Postgraduate Course: HPC Ecosystem (PGPH11073)
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 | The course will provide students with an understanding of how HPC is used in the real world, and introduce them to a number of concepts and issues which we consider to be relevant to a professional HPC practitioner. They will also encounter the various actors (organisations, communities) which make up the HPC Ecosystem. Opportunities to experiment with some of the technologies will be provided via lab exercises. To give students some hands-on experience applying some of the concepts of the course we will make use of online interactive case-study material being developed under the Principal's Teaching Award Scheme. On completion of the course, students will have an overview of the current place of HPC in the world, and how it is used. They will also have gained in-depth knowledge of one particular area, acquired through an individual research project.
The course will comprise the following elements:
- Guest Lectures (5), from Vendors, HPC Researchers, Users
- EPCC Core Sessions, covering the following topics:
- Trends and demographics in HPC
- HPC vendors
- HPC users and their requirements
- Procuring an HPC system
- HPC in Europe
- Challenges in HPC Today
- Exascale computing
- Grid computing
- Cloud computing
- Data-intensive computing
- Concurrent programming
Most topics will be delivered primarily by lecture, supported by tutored practical exercises where appropriate. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | | 1-11 | | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Room 5327 JCMB |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- List several current HPC vendors and their products and services
- Contrast HPC user communities and their differing requirements
- Plan the acquisition of a university-scale HPC system
- Explain the roles of the main bodies involved in HPC in Europe
- Explain the key issues for HPC in the future
- Summarise the advantages and disadvantages of several computing paradigms
- Assess the significance of one particular aspect of HPC
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Assessment Information
| 100% Coursework |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | HE |
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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