Description

The course introduces the basics of parallel programming with the message-passing interface (MPI) and OpenMP paradigms. MPI is the dominant parallelization paradigm in high performance computing and enables one to write programs that run on distributed memory machines, such as Sisu and Taito. OpenMP is a threading based approach which enables one to parallelize a program over a single shared memory machine, such as a single node in Taito. The course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises on parallel programming.

Learning outcome

After the course the participants should be able to write simple parallel programs and parallelize existing programs with basic features of MPI or OpenMP. This course is also a prerequisite for the PATC course "Advanced Parallel Programming"  (February 2018).

Prerequisites

The participants are assumed to have working knowledge of Fortran and/or C programming languages. In addition, fluent operation in a Linux/Unix environment will be assumed.

Agenda

Day 1, Monday 9.10

   09.00 – 10.30    What is parallel computing?
   10.30 – 10.45    Coffee break
   10.45 – 11.30    OpenMP basic concepts
   11.30 – 12.00    Exercises
   12.00 – 13.00    Lunch
   13.00 – 13.30    Work-sharing constructs
   13.30 – 14.00    Exercises
   14.00 – 14.30    Execution control, library functions
   14.30 – 14.45    Coffee break
   14.45 – 15.30    Exercises
   15.30 – 15.45    Wrap-up and further topics
   15.45 – 16.00    Q&A, exercises walkthrough
Day 2, Tuesday 10.10

   09.00 – 09.40    Introduction to MPI
   09.40 – 10.00    Exercises
   10.00 – 10.30    Point-to-point communication
   10.30 – 10.45    Coffee break
   10.45 – 12.00    Exercises
   12.00 – 13.00    Lunch
   13.00 – 13.45    Collective operations
   13.45 – 14.30    Exercises
   14.30 – 14.45    Coffee break
   14.45 – 15.45    Exercises
   15.45 – 16.00    Q&A, exercises walkthrough
Day 3, Wednesday 11.10

   09.00 – 09.30    User-defined communicators
   09.30 – 10.30    Exercises
   10.30 – 10.45    Coffee break
   10.45 – 11.30    Non-blocking communication
   11.30 – 12.00    Exercises
   12.00 – 13.00    Lunch
   13.00 – 13.45    Exercises
   13.45 – 14.30    User-defined datatypes
   14.30 – 14.45    Coffee break
   14.45 – 15.45    Exercises
   15.45 – 16.00    Q&A, exercises walkthrough
Lecturers: 

Sebastian von Alfthan (CSC), Pekka Manninen (CSC)

Language:   EnglishPrice:          Free of charge

https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/657/