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Initial CPS615 Course and Parallel Computing Overview

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science on Fall Semester 95. Foils prepared 29 August 1995

Overview of National Program -- The Grand Challenges
Overview of Technology Trends leading to petaflop performance in year 2015
Overview of Syracuse and National programs in computational science
Parallel Computing in Society
Parallel and Sequential Computer Architectures
Why Parallel Computing works
Message Passing and Data Parallel Programming Paradigms
Laplace Equation with Iterative solver in detail
Set (approximately 6) of application/algorithm snippets illustrating software, hardware and algorithm issues


This mixed presentation uses parts of the following base foilsets which can also be looked at on their own!
Master Material for Initial CPS615 Course and Parallel Computing Overview
Master Set A of Overview Material on Parallel Computing for CPS615 Foils
Overview foils for Computational Science Overview at Illinois -- May 1995
Overview foils of Status of HPCC with NPAC Bias
Master Foilset for HPCS95 Keynote Presentation
Overview of InfoMall -- A Virtual Corporation for HPCC Systems and Software
Master Set B of Overview Material on Parallel Computing for CPS615 Foils
Overview foils of Status of HPCC with NPAC Bias -3- Auxiliary(Tall) Foils
Part A:Overview of Programming Paradigms and Relation to Applications

Table of Contents for Initial CPS615 Course and Parallel Computing Overview

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CPS 615 Lectures 1995 Fall Semester -- set 1

Start new Section:Overall Structure of Course
1 CPS615 -- Base Course for the Simulation Track of Computational Science
Fall Semester 1995 --
Lecture Stream 1
2 Abstract of CPS615 Base Course of Computational Science Simulation Track
3 Basic Course CPS615 Contact Points
4 Course Structure
5 Basic Structure of Course -- I
6 Basic Structure of the Course - II

Start new Section:Technology Driving Forces
7 The Technology
Driving Forces for HPCC
8 Effect of Feature Size on Performance
9 Growing Logic Chip Density
10 Trends in Feature and Die Size as a Function of Time
11 Supercomputer Memory Sizes and trends in RAM Density
12 Comparison of Trends in RAM Density and CPU Performance Increases
13 National Roadmap for Semiconductor Technology --1992
14 CMOS Technology and Parallel Processor Chip Projections

Start new Section:What is Computational Science?
15 What and Why is Computational Science ?
16 Parallelism Implies Major Changes which have significant educational Implications
17 What is Computational Science?
18 What do we have at Syracuse University?
19 Program in Computational Science
Implemented within current academic framework
20 Methodology for Computation
21 Usefulness of Computational Science Degrees:
22 Syracuse Computational Science Academic Programs -- Masters Degree
23 Syracuse Graduate Computational Science Academic Programs
24 Computational Science Courses -- Typical CPS615 Module
25 Computational Science Courses -- CPS713
26 Some Academic Areas and their Relation to Computational Science
27 Program in Information Age Computational Science Implemented Within Current Academic Program
28 Federal 1994 Blue Book Comparison of National and Grand Challenges
29 Overview of Draft Curriculum for CPS616
30 What we taught this Spring CPS600 --
"Technologies for Webwindows" --
The next generation (meta)Computing and Communications Environment
31 Master's Degree in Multimedia Studies

Start new Section: Overview of HPCC Nationally
32 Status of Parallel Computing and High Speed Networks --
The Grand Challenges and the National Information Infrastructure

Start new Subsection:General Overview of Parallel Computing Technology
33 Superficial Observations on High Performance Computing-I
34 We have learnt that Parallel Computing Works !
35 Advances in Parallel Computer and High Speed Network (HPCC) Technology
36 Performance of High End Machines Years 1940-2000
37 Performance of High End Machines Years 1980-2000
38 Current Important Parallel Computers --1995
39 Superficial Observations on High Performance Computing-II
40 When will Parallel Computing Take Over ?
41 Some Hardware/Software Trends over next 5 years
42 Who Uses High Performance Computers?

