Class | Date | Main Topic | |
1, HW1a | Th 08/31 | Module 1: Motivation for parallel computing and overview, BQ0a, GQ0a, pre-assessment | |
2 | Tu 09/05 | Module 1: Linux and serial ANSI-C "Hello, world!" on the HPCF cluster, IQ0b | |
3, HW1b | Th 09/07 | Module 1: Parallel "Hello, world!" and running jobs on the HPCF cluster, GQ0b | |
4 | Tu 09/12 | Module 2: Chapter 3: Greetings! | |
5, HW2a | Th 09/14 | Module 2: Chapter 9: Debugging Your Program - deadlock | |
6 | Tu 09/19 | Module 2: Chapter 4: An Application: Numerical Integration, GQ2a | |
7 | Th 09/21 | Module 2: Chapter 9: Debugging Your Program - load-balancing | |
8 | Tu 09/26 | Module 2: Scientific computing: numerical error vs. accumulated round-off, GQ2b | |
9, HW2b | Th 09/28 | Module 2: Chapter 11: Performance of trapezoidal rule | |
10 | Tu 10/03 | Module 3: Chapter 5: Collective Communication | |
11 | Th 10/05 | Module 3: Scientific computing tools: Make utility, matrix representation | |
12, HW3a | Tu 10/10 | Module 3: Chapter 5: Collective Communication | |
13 | Th 10/12 | Module 3: Chapter 10: Design and Coding of Parallel Programs (power method) | |
14 | Tu 10/17 | Module 3: Chapter 11: Performance of power method | |
15, HW3b | Th 10/19 | Module 3: Chapter 11: Performance of power method | |
16 | Tu 10/24 | Module 4: Scientific computing tools: BLAS, LAPACK, BLACS, ScaLAPACK, PETSc (Chapter 15) | |
17, HW4a | Th 10/26 | Report on project background, GQ4a | |
18 | Tu 10/31 | Module 4: Scientific computing tools: BLAS | |
19, HW4b | Th 11/02 | Module 4: Scientific computing tools: BLAS | |
20 | Tu 11/07 | Module 5: Chapter 10: Design and Coding of Parallel Programs (CG method) | |
21, HW5a | Th 11/09 | Module 5: Chapter 13: Advanced Point-to-Point Communication | |
22, HW5b | Tu 11/14 | Module 5: Chapter 13: Advanced Point-to-Point Communication | |
23, HW5c | Th 11/16 | Module 5: Chapter 12: More on Performance | |
24 | Tu 11/21 | History of High-Performance Computing, IQ9a | |
Th 11/23 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
25 | Tu 11/28 | Update on project work | |
26, HW5d | Th 11/30 | Module 6: OpenMP Multi-Threading in Parallel Computing | |
27 | Tu 12/05 | Module 6: Chapters 2, 10 (Sorting), 6, Appendix A | |
28 | Th 12/07 | Module 6: IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic | |
29 | Tu 12/12 | Update on project work, post-assessment | |
Tu 12/19 | 01:00 p.m. Project Presentations; note the date and time! | ||