CSE 6220: High Performance Computing

Georgia Tech, Spring 2008

Tuesday/Thursday 1:35 PM - 2:55 PM, Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Room 2447

Instructor: Dr. David A. Bader

Office: KACB 1332
Office Hours: Tu/Th 3pm-4pm.

Required Textbooks:

Introduction to Parallel Computing, Ananth Grama, Anshul Gupta, George Karypis, and Vipin Kumar, 2nd edition, Addison-Welsey, © 2003.
Petascale Computing: Algorithms and Applications, David A. Bader (Ed.), Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science Series, © 2007.

Class Mailing List:

Class announcements will be sent to the Georgia Tech T-Square mailing list, see http://t-square.gatech.edu/.

Course Description:

This course will introduce students to the design, analysis, and implementation, of highperformance computational science and engineering applications. The course focuses on advanced computer architectures, parallel algorithms, parallel languages, and performance-oriented computing. Students will develop knowledge and skills concerning:

the key factors affecting performance of computational science and engineering (CSE) applications, and
mapping of applications to high-performance computing systems, and
hardware/software co-design for achieving performance on real-world applications.

Course Information:

Syllabus
Midterm: Tuesday, February 28, in-class.