Postgraduate Course: Object Oriented Programming for HPC (PGPH11012)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Physics and Astronomy |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/msc/
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course introduces the concepts of object-oriented programming before describing object-oriented analysis and design within the software design process. The course then considers the use of object-oriented programming for scientific and high performance computing.
The remainder of the course focuses on the object-oriented programming language Java and its use in Scientific and High Performance Computing (HPC). Students will learn how to write basic scientific Java codes. The potential benefits of Java for HPC will be described, and issues such as performance, numerics and parallel programming paradigms considered. Performance studies of Java against more traditional procedural HPC languages will be presented. Students will develop parallel Java applications and learn about threads, OpenMP, message-passing and RMI. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 34 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 18:00 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Understand Object-Oriented technology within the software design process.
- Design and write Object-Oriented Java code in a scientific computing and HPC environment.
- Contrast the performance of Java and more traditional procedural HPC languages.
- Describe the potential benefits and issues of using Java for HPC. |
Assessment Information
100% coursework
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
OOP |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Judy Hardy
Tel: (0131 6)50 6716
Email: j.hardy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Yuhua Lei
Tel: (0131 6) 517067
Email: yuhua.lei@ed.ac.uk |
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