Introduction to High-Performance Computing

Catalog description

Course gives an introduction to select areas of high-performance computing, providing a basis for writing and working with high-performance simulation codes. The three main topics are: 1) basic software engineering, 2) high-performance and parallel programming, and 3) performance analysis and modeling. Additional topics may include heterogeneous architectures like GPUs and data analysis/visualization. Working knowledge of a compiled programming language (C, C++ or Fortran) is required prior to taking this course.