Undergraduate Course: Parallel Fortran in Physics (PHYS11005)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Physics and Astronomy |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course is for students with substantial programming experience in Java who would wish to apply computation methods in large scale physics modelling problems using modern Fortran (both serial and parallel). Fortran 90/95 is introduced first, covering all the most important aspects of the language. The course then outlines the basic principles of high performance computing including the design of HPC platforms, parallel programming models and the principal methods of measuring and characterising serial and parallel performance. Parallel programming in Fortran using the Open MP directives is then introduced. A substantial parallel programming exercise completes the course. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 10:00 - 10:50, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB |
| Additional information |
Study/computer work in own time required each week, with substantial programming exercise completed in last 4 weeks. |
| No Exam Information |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Study/computer work in own time required each week, with substantial programming exercise completed in last 4 weeks. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course a student should be able to:
1)Ability to code small scale physics problems in Fortran 90/95, including the use of modules, array sub-objects, file I/O (formatted and unformatted)
2)Ability to measure, analyse and assess the performance of HPC programs
3)Ability to interpret the overall performance characteristics in terms of the basic hardware and software design
4)Ability to code simple parallel physics problems using Open MP directives in Fortran 90/95, including the use of work sharing constructs, synchronisation constructs, the use of private and shared memory, and timing functions
5)Exposure to the basic concepts of parallel Fortran using MPI |
Assessment Information
Checkpoint programming exercises at the end of each of seven weeks, 50%
A substantial parallel programming exercise where both the code and the results obtained from running and evaluating the code will be assessed, 50%
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Checkpoint programming exercises at the end of each of seven weeks, 50%
A substantial parallel programming exercise where both the code and the results obtained from running and evaluating the code will be assessed, 50%
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
ParFo |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Kevin Stratford
Tel: (0131 6)50 6759
Email: kevin@epcc.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Paula Wilkie
Tel: (0131) 668 8403
Email: paw@roe.ac.uk |
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