High Performance Computing for Science and Engineering

With manufacturing processes reaching the limits in terms of transistor density on today’s computing architectures, efficient utilization of computing resources must exploit parallel execution to maintain scaling. The use of computers in academia, industry and society is a fundamental tool for solving (scientific) problems while the "think parallel" mindset of code developers is still lagging behind.

The aim of CS205 is to introduce the student to the fundamentals of parallel programming and its relationship on computer architectures. Various forms of parallelism are discussed and exploited through different programming models with focus on shared and distributed memory programming.

The class syllabus can be found by following this link.

Teaching Staff

The preferred way to reach the teaching staff is described in the Teaching Staff Mailing List section below.

Instructor

Fabian Wermelinger (fabianw@seas.harvard.edu)
Office: Pierce Hall 211
Office Hours:
- Monday 11:15am - 12:15pm Pierce Hall 211
- Thursday 12:45pm - 1:45pm SEC 1.312
Laboratory: Thursday (L006) 5:15pm-6:30pm SEC 2.122/3

Teaching Fellows

Fellow	Email	Office Hours	Lab Section
Albert Ge	albertge@g.harvard.edu	Mon 5:15pm-6:15pm SEC 2.123	Mon (L002) 3:34pm-5:00pm SEC 2.123
Alex Rodriguez	alex_rodriguez@college.harvard.edu	Wed 3:45pm-4:45pm MD 123	Mon (L001) 9:45am-11:00am SEC 1.319
Emil Ghitman Gilkes	emil_ghitmangilkes@g.harvard.edu	Fri 12:45pm-1:45pm SEC 1.316	Wed (L004) 9:45am-11:00am SEC 2.122/3
Matheus Farias	matheusfarias@g.harvard.edu	Thu 2:15pm-3:15pm SEC 1.316	Tue (L003) 12:45pm-2:00pm SEC 3.302/3
Meghna Banerjee	meghna_banerjee@g.harvard.edu	Tue 5:15pm-6:15pm SEC 6.412	Wed (L005) 5:15pm-6:30pm SEC 1.316

SEC is the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston and MD is the MaxwellDworkin building in Cambridge.

Please see the following files in the class Git repository for more details:

Office Hours: https://code.harvard.edu/CS205/main/blob/master/office_hours.xls

Labs: https://code.harvard.edu/CS205/main/blob/master/lab_groups.xls

Lecture Hours

All lectures are of 75 minutes duration. Time is given in Eastern Standard Time (Boston).

Lecture attendance is mandatory:

Time Room

Tuesday 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM SEC 1.321

Thursday 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM SEC 1.321

	Time	Room
Tuesday	11:15 AM - 12:30 PM	SEC 1.321
Thursday	11:15 AM - 12:30 PM	SEC 1.321

Important Information

Canvas: Is used for posting grades and other class sensitive content: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/113711
Gradescope: Is used for homework and lab submissions: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/113711/external_tools/92289?display=borderless
Class Git repository: The handouts in CS205 are provided through the main repository hosted in the CS205 organization at https://code.harvard.edu/CS205/main. You can clone this repository once you have joined the CS205 organization

git clone git@code.harvard.edu:CS205/main.git

Updates to the main repository are posted on the class mailing list. Your Harvard ID is required to login to https://code.harvard.edu. You can request membership in the CS205 organization by sending an email to cs205-staff@g.harvard.edu (using your .harvard.edu email). You must include your NetID in the body of your email, which is also your https://code.harvard.edu username (something similar to abc123).

Class Discussion Forum

We will use the Ed Discussion forum on our Canvas page as our main communication platform. Questions regarding homework, labs or lecture material must be posted on this forum and you are encouraged to reply to questions if you know the answer or you can share a useful contribution. The community contribution part in the final grade is determined through your activity on the class forum. Please see the community contributions section in the syllabus for the details.

Class Mailing List

You can optionally sign up to our class mailing list if you would like to be notified whenever there is new class content available in the class Git repository. This is an announcement list only, you cannot post messages to it. To sign up, send an email to:

cs205+subscribe@g.harvard.edu
(subscribe by sending a blank email to this address; use the email address associated with your HarvardID)

You are required to confirm your subscription. Simply reply to the confirmation email with a blank message to complete the subscription.

Teaching Staff Mailing List

You can reach the teaching staff directly by sending your email to the following mailing list

cs205-staff@g.harvard.edu
(email sent to this list is only seen by the teaching staff; only email ending with .harvard.edu is accepted)

You are not required to register for this mailing list but only email addresses ending with .harvard.edu are accepted (you will receive a rejection message otherwise).