| Course Name | Introduction to High Performance Computing |
| Course Code | 23AID445 |
| Program | B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore , Amritapuri ,Faridabad , Bangaluru, Amaravati |
Introduction to basic architecture and OS concepts – multi-core CPUs – high-speed interconnects – overview of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and its importance – hardware and software requirements for HPC – parallel programming and their applications (MPI/OpenMP) – brief introduction to workload manager and job schedulers.
Overview of GPU architecture and its evolution – comparison of CPU and GPU architecture – introduction to CUDA programming and its basic concepts – optimizing CUDA kernels for maximum performance – advanced CUDA programming techniques, such as shared memory, constant memory, and texture memory – 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.
Definition of 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.
Course Objectives
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
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Assessment |
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Assignments (minimum 2 Assignments) |
Internal |
20 |
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Quiz (minimum 2 Quizzes) |
Internal |
20 |
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Min Project |
Internal |
20 |
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Mid. Term Periodical |
Internal |
10 |
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End Semester Exam (Theory and Practical) |
External |
30 |
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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