Andrew A. Chien

Vice President, Corporate Technology Group;
Director, Intel Research Intel Corporation

Andrew Chien is vice president of the Corporate Technology Group and director of Research for Intel Corporation. Chien previously served as the Science Applications International Corporation Endowed Chair Professor in the department of computer science and engineering, and the founding director of the Center for Networked Systems at the University of California at San Diego. CNS is a university-industry alliance focused on developing technologies for robust, secure, and open networked systems.

For more than 20 years, Chien has been a global leader in research and development of high-performance computing systems. His expertise includes networking, Grids, high performance clusters, distributed systems, computer architecture, high speed routing networks, compilers, and object oriented programming languages. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and has published over 130 technical papers. Chien serves on the Board of Directors for the Computing Research Association (CRA), Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation’s Computing and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, and Editorial Board of the Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM).

Session ID: ITRS001
Session Title: Digital Immersion – Computation for a World Awash in Digital Data
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
In the Information Age we are awash in data – from sensors, cameras, video, wireless, internet – in our professional lives and increasingly in our personal lives. Where megabytes once ruled, gigabytes and terabytes will be commonplace. At the heart of the data deluge is computing, which brings perspective, structure, and insights, making sense of the chaos. At Intel we are pioneering new technologies which translate these streams of data into intelligent user interfaces, deep insights, and ambient intelligence, for a richer and more enjoyable experience. We will demonstrate how sophisticated computation is becoming critical for an increasingly networked and digital world.

Topics include:

• Challenges of the Information Age
  - How fast are data sizes, data types and data sources actually increasing?
  - How fast are types and styles of computing devices proliferating?
  - Is our ability to interact, absorb, and take advantage of data keeping pace with the data deluge?
• Sophisticated computation comes to the rescue by helping us:
  - Interact with technology in more natural ways – new human-computer interfaces, new display technologies
  - Extract useful information, deep insights, and ambient intelligence out of reams of data
  - Make smarter choices and decisions, and generally provide a much richer, more enjoyable experience
• Examples of advanced research in immersive technologies that blend real-world sensors with digital applications (e.g. games)

Stephan Jourdan

Senior Principal Engineer and Lead Architect
Intel Corporation

Stephan Jourdan is a Senior Principal Engineer in the Digital Enterprise Group at Intel. He joined Intel in 1997 working as an architect on the initial Intel® Pentium® 4 processor followed by subsequent proliferations. He was one of the lead architects on the Nehalem-family of processors. Stephan’s current focus is on architecture of future Intel microprocessors. Stephan graduated in 1996 from University of Toulouse (France) with a PhD in Computer Sciences. He holds 33 patents.

Session ID: ACHS002
Session Title: The Platform Evolves: Understanding the Intel® Next Generation Microarchitectures (Nehalem and Westmere)
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
In 2009 platforms based on the Intel® Next Generation Microarchitectures (Nehalem and Westmere) CPUs will begin to transition into the mainstream. This transition will bring cutting edge CPU, chipset, platform design, and features to the mainstream for a differentiated experience for both consumers and business.

What we will talk about:

• Socket Transitions
• Intel® 5 Series Chipset Architecture
• Discrete vs Integrated Graphics segmentation
• 45nm and 32nm Transitions

James Reinders

Director of Business Development and Marketing, Software Products Division
Intel Corporation

James Reinders is an expert in the area of parallelism, Intel’s leading spokesperson on tools for parallelism, and author of the O’Reilly Nutshell book on the C++ extensions for parallelism provided by the popular Intel® Threading Building Blocks which has been recently translated to Chinese. Reinders has decades of experience with high degrees of parallelism having worked on groundbreaking compilers and architectures such as the systolic arrays WARP and iWarp, and the world’s first TeraFLOP supercomputer (ASCI Red). Reinders is a frequent Blogger, columnist on go-parallel.com, and the author and co-author of several books in addition to the recent TBB Nutshell book.

