Parallel Programming for HPC at UNSW Kensington
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Location
UNSW Kensington
Computer Lab G16-G17, Ground floor, Wallace Wurth Building, map ref C27 University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW 2052 AustraliaDescription
Why do this course?
You have written, compiled and run functioning programs in C and/or Fortran. You know how HPC works and you've submitted batch jobs.
Now you want to move from writing single-threaded programs into the parallel programming paradigm, so you can truly harness the full power of High Performance Computing.
Who is this course for?
This course is targeted at C and Fortran programmers. It gives an introduction into different parallel programming methods. OpenMP as an wide-spread method for a shared memory programming model and MPI as the standard for a distributed memory programming model are discussed.
The course includes examples and exercises. Attendees can choose between C and Fortran for the exercises. All exercises will be done on our local HPC machine. Student accounts will be provided. Students must be fluent in C or Fortran and be familiar with a Linux environment.
You'll learn how to program with:
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OpenMP (Open Multi-Processing): a widespread method for shared memory programming
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MPI (Message Passing Interface): a leading distributed memory programming model
Prerequisites
To do this course you need to have:
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A good working knowledge of HPC. Consider taking our Unix Shell and Command Line Basics course to come up to speed beforehand.
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Prior experience of writing programs in either C or Fortran.
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