Course Information
- LECTURE: MWF 9:10-10:00, Jacobs Hall 298
- TEXT: None (see links below)
- INSTRUCTOR: Will French (@frenchwr)
- INSTRUCTOR EMAIL: will@accre.vanderbilt.edu
- INSTRUCTOR OFFICE: Hill Center Suite 201
- INSTRUCTOR WORK PHONE: 615-343-4134
- OFFICE HOURS: Monday and Wednesday, 3-5pm in Hill Center 201. Use phone on wall outside 201 to dial 34134 and I'll come let you in.
- GITHUB REPOSITORIES: https://github.com/sc3260s16
- SYLLABUS: https://github.com/sc3260s16/syllabus
Unix Tutorials and Cheat Sheets
Remember, you can always type commands101 from the ACCRE command line for reminders of simple commands. You can also type history to see commands you've run in previous shell sessions. Below are some helpful tutorials and cheatsheets:
Readings and Resources
- Introduction to Parallel Computing
- Intel Vectorization and Autovectorization
- OpenMP
- PThreads
- MPI
- CUDA Programming Guide
- CUDA Samples
ACCRE Documentation and Resources
- Website
- ACCRE Scholars Summer Program
- Getting Started Pages
- Unix Training Slides
- Intro to Cluster Training Slides
- SLURM Training Slides
- SLURM Docs
Course Schedule
| Date | Topic | Other |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 11 | Course Intro, Syllabus, etc. | |
| Wed, Jan 13 | Intro to Unix, Day 1 | Complete sections 1-3 of Software Carpentry Unix Tutorial (see above) and VIM tutorial |
| Fri, Jan 15 | Intro to Unix, Day 2 | Complete sections 4-7 of Software Carpentry Unix Tutorial |
| Mon, Jan 18 | MLK Day, No Class |  |
| Wed, Jan 20 | ACCRE Cluster | |
| Fri, Jan 22 | Snow Day, No Class | |
| Mon, Jan 25 | Git and Github | |
| Wed, Jan 27 | C programming | Quiz 1 
|
| Fri, Jan 29 | C programming | |
| Mon, Feb 1 | C programming and compiling programs | |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Compiling programs | |
| Fri, Feb 5 | Molecular Dynamics | |
| Mon, Feb 8 | Parallel Computing, Day 1 | Read sections 1-3 |
| Wed, Feb 10 | Parallel Computing, Day 2 | Read sections 4-7 |
| Fri, Feb 12 | Parallel Computing, Day 3 | Homework 1 Due 
|
| Mon, Feb 15 | Vectorization and Autovectorization | Resource |
| Wed, Feb 17 | Multithreaded Programming, OpenMP, Day 1 | Read sections 1-4 |
| Fri, Feb 19 | Multithreaded Programming, OpenMP, Day 2 | Read sections 5-8 |
| Mon, Feb 22 | Programming for the Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor, Day 1 | Slides |
| Wed, Feb 24 | Programming for the Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor, Day 2 | |
| Fri, Feb 26 | Multithreaded Programming, PThreads, Day 1 | Read sections 1-4 |
| Mon, Feb 29 | Multithreaded Programming, PThreads, Day 2 | Read sections 5-8 |
| Wed, Mar 2 | MPI Programming, Day 1 | Read Sections 1-3 |
| Fri, Mar 4 | MPI Programming, Day 2 | |
| Mon, Mar 7 | Spring Break, No Class | |
| Wed, Mar 9 | Spring Break, No Class | |
| Fri, Mar 11 | Spring Break, No Class | |
| Mon, Mar 14 | MPI Programming, Day 3 | Read Sections 4-7, Slides from Lecture |
| Wed, Mar 16 | MPI Programming, Day 4 | Homework 2 Due Read Sections 8-11, Slides from Lecture, More Slides
|
| Fri, Mar 18 | CUDA Programming, Day 1 | Read Section 1 |
| Mon, Mar 21 | CUDA Programming, Day 2 | Read Section 2, Slides from lecture |
| Wed, Mar 23 | CUDA Programming, Day 3 | |
| Fri, Mar 25 | CUDA Programming, Day 4 | Read Through Section 3.2.3 |
| Mon, Mar 28 | CUDA Programming, Day 5 | |
| Wed, Mar 30 | OpenACC, Day 1 | |
| Fri, Apr 1 | OpenACC, Day 2 | Slides |
| Mon, Apr 4 | Exam Review | Slides |
| Wed, Apr 6 | Exam |  |
| Fri, Apr 8 | Work on Capstone | |
| Mon, Apr 11 | Work on Capstone | Homework 3 Due
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| Wed, Apr 13 | Work on Capstone | |
| Fri, Apr 15 | Work on Capstone | |
| Mon, Apr 18 | Work on Capstone | |
| Wed, Apr 20 | Capstone Presentations | |
| Fri, Apr 22 | Capstone Presentations | |
| Mon, Apr 25 | Capstone Presentations |