INFO 0939: High Performance Scientific Computing

INFO 0939: High Performance Scientific Computing - Fall 2011

Time: Tue 2:00pm, Montefiore I18. This class is taught in English.
Instructor: Christophe Geuzaine (Office: Montefiore I155; Tel: 04 366 37 30; Email: cgeuzaine at ulg)
TAs: David Colignon (Office: Montefiore I153; Tel: 04 366 37 32; Email: david.colignon at ulg) and Axel Modave (Office: Montefiore I157; Tel: 04 366 37 35; Email: a.modave at ulg)
Textbook: Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing, by Victor Eijkhout, Edmond Chow and Robert van de Geijn (Edition Sep 13 2011, rev. 369).

			Homework (evaluation)
Tue 20/09	General introduction; Computer architecture: serial	Basics of C programming language (codes)	hw1
Tue 27/09	- Holiday -	-	-
Tue 04/10	Computer architecture, continued; BLAS	Review of fundamentals of linear algebra and numerical analysis; Direct linear solvers: serial LU; More about the C programming language	-
Tue 11/10	Parallel computer architectures	Condition number; Rounding errors; Direct linear solvers: parallel LU; More about the C programming language	-
Tue 18/10	Amdahl's law, speedup	Iterative linear solvers	hw2; References: LaPack and BLAS
Tue 25/10	MPI (slides + codes)	MPI	-
Tue 01/11	- Holiday -	-	-
Tue 08/11	OpenMP (slides + codes)	OpenMP	hw3
Tue 15/11	More on iterative linear solvers	Homework	-
Tue 22/11	-	-	-
Tue 29/11	More on iterative solvers	Homework	hw4
Tue 06/12	Applications: finite differences and finite volumes	Applications: finite elements	-
Tue 13/12	GPU computing	Homework	-

Ch 1: everything, except 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.6.5, 1.6.6 and 1.6.7 (read for your information)
Ch 2: everything, except 2.6
Ch 3: read for your information
Ch 4: read and understand link with homeworks 3 and 4.
Ch 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 + read 5.4. Replace 5.5 with material seen in class.
Ch 6: read for your information.