151-0107-20L High Performance Computing for Science and Engineering (HPCSE) I
Semester | Autumn Semester 2016 |
Lecturers | M. Troyer, P. Chatzidoukas |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Abstract | This course gives an introduction into algorithms and numerical methods for parallel computing for multi and many-core architectures and for applications from problems in science and engineering. |
Objective | Introduction to HPC for scientists and engineers Fundamental of: 1. Parallel Computing Architectures 2. MultiCores 3. ManyCores |
Content | Programming models and languages: 1. C++ threading (2 weeks) 2. OpenMP (4 weeks) 3. MPI (5 weeks) Computers and methods: 1. Hardware and architectures 2. Libraries 3. Particles: N-body solvers 4. Fields: PDEs 5. Stochastics: Monte Carlo |
Lecture notes | Link Class notes, handouts |