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Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (Lecture) (PTfS)5 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (Lecture))
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik)

Modulverantwortliche/r: Gerhard Wellein
Lehrende: Gerhard Wellein

Start semester: SS 2019Duration: 1 semesterCycle: jährlich (SS)
Präsenzzeit: 60 Std.Eigenstudium: 90 Std.Language: Deutsch

Lectures:

    • Programming Techniques for Supercomputers
      (Vorlesung, 4 SWS, Gerhard Wellein, Mon, Wed, 16:15 - 17:45, H10; Thu, 8:15 - 9:45, H10; First lecture: April 23rd, 2019 (Wednesday). There will be one lecture on Monday and the other one Wednesday OR Thursday (final decision after first lecture))

Empfohlene Voraussetzungen:

Programmierkenntnisse in C/C++ oder Fortran

Inhalt:

  • Introduction to the architecture of modern supercomputers

  • Single core architecture and optimisation strategies

  • Memory hierarchy and data access optimization

  • Concepts of parallel computers and parallel computing

  • Efficient “shared memory” parallelisation (OpenMP)

  • Parallelisation approaches for multi-core processors including GPUs

  • Efficient “distributed memory” parallelisation (MPI)

  • Roofline performance model

  • Serial and parallel performance modelling

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students

  • acquire a comprehensive overview of programming modern supercomputers efficiently for numerical simulations

  • learn modern optimisation and parallelisation strategies, guided by structured performance modelling

  • acquire an insight into innovative programming techniques and alternative supercomputer architectures

  • are able to implement basic numerical methods with high hardware efficiency on parallel computers

Literatur:

  • G. Hager and G. Wellein: Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers. CRC Computational Science Series, 2010. ISBN 978-1439811924

  • J. Hennessy and D. Patterson: Computer Architecture. A Quantitative Approach. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Elsevier, 2003. ISBN 1-55860-724-2

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

  1. Computational Engineering (Rechnergestütztes Ingenieurwesen) (Master of Science): ab 1. Semester
    (Po-Vers. 2013 | TechFak | Computational Engineering (Rechnergestütztes Ingenieurwesen) (Master of Science) | Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik | Wahlpflichtbereich Informatik)
Dieses Modul ist daneben auch in den Studienfächern "123#67#H", "Informatik (Bachelor of Arts (2 Fächer))", "Informatik (Bachelor of Science)", "Informatik (Master of Science)", "Mathematik (Bachelor of Science)" verwendbar. Details

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Mündliche Prüfung Programmiertechniken für Supercomputer / Programming Techniques for Supercomputers (Prüfungsnummer: 37403)

(englischer Titel: Oral Examination on Programming Techniques for Supercomputers)

Prüfungsleistung, Klausur, Dauer (in Minuten): 60, benotet, 5 ECTS
Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %
Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: SS 2019, 1. Wdh.: WS 2019/2020
1. Prüfer: Gerhard Wellein

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