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Computational Engineering (Rechnergestütztes Ingenieurwesen) (Master of Science) >>

Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (Lecture and Tutorial) (PTfS)7.5 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (Lecture and Tutorial))
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik)

Modulverantwortliche/r: Gerhard Wellein
Lehrende: Gerhard Wellein


Start semester: SS 2019Duration: 1 semesterCycle: jährlich (SS)
Präsenzzeit: 90 Std.Eigenstudium: 135 Std.Language: Englisch

Lectures:


Empfohlene Voraussetzungen:

Experience in C/C++ or Fortran programming required; basic knowledge of MPI and OpenMP programming

Inhalt:

  • Introduction to the architecture of modern supercomputers
  • Single core architecture and optimisation strategies

  • Memory hierarchy and data access optimization

  • Concepts of parallel computers and parallel computing

  • Efficient “shared memory” parallelisation (OpenMP)

  • Parallelisation approaches for multi-core processors including GPUs

  • Efficient “distributed memory” parallelisation (MPI)

  • Roofline performance model

  • Serial and parallel performance modelling

  • Energy efficient implementation and execution of parallel programs

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students

  • acquire a comprehensive overview of programming modern supercomputers efficiently for numerical simulations

  • learn modern optimisation and parallelisation strategies, guided by structured performance modelling

  • acquire an insight into innovative programming techniques and alternative supercomputer architectures

  • are able to implement basic numerical methods with high hardware efficiency on parallel computers

  • are able to program and use modern supercomputer with high (energy) efficiency

Literatur:

G. Hager and G. Wellein: Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers. CRC Computational Science Series, 2010. ISBN 978-1439811924
J. Hennessy and D. Patterson: Computer Architecture. A Quantitative Approach. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Elsevier, 2003. ISBN 1-55860-724-2


Weitere Informationen:

www: http://moodle.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=145

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

  1. Computational Engineering (Rechnergestütztes Ingenieurwesen) (Master of Science): ab 1. Semester
    (Po-Vers. 2013 | TechFak | Computational Engineering (Rechnergestütztes Ingenieurwesen) (Master of Science) | Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik | Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik)
Dieses Modul ist daneben auch in den Studienfächern "Informatik (Bachelor of Arts (2 Fächer))", "Informatik (Bachelor of Science)", "Informatik (Master of Science)", "Mathematik (Bachelor of Science)" verwendbar. Details

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (Lecture and Tutorial)_ (Prüfungsnummer: 278169)
Prüfungsleistung, Klausur, Dauer (in Minuten): 90, benotet, 7.5 ECTS
Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %
weitere Erläuterungen:
Written exam will also cover material presented and exercised in the tutorials. In der Klausur wird auch Stoff der Übungen abgeprüft.
Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: SS 2019, 1. Wdh.: WS 2019/2020, 2. Wdh.: keine Wiederholung
1. Prüfer: Gerhard Wellein

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