Shared memory programming with OpenMP (NSC May 2013)

Name	Shared memory programming with OpenMP (NSC May 2013)
Description	Introduction course for new users of high performance computing
Type of event	Course
Location	Linköping
Start date	2013-05-27
End date	2013-05-29

Course overview

OpenMP provides an efficient method to write parallel programs in C, C++ and Fortran. OpenMP programs are suitable for execution on shared memory architectures such as modern multi core systems or a single compute node of the SNIC HPC clusters.

This course will introduce participants to the shared-memory model for parallel programming and the OpenMP application-programming interface. In many cases OpenMP allows an existing serial program to be upgraded incrementally, starting with the parallelization of the most time-consuming parts of the code. Typically OpenMP programs are easily ported from one shared memory multi processor system to another one.

Topics

• Shared memory programming concepts
• Syntax of the OpenMP API
• Parallel and serial regions
• Shared and private data
• Workshare constructs and scheduling
• Reductions
• Avoiding data access conflicts and race conditions
• Performance considerations for non-uniform memory access hardware (e.g. nodes of SNIC HPC clusters)

Course web page and registration

For more information and registration refer to the NSC webpage