CS 530 - High-Performance Computing

Description:
This course will provide foundations and concepts on high-performance computing. It provides an overview of computer hardware, software, and numerical methods that are useful on scientific workstations, massively parallel architectures, and supercomputers.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: CS 528.

Credits:
(4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Discuss the importance of scientific programming languages.
Use scientific programming in various applications on supercomputers, scientific workstations, and parallel/distributed architectures.
Demonstrate the utility of cluster computing.
Identify the importance of P2P computing for scientific programming.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/17/11

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