Parallel Programming of High-Performance Systems (PPHPS)

Course Description

This long-standing course is a collaboration between the Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) and the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ). It is designed for students and researchers interested in programming modern HPC hardware, with a focus on large-scale parallel computing systems available in Jülich, Stuttgart, and Munich, as well as smaller clusters at Tier-2/3 centers and departmental facilities.

Topics covered include:

  • HPC Introduction
  • HPC Systems in Germany
  • Elements of MPI and OpenMP
  • OpenMP in Depth
  • MPI in Depth
  • Basic Computer Architecture: Shared Memory
  • Basic computer architecture: Distributed Memory
  • Basic Profiling Tools
  • Performance Pitfalls

Certification

A digital certificate of attendance will be awarded to all participants who attended the majority of the course.

Prerequisites

Participants should meet the following requirements:

  • Basic UNIX/Linux knowledge – login with secure shell, shell commands, compilers, vi or emacs editors
  • Good knowledge of at least one of the standard HPC languages – Fortran 95, C or C++

Upcoming Iterations and Additional Courses

You can find dates and registration links for this and other upcoming NHR@FAU courses at https://go-nhr.de/trainings .