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ME/CS/PHYS 343 - HPC - Outline

ME/CS/PHYS 343 - HPC - Schedule

The following schedule is subject to change. Lecture notes usually will be posted before the class.
Week Date Topics Assignments/Resources
1 08/27  Welcome (Walker)  Questionnaire (5 pts)
2 09/01
09/03
 Hardware (Tackett)
 Motivation (Shi)
3 09/08
09/10
 Parallel Architecture (Shi)
Serial MD program (Walker)
4 09/15
09/17
Pthread programming (Tackett) Pthread tutorial
5 09/22
09/24
 More Pthread Programming (Shi)
 Pthread Synchronization (Shi)
pthread-1.tar
MD assignment 1
6 09/29
10/01
MPI programming (Walker)
Advanced MPI programming (Walker)
7 10/06

10/08
 Homework 1(b) (Tackett)
Debugging MPI programs (Shi)
Performance of HPC systems (Shi)
8 10/13

10/15
Homework 2(a)
Q & A on Midterm
Midterm
Homework 2
part (a) due 10/19, part (b) due 10/26
9 10/20
10/22
Project discussion
No class (fall break)
10 10/27
10/29
Optimization with Dakota (Walker)
Homework 3 (Tackett)

Homework 3 (due 11/3)
11 11/3
11/5
High Performance Database (Charles Johnson)
Networking(John Mora)
12 11/10
11/12
Grid Computing (Kevin Buterbaugh)
Security (Mat Binkley)
13 11/17
11/19
Dense Linear Algebra (Shi)
No class
14 11/24
11/26
No class (Thanksgiving)
No class (Thanksgiving)
15 12/1
12/3
LAPACK/ScaLAPACK (Shi)
Student presentations
16 12/8
12/10
Student presentations
Student presentations



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