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Schedule

Lectures		Laboratory Classes (will probably only run 2 lab classes)
Lecture Time Location 1 Mon 10-11 EMS T (Bldg 47) 2&3 Wed 11-13 EMS T (Bldg 47)		Lab Time Location 1 Wed 15:00-17:00 N114 (Building 108) 2 Wed 17:00-19:00 N113 (Building 108) 3 Thu 10:00-12:00 N113 (Building 108)
		Register for a lab via streams (Not yet open)

Consultation Time

To be set. Email comp3320@cs.anu.edu.au for appointment at the moment.

Detailed Schedule

This is a tentative timetable and schedule for 2012. The course will be built around case study that will evolve from molecular dynamics to simulating the motion of a cloth. The course will include guest lectures and a visit to the NCI National Facility.

	Background Material		Assignment Material
Week	Mon 10:00-11:00 EMS T	Wed 11:00-13:00 EMS T		Laboratories
1:Feb20	Unit Introduction	Computational Challenges	Visual Python
2:Feb27	Measuring Performance/Computing with Real Numbers		Particle Simulation
3:Mar5	Computing with Real Numbers/CPU Architecture		Molecular Dynamics (MD)	L1: Timing and Counters
4:Mar12	No Lecture Canberra Day	CPU Architectures	Interfacing Python and C
5:Mar19	Memory Architecture		Cutoffs and Periodic Boundaries (Assignment 1 Wrap up)	L2: Architecture Performance Effects
6:Mar26	Compilers/Loop Optimisation		Basic Cloth Simulation (Assignment 2 Start)
7:Apr2	Mid-Semester Review Lecture	Mid Semester Exam		L3: Loops
Mid Semester Break (Friday April 6 - Sunday April 22 inclusive)
8:Apr23	Shared Memory Hardware	No Lecture Anzac Day
9:Apr30	Shared Memory Programming	OpenMP	Cloth Simulation	L4: OpenMP
10:May7	Loop vectorization / Streaming SIMD Extensions	The Intel i86 Story	Cloths and Collisions
11:May14	HPC Futures		Advanced Cloth Simulation	L5: OpenMP (cont) and SSE
12: May21	HPC Futures	Visit NCI National Facility
13: May28	Spare	Course Review and Exam Preparation
Very Hard Exam!!