Parallel programming techniques for engineering problems (SS 2025)

Parallel programming techniques for engineering problems (SS 2025)

Markus Uhlmann
Numerical Fluid Mechanics Group
Institute for Water and Environment
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Outline

To convey the basic knowledge about parallel computing possibilities and its limitations.
Einführung in die Konzepte der Programmierung für massiv-paralelle Rechner mit verteiltem Speicher.
To enable the students to analyze a given problem from CFD (and beyond) and assess the potential for an efficient solution using parallel computing techniques.
Vermittlung der Fähigkeit zur Analyse von gängigen Algorithmen der numerischen Strömungsmechanik (und darüberhinaus) in hinsicht auf Parallelisierung.
To transmit the scope, syntax and practical application of the message passing paradigm, using the standard “MPI”.
Kenntnis der Standardbibliothek “MPI” zur Kommunikation zwischen Einheiten eines Parallelrechners, praktische Erfahrung im Programmieren mit “MPI”.

Curriculum:	M.Sc. Civil Engineering (official module description)
	M.Sc. Water Science & Engineering (official module description)
Module:	“Advanced methods for fluid flow simulation”/
	“Advanced Computational Fluid Mechanics”
# of hours:	2 SWS (3 ECTS)
Lecturer:	Prof. Dr. Markus Uhlmann
Lecture time:	Wednesday, 11:30 – 13 h
Location:	HS 93, Bldg. 10.81
Start date:	April 23, 2025
Prerequisites:	mandatory programming skills in C/C++ or FORTRAN
Exam:	30 min. oral, preliminary date: August 11, 2025.
Course ID (VVZ):	6221807
Course material:	ILIAS

Detailed description of this course.