3 Credit Course in High Performance Computing

Math 525, Computer Science 525, or Computer Engineering 525

COURSE CONTENT: 

• introduction to high performance computing
• using MPI to write parallel programs , and
• techniques for parallel and serial program optimization.

Students will be required to do a semester project applying the principles learned in class to their own area of research or to an area of interest to the student.

Students will use the hpc-class parallel computer and can apply for an account on hpc-class at Student's Application form .

MEETING TIMES: 11:00 - 12:15, Tuesday, Thursday, SWEENEY 1126

TEXTBOOK:

       MPI: The Complete Reference (Vol. 1) - The MPI Core

       MPI: The Complete Reference (Vol. 2) - The MPI Extensions

       or find MPI-1.1 and MPI-2.0 standard at MPI-forum

      MPI standard at Argonne National Laboratory MPI standard at ANL

OFFICE HOURS: 217 Durham, 12:15 PM -- 1:00 PM

Support materials:

Jan 25, 2007,  Thurs. How to use hpc-class