Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2018_19
Subject	GRID-COMPUTING AND SUPERCOMPUTING					Code	00709041
Study programme	GRADO EN INGENIERÍA INFORMÁTICA
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Optional	Fourth	Second
Language	Castellano Ingles
Prerequisites
Department	ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP.
Coordinador	SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ , LIDIA				E-mail	lsang@unileon.es agueh@unileon.es
Lecturers	SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ , LIDIA GUERRERO HIGUERAS , ANGEL MANUEL
Web	http://agora.unileon.es
General description	This subject comprises basic concepts about parallel applications in order to increase their performance. Topics cover parallel programming techniques and simple exercises. Moreover, some real applications are showed to realize how parallelism achieves a reduction of the execution time or the memory requirements.
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. MATELLAN OLIVERA , VICENTE Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. PANIZO ALONSO , LUIS Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. FERNANDEZ DIAZ , RAMON ANGEL Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. ALIJA PEREZ , JOSE MANUEL Secretario ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. RODRIGUEZ DE SOTO , ADOLFO Vocal ING.MECANICA,INFORMAT.AEROESP. CUERVO FERNANDEZ , EVA MARIA

Competencias

Code
A8471
A8472
A8571
A8583
A8588
A8602
C2
C3

Learning aims

	Competences
Students know to identify and describe the main models of parallel architectures.	A8471		C2
Students know to identify and describe the fundamentals and basic technologies used in grid computing and supercomputing, as well as those scientific and industrial applications that use them	A8472		C2
Students analyse and solve problems	A8571
Students understand results	A8588
Students know to work in group	A8602
Students are able to communicate both speaking and writting	A8583
Students apply their knowledge in a professional way, being able to write reports, explain their opinion and solve problems in their fields.			C2
Students understand and work with important data to give opinions including issues related to society, science and ethics			C3

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Parallel Arquitectures. Vector and matrix processors. 2. Grid Computing: Fundamentals and Technologies. 3. Supercomputers: Fundamentals and Technologies. 4. Uses of Grid Computing and Supercomputing	Unit 1. Parallel computer modelling Unit 2. Parallel programming Unit 3. Supercomputers. Calendula Unit 4. MPI Unit 5. OpenMP

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	50	40	90
Field work/trips	1	0	1
Lecture	8	5	13
	1	45	46
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	Programming exercises in the lab
Field work/trips	Visit to Caléndula, a supercomputer
Lecture	Grid computing and supercomputer concepts are explained in lectures.

Personalized attention

Lecture Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms

Description Students can solve doubts by email or asking the lecturer

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms	Assessment will based on performing different task during the subject that will take place after homogeneous units. All learning aims will also be granted. At the end of the subject, an exam about the subject will be carried out.	60%
	Assessment will based on performing different task during the subject that will take place after homogeneous units. All learning aims will also be granted. At the end of the subject, an exam about the subject will be carried out.	40%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Lidia Sánchez González, Apuntes de la asignatura, , F. Almeida, D. Gimenez, Jose Miguel Mantas, A.M. Vidal, Introducción a la programación paralela, Paraninfo Cengage Learning, 2008 Kumar, V., Grama, A., Gupta, A., Karypis G. Benjamin, Introduction to Parallel Computing, Cummings Publishing Company, 2003 http://www.open-mpi.org, Página Oficial de Open MPI, , Michael J. Quinn, Parallel Programming in C with MPI and OpenMP, McGraw-Hill, 2003 Lidia Sánchez González, Transparencias de la asignatura, ,
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