Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology

This course is an introduction to parallel computing and aims at teaching basic models of parallel programming including the principles of parallel algorithm design, modern processors and parallel computer architectures, programming models for shared and distributed-memory systems, optimization and performance analysis, OpenMP, message passing programming models along with some important scientific and engineering algorithms/parallel patterns.

Major part of the course includes lectures and Lab Component for actual implementation after learning the basics of Parallel programming and HPC.

Course format

3 hours lecture per week. + 3 hours lab per week.

Course Placement

HPC is a core course offered to third year students of B.Tech Hons. ICT with Minor in Computational Science program. 

References:

1.       An Introduction to Parallel Programming; Elsevier; by Peter S. Pacheco.
2.        Scientific Parallel Computing; Princeton University Press ; by Babak Bagheri Terry Clark L Ridgway Scott Bagheri Clark Scott
3.      PARALLEL PROGRAMMING; Barry Wilkinson, Pearson Education.
4.       Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers; G. Hager & G. Wellein. CRC Press.
5.       Algorithms Sequential & Parallel: A Unified Approach,  by Millers Russ; Cengage, ISBN 9788131525050
6.        Parallel Programming in C with MPI and OpenMP; by Michael J. Quinn ; McGraw-Hill Higher Education
7.       Parallel Computing Theory and Practice. By Michael J. Quinn; McGraw Hill Education (India).

This course aims to provide practical knowledge in C programming in the topic mentioned below:

1. Algorithms and Flow chart
2. Variables, Operators, Expressions and Conditionals.
3. Loops
4. Functions
5. One-Dimensional Arrays and Pointers
6. Recursion
7. Multi-dimensional Arrays, Linked Lists.
8. Operating on Files
9. Organizing C projects, working with multiple source directories, makefiles

This exciting course is the foundation for your ICT degree. Whatever you do in your life you use some variation of calculus all the time. From your love affairs to marriage, to divorce, to cook potato, to fly in the plane, to be attacked by flu, to your cell phone etc….it is all about change …. In this course, we shall study some basic calculus of real variables, complex variables and shall see how to solve basic ordinary and partial differential equations with few applications. You should also learn few basics on how to use symbolic computing packages such as Mathematica, Maple or Matlab for doing such calculus. 

Text Book: Thomas's Calculus (Text Book)

Other References and Calculus Apps for Mobile (iOs/ iPad, Android or Windows Phone):  

1. Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Jain, RK and SRK Iyengar, 3rd edition, Narosa, 2007 ISBN 978- 81-7319-730-7, New Delhi, India  
2. PreCalculus (http://products.wolframalpha.com/courseassistants/p recalculus.html)
3. Calculus Course Assistant App (http://products.wolframalpha.com/courseassistants/c alculus.html)
4. Multivariable Calculus (http://products.wolframalpha.com/courseassistants/ mvcalculus.html)