TMA881/MMA620 High performance computing

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Program

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Lectures

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Lecture’s name Number of lecture slots Dates Associated assignment deadline
Introduction 1 1/2 3,4 Sep  
Dev Env 1 1/2 4,10 Sep Mo 16 Sep
Hardware 2 11,17 Sep  
Optimization 2 1/2 18, 25, 26 Sep Mo 30 Sep
Parallel 2 1/2 26 Sep, 1,2 Oct Mo 14 Oct
OpenMP 1 2/3 8,9 Oct Fr 25 Oct
OpenCL 1 2/3 9, 15 Oct Fr 25 Oct (bonus assignment)
MPI 1 2/3 15, 16 Oct Fr 25 Oct (bonus assignment)
free content/ buffer 2 22, 23 Oct  

Recommended exercises

One tutorial/self-assessment page on Using the Linux shell is available inside of Canvas. See the website for the assignments which match the lectures.

Computer labs

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Reference literature:

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An overview of the subject is available in T. Sterling, M. Anderson, M. Brodowicz. High Performance Computing.

One essential part of the training is that you learn how to solve specific problems using web resources, because this is how problems are commonly used in real programmer's life. The two most important sources are therefore your favorit search engine and Stackoverflow.

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