Introduction to MPI
Description: MPI (Message Passing Interface) is the de facto standard for parallel programming, defining how concurrent processes can communicate and hence work together to complete a given task in a shorter time. This course will introduce the concepts and terminology of High Performance Computing (HPC), before providing a comprehensive and detailed introduction to point-to-point and collective communication using MPI. Each section of the course is supported by practical exercises.
Aimed at: Anyone interested in writing parallel code.
Prerequisites: Attendees should be able to program in either Fortran or C
and be familiar with working in a UNIX environment
(i.e., you should be able to connect to a machine remotely,
use basic UNIX commands, edit a source file and understand
the elementary steps in compiling object files and creating executables).
Duration: 2 days.
After Course Attendees Will: Be able to parallelise an existing serial code, or write a parallel code from scratch, using MPI.
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