Course Number
CMPSC 240A
Internal Course Number
240
Level
Graduate
Units
4
Faculty
Course Description
Prerequisite: Computer Science 154 and 160.
Interdisciplinary introduction to applied parallel computing on modern supercomputers. Topics include applications-oriented architectural issues, MPI, parallel MATLAB, and parallel numerical algorithms. A course project emphasizes understanding the realities and myths of what is possible on the world's fastest machines.