Study Guide

Objective

Modern technological, scientific and industrial breakthroughs require more and more sophisticated and advanced tools in solving the greatest challenges of the world and human kind. We need supercomputers.

Supercomputers are immensely powerful machines capable of advanced modeling and computing with seemingly endless increase of performance. But how powerful is a supercomputer in practice? How are they built and why do we need them? What are their main advantages and possibilities? How are supercomputers used?

In this online course we’ll examine these questions and many more. You will learn 1) the essential vocabulary needed to understand what supercomputing really is all about, 2) the fundamentals of supercomputers and high performance computing, and 3) how supercomputers are utilized. By the end of the course, you will have the theoretical knowledge needed to explain the basic principles of a supercomputer and high performance computing. We’ll also take a look at some real-life examples and practical use cases of these amazing machines.

Content

Introduction to HPC
What is a supercomputer?
Running and using a supercomputer
Parallel computing concepts
Mote technical aspects of parallel computing
HPC programming (optional)

Location and time

The course can be completed independently according to your own schedule.

Teaching methods

The course is an independent online course. The course is completed on Edukamu -onlineplatform.

Student workload

Approximately 15-30 hours (1 ECTS credit)

Content scheduling

Six thematic chapters (chapter 6 is optional) and short exam at the end of chapters 1-5

Further information

Degree students are advised to discuss first about completing the course with their tutor teacher.

Register for the course in https://edukamu.fi/elements-of-supercomputing

For degree students the study credit is automatically registered into PAKKI system within short delay.

Evaluation scale

Hylätty/Hyväksytty