Basics

Monday 3 March

10:30 - 11:25

Lecture 1

Basics

Iris Christadler

This lecture will give an overview of the state-of-the-art, developments and research topics in High-Performance Computing.
Important topics:

• HPC applications

• HPC platforms

• HPC users

• Preparations for the Petascale Area

The motivation of alternative architectures to commodity platforms for HPC users will be addressed. 

Audience
The lecture targets all participants with interest in HPC.

Pre-requisite
No prerequisite is necessary.The Data Analysis Process