Sommersemester 2012
Lecturer: Ph.D. Biagio Cosenza
Institut: Institut für Informatik - Type: VO 2 - ECTS-AP: 3
Calendar and other info
ProSeminar thaught by Peter Thoman
Resources: available on the OLAT eCampus website.
| Lecture | Topics and lecture notes | Additional materials |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture 1 9/3/2012 |
Introduction to Parallel Computing and Massively Parallel HW. |
G. E. Moore Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. 1965 G. E. Moore No exponential is forever: but Forever can be delayed!, ISSCC, 2003 |
| Lecture 2 16/3/2012 |
Scalability and other metrics for parallel computing. Introduction to OpenCL concepts. |
G. M. Amdahl Validity of the single processor approach to achieving large scale computing capabilities.1967 J. L. Gustafson Reevaluating Amdahl’s law.1988 The Landscape of Parallel Computing Research: A View From Berkeley. |
| Lecture 3 23/3/2012 |
Overview of nowadays parallel hw. OpenCL Buffers. OpenCL Examples. |
OpenCL 1.2 Specifications and Quick reference card |
| Lecture 4 30/3/2012 |
Understanding GPU Memory (coalescing accesses and bank conflicts). OpenCL syncronizatoins. Example: a Sobel filter operator. |
OpenCL Sobel filter from AMD/ATI OpenCL Sobel filter from NVidia |
| Lecture 5 20/4/2012 |
GPU threads, prediction and occupancy. Example: N-Body simulation with tiling. |
OpenCL NBody simulation from AMD/ATI
Histogram calculation in OpenCL NVidia tech. report |
| Lecture 6 27/4/2012 |
Matrix Multiplication Matrix Transpose |
... |
| Lecture 7 4/5/2012 |
Parallel Reduction | ... |
| Lecture 8 11/5/2012 |
Parallel Prefix Sum (Scan) | Sengupta et al. paper |
Wintersemester 2011/2012 - DK-CIM curriculum, third semester
Lecturers: Mag.Dr. Werner Benger, Ph.D. Biagio Cosenza, Mihai Datcu
Informations available on the DK-Plus Wiki
Wintersemester 2011/2012 - DK-CIM curriculum, third semester
Lecturer: Ph.D. Biagio Cosenza
Institut: FP Scientific Computing - Type: VO 2 - ECTS: 2.5
Calendar and other info
ProSeminar thaught by Simone Pellegrini -
ProSeminar Calendar
Resources: available on the OLAT eCampus website.
Exams: Feb 27, 2012, from 11.00 to 13.00, room HS 11