Experiencing Cluster Computing Syllabus

1. The Advantages of Parallelism (2 hrs)

   1. Why Do We Need Parallelism?
   2. How to Parallelize an Application
   3. Steps for Writing Parallel Program
   4. Case Study
   
   

2. Overview of Cluster Hardware and Software (2 hrs)

   1. Linux operation
   2. PC cluster overview
   3. Job submission in PC cluster
   
   

3. Essential Cluster OS Commands (2 hrs)

   
   

4. Case Studies of Cluster Applications (4 hrs)

   
   

5. Message Passing Interface (MPI) (2 hrs)

   1. Basic Idea of MPI
   2. Point to Point Communication
   3. Collective Communication
   
   

6. Case Studies Using MPI Programming (4 hrs)