Welcome to CS 5220! This page is mostly meant to re-direct you; most of the information for this class (including assignments) will be kept on the wiki at our Bitbucket repository. We will also use Piazza for class discussions and announcements.
How do we solve the large-scale problems of science quickly on modern computers? How do we measure the performance of new or existing simulation codes, and what things can we do to make them run faster? How can we best take advantage of features like multicore processors, vector units, and graphics co-processors? These are the types of questions we will address in CS 5220, Applications of Parallel Computers. Topics include:
Because our examples will be drawn primarily from engineering and scientific computations, we will assume some prior exposure to numerical methods. Students should also be able to read and write serial programs written in C or a related language like C++ or Java. Prior exposure to parallel programming is not required, and non-CS students from fields involving simulation are particularly welcome!
See the syllabus for more information.