HPC Final Project Guidelines

Overview

• researching and trying out some aspect of parallel / high performance computing not covered in this course, such as:
  • Any of several new/recent languages, such as:
    

    Chapel Cilk Co-array Fortran Erlang

    Fortress Go Unified Parallel C X10

  • GPU computing via OpenCL or CUDA
  • Cloud computing
  • Grid computing
  • ...
• the in-depth study of a parallel topic (e.g., hardware, algorithm, topology, ...) discussed in lecture;
• the design and implementation of an original algorithm that solves a real-world problem using parallelism/concurrency;
• taking a problem that we solved in one parallel model, solving it in a different model, and comparing the two;
• some combination of these;
• something completely different (that is approved by Prof. Adams).

As the course progresses, be thinking about what you want to do for your project. You should give me a 2-sentence overview of what you intend to do by Day 11, so that we don't have different people/groups doing the same thing.

Guidelines

1. some research aspect (i.e., investigation of something not covered in class),
2. a written report that details the results of your research (double-spaced, 12pt Times Roman font, 5 page minimum), and
3. a 10-minute oral presentation before the class (supplemented by Powerpoint or similar visuals).

You may work either individually or in teams of two, as you prefer. For teams of two, the project requirements are correspondingly doubled (i.e., 10 page report, 20-minute presentation).

Hand In

• A hard copy of your written report, at the time you give your oral presentation.
• An electronic copy of your presentation, e-mailed to me after your presentation.