Course detail

Applications of Parallel Computers

FIT-PDDAcad. year: 2010/2011

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Václav Dvořák, DrSc.

Department

Department of Computer Systems (UPSY)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

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Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

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Course curriculum

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Work placements

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Aims

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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Pacecho, P.: Introduction to Parallel Programming. Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2011, 392 s., ISBN: 9780123742605    Kirk, D., and Hwu, W.: Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Elsevier, 2010, s. 256, ISBN: 978-0-12-381472-2

Recommended reading

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~demmel/cs267_Spr13/

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme CSE-PHD-4 Doctoral

    branch DVI4 , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme CSE-PHD-4 Doctoral

    branch DVI4 , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Václav Dvořák, DrSc.

Syllabus

  • Parallel computer architectures
  • Shared variable and message-passing programming: OpenMP and MPI.
  • Foster's method of parallelization, performance measures and prediction
  • Parallel linear algebra 1
  • Parallel linear algebra 2
  • Graph partitioning
  • Disrete optimization
  • PDEs
  • N-body problem
  • Parallel and distributed simulation
  • Graphics and visualization 
  • Data and knowledge mining
  • Languages, compilers, libraries, and tools.