Hands On Introduction to HPC
Dates: 10-11 May 2018
Location: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Note: these draft materials are based on a previous run of the course and may be updated prior to this run.
Lecture Slides
Unless otherwise indicated all material is Copyright © EPCC, The University of Edinburgh, and is only made available for private study.
Day 1
- ARCHER and EPCC training
- Why learn about HPC?
- Image Sharpening
- Parallel Programming
- Building Blocks (CPU/Memory/Accelerators)
- Building Blocks (OS/Process/Threads)
- Fractals
- Parallel Programming Models
Day 2
Course Chat
https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Hands-on-Introduction-to-HPC-GkHg4H1Y30PAZnSVatEtBThe Chat page is a live collaborative online document which we will use to share links, information and comments. All course participants are encouraged to contribute.
Exercise Material
Unless otherwise indicated all material is Copyright © EPCC, The University of Edinburgh, and is only made available for private study.
Exercise 1: Sharpen
Exercise 2: Fractals
Exercise 3: CFD
Interactive Access
If you are having to wait a long time for jobs to run, you can try following these instructions to gain direct interactive access to an ARCHER node.
