2020 Practical Parallel Computing

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Mathematical and Computing Science
Instructor(s)
Endo Toshio 
Class Format
Lecture    (ZOOM)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon3-4(W242)  Thr3-4(W242)  
Group
-
Course number
MCS.T418
Credits
2
Academic year
2020
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2020/9/18
Lecture notes updated
2020/6/18
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This lecture series will cover high performance parallel computing, which is important technology to support evolution of science and technology. The demand for high performance computing, involving extremely large amount of computation and data, is increasing for molecular simulation, protein analysis, mathematical optimization problems, and so on.
The contents will include standard parallel programming tools, MPI and OpenMP, and also include a programming tool for GPU/accelerators. In addition to lecture, there will be programming training using the peta-scale supercomputer TSUBAME at Tokyo Tech.

Student learning outcomes

[Objective] Participants shall get used to usage of parallel programming tools such as MPI, OpenMP and GPU tools, through the lecture and training. Objectives also include learning of basic technologies for performance analysis, through training using the TSUBAME supercomputer.
[Theme] For efficient usage of modern computing systems including supercomputers, the knowledge of architecture, such as parallelism and hierarchy, is necessity. Theme includes programming with OpenMP and MPI, each of which has corresponding hierarchy, and programming on many-core accelerators (GPGPU).

Keywords

parallel computing, high performance computing, multi-core, MPI, OpenMP, GPGPU

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lecture about parallel and high performance computing, and training of programming using Tokyo Tech TSUBAME supercomputer will be given.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction to supercomputers and parallel computing Nothing
Class 2 Overview and usage of TSUBAME supercomputer/ parallel programming models Nothing
Class 3 Shared memory parallel programming with OpenMP (1) Introduction Report for shared memory part
Class 4 Shared memory parallel programming with OpenMP (2) Data Parallelism and Attributes of variables Report for shared memory part
Class 5 Shared memory parallel programming with OpenMP (3) Task Parallelism Report for shared memory part
Class 6 Shared memory parallel programming with OpenMP (4) Mutual exclusion and bottlenecks Report for shared memory part
Class 7 Distributed memory parallel programming with MPI (1) Introduction Report for distributed memory part
Class 8 Distributed memory parallel programming with MPI (2) Non-blocking communicatoin Report for distributed memory part
Class 9 Distributed memory parallel programming with MPI (3) Optimization of MPI programs Report for distributed memory part
Class 10 Distributed memory parallel programming with MPI (4) Network topology Report for distributed memory part
Class 11 GPU programming (1) Introduction Report for GPU part
Class 12 GPU programming (2) GPU Programming with OpenACC Report for GPU part
Class 13 GPU programming (3) GPU Programming and Parallelism Report for GPU part
Class 14 GPU programming (4) Optimization of GPU programs Report for GPU part

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Nothing particular

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Nothing particular. Information on related references and web sites will be given.

Assessment criteria and methods

Based on the report submission. Attendance to classes is also considered.

Related courses

  • MCS.T407 : High Performance Computing
  • MCS.T233 : Computer Systems
  • CSC.T526 : High Performance Scientific Computing

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Basic knowledge on C language, especially pointers
Basic knowledge on Linux commands

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