's do both!
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
>> Hi,
>>
>> C, Fortran and even Matlab have free compilers/interpreter. GCC (the
>> compiler) supports nicely C and Fortran, Octave is the open source
>> version of Matlab (same language with small differences).
>>
>> I do not have a car and if I remember correctly the Concoctory is in
>> downtown Denver; it should not be a problem reach it by bus. It may
>> work
>> but a four-hour class requires a program and has to be planned for a
>> specific audience (basic, intermediate, advanced level). Obviously
>> the
>> basic level is easier to prepare on my side.
>> I propose you something different but still interesting: a parallel
>> programming class on MPI and OpenMP. For MPI there are several free
>> alternatives like OpenMPI, MPICH2, ecc... OpenMP is natively
>> supported
>> by GCC. Another alternative could be a class on CUDA but it requires
>> NVidia GPUs.
>>
>> On 05/21/2014 05:03 PM, David L. Willson wrote:
>>> Alessandro,
>>>
>>> Of those, which are software libre? I know C is. Fortran, I think
>>> is. What about MatLab?
>>>
>>> Would you be interested in teaching a four-hour foundations class?
>>> (Software Freedom First Saturday? at the Concoctory?)
>>>
>>> --
>>> David L. Willson
>>> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
>>> RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
>>> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>>> http://sofree.us
>>>
>>> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am an Italian PhD Student in Computer Science and I will stay in
>>>> Boulder until Sept. 23rd. I offer free lessons on Computer
>>>> Architectures, Operative Systems and Programming (parallel
>>>> programming
>>>> or general C/Fortran/Matlab programming) to
>>>> non-italian/non-spanish
>>>> speakers.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to improve my spoken English and this could be a good
>>>> (and
>>>> useful) way to do it.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not personally interested please forward this email to
>>>> other
>>>> mailing lists.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your time.
>>>>
>>>> Alessandro
>>>>
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