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General information

  • Time: Tue 1:45pm, Montefiore R7. This class is taught in English.
  • Instructors:
    • Christophe Geuzaine (cgeuzaine at uliege)
    • Orian Louant (orian.louant at uliege)
    • David Colignon (david.colignon at uliege)
  • Textbook: The Science of Computing: The Art of High Performance Computing, volume 1 by Victor Eijkhout, Edmond Chow and Robert van de Geijn.
  • Grades: 100% oral exam

Schedule (tentative)

Date Description
Tue 16/09
  • General introduction - Slides
  • Presentation of the project
  • Optional: C programming language review
Tue 23/09
  • Introduction to Git and Gitlab
  • Connection to the HPC clusters
Tue 30/09
Tue 07/10
Tue 14/10
Tue 21/10 Class time for project
Tue 28/10 No class
Tue 04/11 GPU programming with CUDA - Slides
Tue 11/11 No class
Tue 18/11 Class time for project
Tue 25/11
  • Scaling and profiling
  • Intermediate deadline
Tue 02/12 Class time for project
Tue 09/12 Class time for project
Fri 19/12 Final deadline

CÉCI account

This course requires the use of the CECI clusters for the realization of the projects. To get access, please follow the following steps:

Create a CÉCI account here

  • Use your university email address and specify cgeuzaine at uliege as supervisor email
  • In the Institution menu, choose
    • University: Université de Liège
    • Département: Département d'Electricité, Electronique et Informatique
    • Unité: Cours INFO0939-1 High Perf. Scient. Comput.

The clusters must be accessed from ULiège network. To connect from home, please install and configure the VPN. Instructions are available here. Instructions on how to connect to the clusters are accessible through the CECI documentation. See instructions for Windows as well as macOS/Linux.