CS 340 -- Section 01, Fall 2003, Ridgway Scott

Scientific Parallel Computing

• Time: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Tuesday & Thursday
• Place: Ry 277
• Tutorial: Mondays 3-4 in Ry 277
• Assignments
• Course Description
• The course text will be notes we are preparing for publication and will be made available to the class (no charge).
• The TA for the course is Yu Hu whose e-mail address is yuhu@cs.uchicago.edu. His office is 20 Hinds (the Geophysics Bldg., in the basement). His office hours are MW 4-5:30pm.
• Suggested additional reading for the course
• How to do avoid typing your password on every machine
• Some tips on using mpirun
• How to do (parallel) performance analysis
• Click here to set up a computer account for this course. On that page, click on request a CS student account.
• A mailing list has been set up here
to facilitate discussion about problems with programming or homework. Please set up an account for yourself on it.

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For help with either the Planguages or with using one of the clusters, contact Jing Liu
• jliu@cs.uchicago.edu
• Here is a machine file suitable for this course.
• Here is a way to search for specific machines
• Or just type
  • wget http://stuff.cs.uchicago.edu/searchresults/net_group_list/cs_users_research/ips_status/ssh/distro_ver_prefix/2.0/text_check/yes -O machines.linux

  to get a complete list of machines copied into the file "machines.linux"

  Also contact Terry Clark at

  • twclark@cs.uchicago.edu
  regarding problems specifically with the Planguages (such as compiler errors).
  

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  • Getting started with the Planguages
  • More information on the Planguages
  • The PC Reference Manual
  • The PC Reference Manual title page