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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Physics and Astronomy : Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Postgraduate Course: Advanced Parallel Programming (PGPH11074)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Physics and Astronomy CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaPostgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course will cover 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: HPC Architectures (PGPH11080) AND Message-Passing Programming (PGPH11078) AND Threaded Programming (PGPH11077) AND Parallel Programming Languages (PGPH11072)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 63 )
Additional Notes Please contact the School for further information
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
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
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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KeywordsAPP (S2)
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Henty
Tel: (0131 6)50 5960
Email: d.henty@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Yuhua Lei
Tel: (0131 6) 517067
Email: yuhua.lei@ed.ac.uk
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