Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
Office: Bio-Life 113D
Phone: 1-215-204-4215

This series of seminar lectures will provide a general introduction into many important topics of high-performance computing. The lectures will focus on concepts and general ideas from the practical and pragmatic perspective of a user.

• Introduction to High-Performance Computing (HPC)
• Computer Architecture and Storage Hierarchy
• From Source Code to Executable
• Using Compilers, Profiling and Mathematical Libraries to optimize code for performance
• Networking and cluster computing
• How to find the best machine for my problem?
• Application Examples

There is no attendence fee, but seats will have to be reserved on the http://www.temple.edu/cs/seminars webpage. The location of the seminars are posted on the registration site.

Self-study problem sets and assignments as well as supporting material to compliment the lectures with practical experiences will be made available through this webpage.