Fundamentals of High-Performance Computing for CFD simulations

Qualification objectives

Attending the course, the students will be able to:

• Understand and use the fundamentals of the Linux-operating system and basic Unix tools
• Automate HPC workflows using Shell-scripts
• Write, compile and debug programs in C++
• Automate the steps of compiling, testing and executing
• To structure the development process of program code using software

Content

This module covers the software development process of HPC applications (CFD simulations) and its efficient automatization in Linux environments. The following aspects are included:

1. Introduction on Unix and Linux systems in the context of HPC systems

2. Fundamental shell commands and advanced Unix tools

3. Get to know shell-based editors

4. Automatization with shell scripts

5. Introduction on the C++ programming language (compiling, testing, debugging)

6. Tools for version control and automatization of distributed software development

7. Introduction to parallel computing

Lecturer

Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Federica Ferraro