CS 6740 -- High Performance Computing

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• Introduction to grid computing
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• Job and resource management
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• Job and resource management II
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• Data Management
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• Security
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• Grid application programming
• Resource allocation and management
• Information and management
• Code Optimization
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I'll expect you to be present in most of the classes. I will not be taking attendance but if you start missing too many classes, please take responsibility for your absence, specially when it concerns tests and homeworks. When you come to class, you must change your cell phones to silent mode. In the tests, the cell phones must be completely switched off. The grade will be based on programming assignments and two tests. All tests will be open book and open notes but no electronic devices will be permitted. Each assignment must be meticulously documented and clearly identify its purpose, author, and date. Tests are non-comprehensive but may have a small overlap of material from one test to next. If you miss any test or assignment without making prior arrangements, you will have a zero. I will not give any make up tests.The distribution of grades will be as follows:

Anyone desiring an EXC grade after October 30, 2008 must be passing the course at that point to get EXC.

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In case of class cancellation due to weather-related or other campus emergency, the test will be held in the following class period. For the second test, if the campus is closed on Decmber 04, the alternative date will be the Saturday (December 06, 2008).

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• Failure to hand in any assignment will result in an automatic zero for that assignment. If some student is unable to hand in an assignment by the deadline, he/she must discuss it with me before the deadline. I'll encourage you to talk to other students regarding homework but you should not collaborate to the extent that two submissions are copies of each other. If you are found copying an assignment from another student or internet, or if your submission has unreasonable similarity to another submission, you get a zero for that assignment automatically.

• If you need special accommodation for any reason, including disability, please see me in the first two weeks of class. Disabled students are accommodated as per UMSL policy.

• You have an account on the campus grid grid1.umsl.edu. You should use it for all assignments. All programs must be done in C.

• Example code

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