Simulation on Supercomputers

Neue Pruefungsergebnisse ausgehaengt (Nobelstrasse 19)

Pruefungseinsicht 26. Mai 2011 (Nobelstrasse 19)

Zimmer 1.047

• Time: Thursday 8:00 - 11:15
• Starting Date: April 22, 2010 
• Room: V4.01
• Lecturer: Michael Resch
• Contact: resch[at]hlrs.de
• Office: Nobelstrasse 19, room1.047
• Tel: 0711 685 87269
• Office hours: By appointment only / Nur nach Voranmeldung
• Exam: t.b.d.

• Literature and textbooks:
  The lecture is not based on a textbook. Students will be handed out slides and further information
  during the lecture. Relevant literature for specific topics will be discussed during the lecture.
  
  
• Prerequisites:
  Familiarity with a 3GL (Fortran or C recommended).
  Or an interest in learning such a language to be able to follow the course and pass the exams.
  Basic mathematics (integration and differentiation).

• Contents (tentative):
  • What is technical simulation and why do we need it?
    • Some motivation and history of technical simulation and supercomputing.
    • A basic framework for technical simulation.
  • Aspects of hardware for technical simulation.
    • Basic architectural concepts.
    • Types of processors / vector vs. micro.
    • I/O issues.
    • Networking issues.
    • The cluster concept.
  • Aspects of software for technical simulation.
    • Performance aspects.
    • Programming models.
      • Programming languages (HPF).
      • Directives (OpenMP).
      • Message Passing (MPI).
      • (Threads)
  • Modern scenarios for technical computing.
    • Distributed Computing.
    • GRID-Computing.
    • Integated Simulation.