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PX425 - High Performance Computing in Physics

  • Module code: PX425
  • Module name: High Performance Computing in Physics
  • Department: Physics
  • Credit: 7.5, 18

Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability

Module content and teaching

Principal aims

This module will address the rapid increase, in recent years, of computer simulations and data analysis on high performance computers, for research in all fields of computational physics and other sciences.

Principal learning outcomes

At the end of this module you should: be able to use visualisation libraries and desktop visualisation tools; be able to write a scientific application with a graphical user interface, using a toolkit; be able to understand the concepts of shared memory, and message passing programming constructs, and their utility in physics programming applications; be able to write a parallel program using shared-memory or message passing constructs, for physics applications; able to understand the concepts underlying Grid computing and e-science, and their general areas of applicability.

Timetabled teaching activities

30 Lectures + Laboratory Sessions

Departmental link

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/teach/syllabi/year4/px425

Module assessment

Assessment group Assessment name Percentage
7.5 CATS (Module code: PX425-7.5)
A (Assessed work only) Assessed Course Work 100%
18 CATS (Module code: PX425-18)
A (Assessed work only) Assessed Course Work 100%

Module availability

This module is available on the following courses:

Core

N/A

Optional Core

N/A

Optional
  • Undergraduate Physics (BSc MPhys) (F304) - Year 4
  • Undergraduate Mathematics and Physics (BSc MMathPhys) (FG33) - Year 4
  • Undergraduate Mathematics (BSc) (G100) - Year 3
  • Undergraduate Mathematics with Intercalated Year (G101) - Year 4
  • Undergraduate Mathematics (MMath) (G103) - Year 3
  • Undergraduate Mathematics (MMath) (G103) - Year 4
  • Undergraduate Master of Mathematics (with Intercalated Year) (G105) - Year 3
  • Undergraduate Master of Mathematics (with Intercalated Year) (G105) - Year 4
  • Undergraduate Master of Mathematics (with Intercalated Year) (G105) - Year 5
  • Undergraduate Mathematics (MMath) with Study in Europe (G106) - Year 4