Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 33h, TP 16.5h

• Lecture: High-performance computing

  • ECTS: 3
  • Course code: GBX8AM18 (UGA) or WMM8AM18 (INP)

• Lecture: Introduction to databases

  • ECTS: 3
  • Course code: GBX8AM19 (UGA) or WMM8AM19 (INP)

Instructors

• Silviu Maniu
• Martin Schreiber

Description

This course is composed of two parts “Introduction to databases” and “High Performance Computing”. Its aim is to give an introduction to numerical and computing challenges of large dimension problems.

Content

• Introduction to databases:
  • Basics of databases
  • Big data
• High performance computing (HPC)
  • Computer architectures
  • Parallel programming models
  • Supercomputers
  • Numerical solvers for HPC

This course relies on practical sessions.

Prerequisites

• Introduction to databases

  • C++
  • Python
  • Algorithms
  • Data structures

• High-performance computing

  • C/C++