Please complete the following and submit via CMS:

1. About you:

- How do you like to be called (including pronouns)?
- What do you hope to get out of the course?
- Are there any concerns that you have at this point?

2. About a peer (someone you've introduced yourself to in class):

- What is the person's name and academic area?
- What is something interesting they shared?

3. About an application:

Find an application area of parallel computing that you find
interesting and say a little about it.  What are the challenges?  What
is the current state of the art in terms of high-performance codes
that address the problem?  Provide references (URLs are fine).