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Degree Programme Table: MSc High Performance Computing- 1 Year (PTMSCHPCMP1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students must meet with their Director of Studies to discuss their course options.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    P01652 (PGPH11032) Fundamental Concepts of High Performance Computing Semester 1 10
    P00360 (PGPH11007) Message Passing Programming Semester 1 10
    P00345 (PGPH11005) Practical Software Development Semester 1 10
    P00336 (PGPH11003) Shared Memory Programming Semester 1 10
    P01695 (PGPH11038) Project Preparation (HPC) Semester 2 10
    P00385 (PGPH11013) Advanced Topics in HPC and e-Science Semester 2 10
    P00363 (PGPH11009) Dissertation (HPC) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 30 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Physics & Astronomy - MSc HPC Options' (ROU_A-Q_PTMSCHPCMP1F1_11) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    P00361    (PGPH11008)    Applied Numerical Algorithms   10  
    P02769    (PGPH11042)    Computer Simulation using HPC: Techniques and Applications   10  
    P00343    (PGPH11004)    Hardware, Compilers and Performance Programming   10  
    P00379    (PGPH11012)    Object Oriented Programming for HPC   10  
    P00347    (PGPH11006)    Parallel Decomposition   10  
    P01294    (PGPH11021)    Performance Scaling on Modern HPC Architectures   10  
    P02768    (PGPH11041)    Tools and Techniques for HPC Programming   10  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Physics & Astronomy - MSc HPC - DSC and Informatics Options' (ROU_A-Q_PTMSCHPCMP1F2_11) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    P00858    (INFR11015)    Applied Databases   10  
    P00995    (INFR11028)    Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms   10  
    P00892    (INFR11049)    Computer Networking (Level 11)   10  
    P00859    (INFR11016)    Bioinformatics 1   10  
    P00861    (INFR11005)    Bioinformatics 2 (10 points)   10  
    P03112    (PGPH11062)    Web Programming   10  
    P03113    (PGPH11063)    Computing with Distributed Resources   10  
    P03114    (PGPH11064)    Internet Computing   10  

     


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