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17164-01 - Lecture: High Performance Computing (4 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2018 |
| Further events belonging to these CP |
17164-01 (Lecture) 17164-02 (Practical course) |
| Course frequency | Every spring sem. |
| Lecturers | Florina M. Ciorba (florina.ciorba@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Deepend and expand the knowledge of parallel and distributed computing systems. We will discuss: * Parallel systems architectures * Parallel applications workloads * Advanced parallel programming models and languages (OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, and combinations thereof) * Fault tolerance and resilience * Performance engineering and performance reproducibility * Novel/upcoming models of computation |
| Learning objectives | Advanced understanding how parallel applications can be programmed and how they perform and interact on parallel architectures. Overview of current HPC programming models and practical use of HPC systems. |
| Bibliography | Books titles and web links provided in course. |
| Comments | Target group: Bachelor, master, and doctoral students from computer science as well as from computational science and engineering disciplines. |
| Weblink | Webseite of the Lecture |
| Admission requirements | Students are expected to have basic knowledge of: * Computer Architecture, * Programming (C or C++) * Algorithms and Data Structures, * Numerical Computing, and * Foundations of Distributed Systems (MA lecture offered in the fall semesters) |
| Course application | Exercises: https://courses.cs.unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Doctorate Computer Science: Recommendations (PhD subject: Computer Science) Modul Concepts of Distributed Systems (Master's degree subject: Computer Science) Modul Praxis aktueller Informatikmethoden (Master's degree subject: Computer Science (Start of studies before 01.08.2016)) Module Applications of Distributed Systems (Master Computer Science) Module Applications of Machine Intelligence (Master Computer Science) Module Computer Sciences: Core Area (Master's degree subject: Computer Science (Start of studies before 01.08.2016)) Module Computer Sciences: Core Area (Master Computer Science (Start of studies before 01.08.2016)) Module Concepts of Distributed Systems (Master Computer Science) Vertiefungsfächer Theorie und Vertiefungsfächer Biologie (Master's Studies: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | The assessment of the lecture will be in the form of a *written examination*. The grade of the written examination represents the final grade for the lecture. To be allowed to take the exam, students must achieve a minimum of 50% of the number of points associated with *each* of the exercises accompanying the lecture. Examination date: |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Informatik |