High performance computing is an integral part of modern scientific and engineering research. Most physical systems are explored through simulation and modelling using high performance computing tools like parallel computers. This unit introduces students to the essential tools and techniques of high performance computing. The main objectives are to introduce students to different frameworks of parallel and distributed computing that they can use in their specific areas of interest. The students learn to program clusters of personal computers as well as mainframe parallel computers using the widely used Fortran computer language. Students examine high performance computing case studies... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Mohammed Bennamoun
Prerequisites: CITS1401 Problem Solving and Programming and CITS2401 Computer Analysis and Visualisation and CITS2232 Databases
