AMATH 583: High-Performance Scientific Computing

SLN 10225, MWF 3:30-4:20, Loew Hall 206


Instructor:     Professor Randall J. LeVeque
Guggenheim 415C
tel: 685-3037
fax: 685-1440
rjl AT uw DOT edu
Office hours: MW 4:30-5:30 and Thursday 3-4pm
       TA: Grady Lemoine, gl AT uw DOT edu

Office hours: M,T 1:30 -- 2:30, W 2:30 - 3:30, F 1:00-2:00 in GUG 406


Course Description

Introduction to hardware, software, and programming for large-scale scientific computing. Overview of multicore, cluster, and supercomputer architectures; procedure and object oriented languages; parallel computing paradigms and languages; graphics and visualization of large data sets; validation and verification; and scientific software development. Prerequisite: either CSE 142 or AMATH 301.

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<rjl@amath.washington.edu> Mon Mar 28 08:19:06 PDT 2011