Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (PTfS)10 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Programming Techniques for Supercomputers)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Programming techniques for supercomputers in CAM)

Lectures:

• • Programming Techniques for Supercomputers
    (Vorlesung, 4 SWS, Gerhard Wellein, Mon, 16:15 - 17:45, H10; Wed, 12:15 - 13:45, H10; Thu, 16:15 - 17:45, H4; There will be one lecture on Monday and the other one Wednesday OR Thursday (final decision after first lecture))
  • Programming Techniques for Supercomputers
    (Übung, 2 SWS, Gerhard Wellein, Mon, 14:15 - 15:45, 00.153-113; Wed, 10:15 - 11:45, 0.01-142)

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

Organisatorisches:

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

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. Computational and Applied Mathematics (Master of Science)
   (Po-Vers. 2017w | NatFak | Computational and Applied Mathematics (Master of Science) | Mandatory modules | Programming techniques for supercomputers in CAM)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Programming techniques for supercomputers in CAM (Prüfungsnummer: 58751)

(englischer Titel: Programming techniques for supercomputers in CAM)

Prüfungsleistung, mündliche Prüfung, Dauer (in Minuten): 20, benotet, 10.0 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: SS 2018, 1. Wdh.: WS 2018/2019

1. Prüfer:

Gerhard Wellein