706845 VU Methods in Computational Physics B: Parallelisation

summer semester 2024 | Last update: 01.02.2024 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Astro- and Particle Physics

Instructor:

Philipp Gschwandtner, MSc PhD, +43 512 507 53233
assoz. Prof. Dr. Ralf Kissmann, +43 512 507 52069

Course number:

706845

Title:

VU Methods in Computational Physics B: Parallelisation

Type/hours:

VU 3

ECTS credits:

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

English

Learning Outcome:

Students who have completed this course will be able to describe and classify relevant computer architectures and programming models in HPC, as well as adapt and employ numerical methods suitable for these concepts. Students are able to provide parallel implementations for these methods and evaluate them with regard to their performance and maintainability.

Contents:

Introduction to the most important and basic concepts of parallel computing, types and properties of parallel computers, performance metrics such as speedup and efficiency, programming in OpenMP or MPI, work and data distribution, program optimization.

Remarks:

siehe LV 198709

Start:

see dates

Time, location:

siehe LV 198709 - im Erweiterungsstudium Scientific Computing,

allocated to study field

Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics

Master's Programme Physics according to the Curriculum 2020 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 semesters)

Elective Modules

Elective Module 14: Methods in Computational Physics (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)