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Supercomputing

Weronika Filinger, David Henty, Emmanouil (Manos) Farsarakis, Zheng Meyer-Zhao, Jane Kennedy, Bryan Johnston, and Ann B

Weronika Filinger, David Henty, Emmanouil (Manos) Farsarakis, Zheng Meyer-Zhao, Jane Kennedy, Bryan Johnston, and Ann B

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for anyone interested in leading-edge computing technology, supercomputers or the role that computer simulation takes in modern science and engineering. All of the technical aspects will be covered at a conceptual level and there is no requirement to be able to write computer programs. However, anyone with existing programming experience will learn how programming modern supercomputers differs from programming a home PC. You can use the hashtag #FLsupercomputing to talk about this course on social media.

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Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for anyone interested in leading-edge computing technology, supercomputers or the role that computer simulation takes in modern science and engineering. All of the technical aspects will be covered at a conceptual level and there is no requirement to be able to write computer programs. However, anyone with existing programming experience will learn how programming modern supercomputers differs from programming a home PC. You can use the hashtag #FLsupercomputing to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

Supercomputers: introducing supercomputing terminology and some of the largest machines in the world
Parallel computers: how they are built from hundreds of thousands of CPUs, each similar to those in a desktop PC
Parallel computing: using parallel processing to harness the power of all of those CPUs for a single calculation
Computer simulation: how we can perform virtual experiments to make real-life predictions
Case studies: how supercomputing is making scientific breakthroughs that were never possible before

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15 hours

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The University of Edinburgh

Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)

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Instructors

Weronika Filinger

David Henty

Emmanouil (Manos) Farsarakis

Zheng Meyer-Zhao

Jane Kennedy

Bryan Johnston

Ann B

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