Start new Subsection:Historical Diversion
43 Historical Whimsy --
We will discuss Architectures later in more detail
44 Some History
45 The Caltech/JPL Hypercube
46 The Ten Pioneer Hypercube Applications Within C3P
47 Some More History

Start new Subsection:Another Diversion -- What is NPAC?
48 What is NPAC ?
49 NPAC Staff and Associated Academic Units
50 NPAC Parallel Computing Facility (as of 1/3/95)
51 NPAC Networking Infrastructure (as of 1/3/95)
52 Wide Area ATM Infrastructure
53 NPAC Programs
54 NPAC's HPCC Programs

Start new Subsection:Federal HPCC Initiative 1992-1996
55 The Federal High Performance Computing and Communication Initiative 1992--1996
56 The Federal High Performance Computing and Communication Initiative (HPCCI)
57 The High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative
58 HPCCI Goals

Start new Subsection:Note the Trend to the NII
59 Note the Trend from Large Scale Numerical Computing to the Integration of Computing and Communication in the NII
60 The Blue Books
Supplements to the President's Fiscal Year Budget
61 http://www.hpcc.gov/
62 The Blue Book Covers
63 Superficial Observations on High Performance Communication
64 Some Implications of HPCC Observations

Start new Subsection:The Federal 1996 Program in Detail
65 The Federal Program Focusing on 1996 Highlights with many exciting Applications
66 1996 Blue Book
67 1996 Blue Book (1 of 3)
68 1996 Blue Book (2 of 3)
69 1996 Blue Book (3 of 3)

Start new Section:The Many Grand Challenges
70 The Application Motivation for HPCC
71 Grand Challenge Applications
72 Applied Fluid Dynamics
73 Computational Aeroscience
74 Coupled Field Problems and GAFD Turbulence
75 Combustion Modeling: Adaptive Grid Methods
76 Numerical Tokamak Project
77 Meso- to Macro-Scale Environmental Modeling
78 Mathematical Modeling of Air Pollution Dynamics
79 Distributed Computational System for Large Scale
Environmental Modeling
80 Cross-Media (Air and Water) Linkage
81 Global Climate Modeling
82 4-D Data Assimilation
83 Eco Simulations
84 Environmental Chemistry
85 The Quake Project
86 Land Cover Dynamics
87 The Underlying Bathymetry of San Diego Bay
88 Biomedical Imaging and Biomechanics
89 Cryosectional image from the Visible Human Male
90 Image Processing of Electron Micrograph
91 Molecular Biology
92 Molecular Design
93 Biomolecular Design
94 Biomolecular Modeling and Structure Determination
95 Computational Structural Biology
96 Computational Methods for Enzyme Catlysis
97 Cognition
98 HPC For Learning
99 Fundamental Computational Sciences
100 First Principal Simulation of Materials Properties
101 Galaxy Formation Models
102 Large Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation
103 Grand-Challenge-Scale Applications
104 Simulation of Chorismate Mutase Showing Lines of
Electrostatic Force
105 Simulation of Antibody-Antigen Association
106 A Realistic Ocean Model
107 Drag Control
108 Impact of Turbulence on Weather/Climate Prediction
109 Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collision with Jupiter
110 Vortex Structure and Dynamics in Superconductors
111 Molecular Dynamics Modeling
112 Advanced Simulation of Crash Simulation
113 Advanced Simulation of Chemically Reacting Flows
114 Convective Turbulence and Mixing in Astrophysics
115 National Challenge Applications
116 Digital Libraries
117 Public Access to Government Data
118 Electronic Commerce
119 Health Care
120 Computer-Based Medical Records -1
121 Computer-based Medical Records-2
122 Radiation Treatment Planning
123 Functional Neurological Image Analysis
124 Collaboratory for Microscopic Digital Anatomy (CMDA)
125 Manufacturing Processes and Products
126 HPCC: The Business Outlook
127 Overview of Talk: Technical Topics
128 Come to CPS616 for a detailed discussion of the National Challenges and the National Information Infrastructure

Start new Section:The Fundamental Reasons Why Parallel Computing is Easy
129 Data Parallelism is a Universal Source of Scaling Parallelism
130 We have learnt that Parallel Computing Works !
131 Methodology of Parallel Computing
132 Concurrent Computation as a Mapping Problem -I
133 Concurrent Computation as a Mapping Problem - II
134 Concurrent Computation as a Mapping Problem - III
135 Structure of Problems and Parallel Software Approaches

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