Between the past May 23th and 27th, two of our members, Gabriel Zamora and Cristián Maureira attended the First GPGPU School held in Argentina, focusing on Scientific Applications Development, in the Faculty of Mathematical, Astronomical and Physics of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.

The school was thought at first instance, focused to advanced students of scientific careers, PhD students, researchers from scientific centers involved in different fields and professionals from the industry using this technology or potential users of High Performance Computing techniques, with interest in GPGPU computing.

The school contained three main areas, a basic course, an advanced course and an application course, besides different conferences in charge of academic and industry guests, talking about mixed work experiences in their lifes.