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Name: An Introduction to High-Performance Computing (HPC)
ID: col11091
Language: English (en)
Summary: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of High-Performance Computing (HPC) through a slide-show and a series of practical exercises. The course was developed by the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), Switzerland as part of the LinkSCEEM Conference, 6th-8th October, Cyprus, 2009.
Collection Subtype: Course
Subject: Science and Technology
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Tim Stitt Ph.D. (tstitt@nd.edu)
Copyright Holders: Tim Stitt Ph.D. (tstitt@nd.edu)
Maintainers: Tim Stitt Ph.D. (tstitt@nd.edu)
Latest version: 1.7 (history)
First publication date: Sep 16, 2009 12:08 pm GMT-5
Last revision to collection: Oct 5, 2009 1:08 pm GMT-5

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Version History

Version: 1.7 Oct 5, 2009 1:08 pm GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Added OpenMP Practical
Version: 1.6 Sep 30, 2009 10:38 am GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Changed Summary.
Version: 1.5 Sep 30, 2009 10:33 am GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Changed Summary paragraph.
Version: 1.4 Sep 30, 2009 6:08 am GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Adding Practical 3 - Basic MPI
Version: 1.3 Sep 27, 2009 8:53 am GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Added Google Tracking
Version: 1.2 Sep 23, 2009 8:23 am GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Added Practical 2
Version: 1.1 Sep 17, 2009 1:43 pm GMT-5 by Tim Stitt Ph.D.
Changes: 
Initial Version.

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