Intro to High Performance Computing

  • Type: Block (B)
  • Chair: Interfakultative Einrichtungen - Graduiertenschulen - Computational and Data Science (KCDS)
  • Semester: WS 22/23
  • Place:

    Room 217, 2nd floor, Building 20.21
  • Time:

    Fr 2023-02-10
    09:00 - 12:00, once


    Fr 2023-02-24
    09:00 - 12:00, once

    We 2023-03-08
    13:00 - 16:00, once

    Fr 2023-03-10
    09:00 - 12:00, once
  • Lecturer:

    Simon Raffeiner
  • Lv-No.: 3300004
  • Information:

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Language of instruction English

Intro to HPC

HoreKAKIT

SCC operates the high-performance computer systems Hochleistungsrechner Karlsruhe (HoreKa) and bwUniCluster 2.0.
This introductory course will give you a theoretical overview of the following topics (block #1-3) and includes a practical workshop and a visit at the HoreKa facility (block #4).

Block #1:
- Supercomputer hardware design and architecture
- CPUs, Accelerators and High-Performance Interconnects

Block #2:
- Infrastructure, (Power) Efficiency and cooling concepts
- Operating models and user services

Block #3:
- Software stacks and job scheduling
- Programming models

Block #4:
- Practical workshop
- Visit at the HoreKa facility

The course will take place in the lecture-free time (February-April 2023). Please register via ILIAS.

Credits: 2 ECTS.