Postgraduate Course: Advanced Parallel Programming (PGPH11074)
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 |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course will cover the the following topics:
&· Scalability challenges
&· Leading-edge HPC architectures
&· MPI Internals
&· Message-passing optimisations
&· Parallel performance tools
&· Performance modelling
&· Single-sided protocols
&· Exploiting heterogeneous architectures
&· Advanced load-balancing techniques
&· Parallel file systems and parallel IO
&· Verification and fault tolerance
&· Choice of programming model/language
These are all generic topics but would be demonstrated in practice on a particular architecture, eg we
would use HECToR for the first couple of years. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
&· Describe the various factors that limit scalability in large-scale parallel programs
&· Diagnose parallel performance problems using analysis tools.
&· Design and apply appropriate parallel optimisation techniques.
&· Exploit an understanding of the architectures of HPC systems to write more efficient parallel codes.
&· Implement appropriate correctness tests in simulation codes. |
Assessment Information
| 100% examination consisting of a two hour exam |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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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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