Session ID: ACHS001
Session Title: Parallelize Your Software
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
This session includes information from both Intel and Microsoft on how to add parallelism to your applications. Learn about the new Intel® Parallel Studio made up of Intel® Parallel Composer, Parallel Inspector, and Parallel Amplifier. Learn how this suite complements and extends Microsoft* Visual Studio*.

Topics include:

• Intel® Parallel Studio
  - Understand how this suite eases the implementation of parallelism
  - See how it adds correctness-checking and tuning of threading in your software applications
• Description of the components and capabilities of Parallel Studio: Intel® Parallel Composer, Parallel Inspector, and Parallel Amplifier
  - Understand how these tools tap into the power of processor cores through parallelism
• Microsoft Visual Studio
  - Preview of 'Dev10’ community from Microsoft, and Microsoft's Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) library

Gregg Wyant

Chief Architect, General Manager, Director of Strategy, Architecture, and Innovation Intel IT
Intel Corporation

Gregg Wyant is the Chief Architect, General Manager, and Director of Strategy, Architecture, and Innovation within Intel's Information Technology Group. Prior to his current role, with eighteen years at Intel, his career spans architecting Intel's early desktop and mobile solutions to driving software vendor optimizations for processor instruction set enhancements, to authoring the ZiffDavis book: How Microprocessors Work (translated into eight languages and used as the basic primer for Intel technology), to being Intel's first Chief Data Architect. His team won the 2004 DAMA/Wilshire Award for "Best Practices in Metadata Management" in the industry and the 2004 and 2005 International Zachman Institute Enterprise Architecture Excellence Finalist Award. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Iowa State and a MBA degree from California State University, Sacramento. His email is gregg.wyant@intel.com.

Session ID: DCCS003
Session Title: Cloud Computing Initiatives and Projects in China
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
Join this session to hear from the Intel IT CTO, the Director of China for Intel Research, Corporate Technology Group and other distinguished guests about how Cloud Computing can be used in the enterprise to deliver better, faster, cheaper results. This session includes a case study of research done in collaboration with the Ministry of Railways and Beijing Jiaotong University.

Come and hear about:

• What is Cloud Computing?
• Cloud Computing's importance for China's Infrastructure
• What opportunities are there for collaboration?
• What Intel IT is doing with Cloud Computing
• Intel Cloud Computing initiatives and endeavors
• The Ministry of Railways case study

James Chen

Director Global Engineering Computing - IT
Intel Corporation

James Chen has extensive experience in the technology management, particularly in information technology. Since joining Intel in 1995, James has driving many manufacturing process improvements for Intel microprocessor technology. He has been recognized as a technology expert in process and yield improvement in the IC research and development and manufacturing. Since 2002, James has been working in Shanghai as an expatriate to ramp Intel IT Asia and Europe operations and support the fast growth in emerging markets for Intel. James currently is the director of Intel Global Engineering Computing and he is responsible for all engineering computing support for all Intel global product designs and developments. He is also the IT China country manager of Intel where he leads the IT organization to support all Intel operations in China. James received his PhD in Chemical Physics from Pennsylvania State University and his MBA from the Fuqua Business School of Duke University.

Session ID: DCCS003
Session Title: Cloud Computing Initiatives and Projects in China
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
Join this session to hear from the Intel IT CTO, the Director of China for Intel Research, Corporate Technology Group and other distinguished guests about how Cloud Computing can be used in the enterprise to deliver better, faster, cheaper results. This session includes a case study of research done in collaboration with the Ministry of Railways and Beijing Jiaotong University.

