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