Introduction to High Performance Computing / Spring 2024
Course Description
How are airplanes built without a physical prototype? How do we understand the evolution of the universe, or how are new cancer treatments identified for initial testing? Big problems require big computers - this course is meant to provide a general introduction to high performance computing and its role in today's world. This course will discuss the components of supercomputers, how they are organized, and the challenges in developing massive heterogeneous systems.