Come and hear about:

• What is Cloud Computing?
• Cloud Computing's importance for China's Infrastructure
• What opportunities are there for collaboration?
• What Intel IT is doing with Cloud Computing
• Intel Cloud Computing initiatives and endeavors
• The Ministry of Railways case study

Yimin Zhang

Research Scientist, Senior Staff/Senior Research Manager
Intel Corporation

Yimin Zhang is a senior staff research scientist and senior research manager in the Microprocessor Technology Labs/Application Research Lab at Intel. He joined Intel in 2000, and has held various positions there as a research scientist, research manager of a team developing emerging statistical computing workloads such as media mining etc. Yimin's current focus is on 3D content generation, Mobile Augmented reality applications and their performance analysis for future Intel platforms.

Session ID: ITRS002
Session Title: User-generated 3-D Content: Personalizing Immersive Connected Experiences
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
What you will get from this session:

• Learn about the emerging set of usage models that combine immersive visuals with internet connectivity
• Understand how virtual worlds and augmented reality could improve your life
• See Intel’s broad new research agenda to improve these experiences through technology innovation
• Learn how the Intel China Research Center is making 3-D content creation easier for everyone
• Hear details on innovative tools to create realistic 3-D faces, bodies, and other objects

Wei Gao

Senior Engineering Manager
Intel Corporation

William (Wei) Gao is a senior engineering manager at Intel focusing on software development and enabling for Intel® Atom™ processor for MIDs. William has been at Intel for 8 years with various software engineering roles in Intel Ultra Mobility Group, Channel Platform Group and Communication Group. William holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications.

Session ID: NETS003
Session Title: Developing Compelling Mobile Platforms that Deliver the Full Internet
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
The market is demanding internet connectivity, small power efficient devices, and cost effective solutions that provide a rich experience. With the Intel® Atom™ processor and the Linux* based Moblin software platform, it is possible for developers to deliver on each of these requirements and to deliver a great deal more.

In this session, developers, architects, and engineers, will hear how to:

• Create advantage using the Intel® Atom™ processor hardware and Moblin software to develop applications that span the MID, netbook, Automotive and embedded segments
• Utilize the latest features of Moblin v2 to:
  - Optimize systems for power and performance
  - Differentiate applications with the rich user interface
  - Ensure compatibility across a variety of platforms
  - Keep costs low and deliver TTM

Danny Zhang

Senior Engineering Manager
Intel Corporation

Danny is a senior manager in the Software & Service Group. In his 9 years international career, Danny has held various roles in business and engineering management in Intel Mobility Group, Digital Enterprise Group and Software & Service Group with a focus on enabling new technologies and solutions.

Session ID: NETS003
Session Title: Developing Compelling Mobile Platforms that Deliver the Full Internet
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
The market is demanding internet connectivity, small power efficient devices, and cost effective solutions that provide a rich experience. With the Intel® Atom™ processor and the Linux* based Moblin software platform, it is possible for developers to deliver on each of these requirements and to deliver a great deal more.

In this session, developers, architects, and engineers, will hear how to:

• Create advantage using the Intel® Atom™ processor hardware and Moblin software to develop applications that span the MID, netbook, Automotive and embedded segments
• Utilize the latest features of Moblin v2 to:
  - Optimize systems for power and performance
  - Differentiate applications with the rich user interface
  - Ensure compatibility across a variety of platforms
  - Keep costs low and deliver TTM

Sean Shang

Senior Software Engineer
Intel Corporation

Sean Shang is senior software engineer in Software and Services Group. He is currently part of the System Software Division (SSD) team. Sean joined Intel in 2005. He has worked in software industry for over ten years in different roles. Sean holds 1 patent on Firmware Technology.

Session ID: EMBS002
Session Title: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Capabilities: Embedded and More!
Length: 50 Min
Level: Intermediate

Abstract:
Intended Audience: BIOS Engineers / System Architects / UEFI engineering/marketing people from IHV, IBV, and OEM vendors

What we will talk about:

• Details of the recently updated United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specifications that provide a powerful, standards-based pre-OS environment
• How the flexibility of UEFI architecture can be applied to non-standard hardware topologies like embedded devices
• Show how Huawei uses the Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for UEFI on their embedded firmware solution to meet critical usage requirements in the Telecom environment