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Course Name High Performance and Cloud Computing
Course Code 23AID304
Program B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Semester 5
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore , Amritapuri ,Faridabad , Bangaluru, Amaravati

Syllabus

Unit 1

Introduction to basic architecture and OS concepts –architecture of parallel computing–shared and distribution memory in parallel computing – parallel algorithm – performance metrices of parallel algorithm.

Unit 2

Introduction to OpenMP – essentials of OpenMP – data sharing and synchronization – efficient OpenMP for matrix computing – Introduction to MPI and distributed memory parallel computing – communicating using MPI – Matrix representation of physical system and parallel matrix solvers – domain decomposition techniques

Unit 3

Overview of GPU architecture and its evolution –introduction to GPGPU and CUDA – CUDA programming –thread execution in CUDA programming – matrix computing in CUDA -introduction to cuBLAS and cuDNN libraries for linear algebra and deep learning – case studies of GPU: accelerated applications in scientific computing, data analytics, and machine learning

Unit 4

Introduction to cloud computing and its importance – benefits and challenges of cloud computing – types of cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and their characteristics – cloud computing architecture and its components – cloud storage and its types – cloud networking and its challenges – cloud security and its importance – cloud application – benefits and challenges of HPC and AI – synergy between HPC and AI – training and inference of AI models using HPC

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives

  • Familiarize student with architectural overview of modern HPC and GPU based heterogeneous architectures, focusing on its computing power versus data movement needs.
  • Familiarize the students working with cloud platforms and services to configure and use computational resources and storage.
  • To educate students how to write efficient parallel programming and GPU programming.
  • To discuss various application of HPC computational techniques in computational science.

Course Outcomes

After completing this course, students will be able to

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Apply high-performance computing in different research field.

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Design OpenMPI programme and CUDA programme

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Simulate on cloud computing system.

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Evaluate how the convergence of HPC and AI is transforming the data science.

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Evaluation Pattern

Evaluation Pattern

Assessment

Internal/External

Weightage (%)

Assignments (Minimum 2)

Internal

20

Quiz(Minimum 2)

Internal

20

Mini Project

Internal

20

Mid-Term Examination

Internal

10

Term project/End semester examination

External

30

Text Books / References

Text Books / References

“High Performance Computing: Modern Systems and Practices” by Thomas Sterling and Matthew Anderson

“CUDA by Example: An Introduction to General-Purpose GPU Programming” by Jason Sanders and Edward Kandrot

“Parallel Programming with MPI” by Peter S. Pacheco

Comer, D. (2021). The Cloud Computing Book: The Future of Computing Explained. CRC Press

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