Postgraduate Course: Parallel Programming Languages (PGPH11072)
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 |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will cover a range of programming techniques which are important for scientific applications on parallel computers. Key paradigms will include: data parallel programming, PGAS languages and accelerator programming.
The course will include the following topics:
- data parallel programming with High Performance Fortran
- concepts of PGAS programming
- Co-Array Fortran
- Unified Parallel C
- accelerator programming
- programming GPGPUs
The focus on these topics will be their practical use to solve problems and all topics will have associated tutored practical exercises. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 10:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 11:10 - 12:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Room 6206 JCMB |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
|
|
| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- demonstrate understanding of data parallel concepts through High Performance Fortran
- understand the concepts of PGAS languages
- solve problems using CAF and UPC programmes
- understand approaches to accelerator programming
- programme accelerators, such as GPGPUs |
Assessment Information
| 100% examination consisting of a two hour exam |
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 | PPL |
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 |
|
© Copyright 2011 The University of Edinburgh - 16 January 2012 6:35 am
|
University Homepage