Parallel Computing for Computational Mechanics

General

• Syllabus • Campus entry • Poster (PDF)

Notices

The PDF links are now disabled; new files will be posted on the class page as the semester goes on.

Lecture Notes

• 2007.07.12 Lecture 22 (parallel CM code 3); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.07.09 Lecture 21 (parallel CM code 2); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.07.02 Lecture 20 (parallel CM code 1); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.07.02 Lecture 19 (code management); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.06.28 Lecture 18 (MPI-2, BSP model); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.06.25 Lecture 17 (MPI details); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.06.21 Lecture 16 (MPI introduction); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.06.18 Lecture 15 (Parallel Virtual Machine); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.06.14 Lecture 14 (message-passing introduction); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.06.04 Lecture 13 (HPF discussion); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.05.24 Lecture 12 (OpenMP exercises, HPF introduction); topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.05.15 Lecture 11 (loop-level parallelism, OpenMP): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.05.10 Lecture 10 (topologies, current architectures): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.05.08 Lecture 9 (motivation for parallelism): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2006.05.03 Lecture 8 (automatic scalar optimization): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.30 Lecture 7 (manual scalar optimization): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.26 Lecture 6 (current CPUs): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.23 Lecture 5 (CPU performance, memory hierarchy): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.19 Lecture 4 (CM code: equation system, visualization): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.16 Lecture 3 (CM code: mesh generation): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.12 Lecture 2 (CM code: idealization): topics • slides (PDF)
• 2007.04.10 Lecture 1 (motivation): topics • slides (PDF)

Lecture slides are posted here in PDF format as the course goes on. They should be printed at 205% magnification, preferably 4-up with short-edge binding to save paper.

Previous web pages

• RWTH Aachen SS 2005 and SS 2006
• TU München 2004
• Rice University 2003 (and earlier years)

Links

• Our Parallel Programming link collection.