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Semester | spring semester 2018 |
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 Computer Science (Start of studies before 01.08.2016)) Module Computer Sciences: Core Area (Master's degree subject: 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 |