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Introduction to High Performance Scientific Computing -David L. Chopp -2019-03-01 Based on a course developed by the author, Introduction to High Performance Scientific Computing introduces methods for adding parallelism to numerical methods for solving differential equations.It contains exercises and programming projects that facilitate learning as well as examples and discussions based on the C programming language, with additional comments for those already familiar with C++.The text provides an overview of concepts and algorithmic techniques for modern scientific computing and is divided into six self-contained parts that can be assembled in any order to create an introductory course using available computer hardware.Part I introduces the C programming language for those not already familiar with programming in a compiled language.Part II describes parallelism on shared memory architectures using OpenMP.Part III details parallelism on computer clusters using MPI for coordinating a computation.Part IV demonstrates the use of graphical programming units (GPUs) to solve problems using the CUDA language for NVIDIA graphics cards.Part V addresses programming on GPUs for non-NVIDIA graphics cards using the OpenCL framework.Finally, Part VI contains a brief discussion of numerical methods and applications, giving the reader an opportunity to test the methods on typical computing problems.
High Performance Computing -Thomas Sterling -2017-12-05 High Performance Computing: Modern Systems and Practices is a fully comprehensive and easily accessible treatment of high performance computing, covering fundamental concepts and essential knowledge while also providing key skills training.With this book, domain scientists will learn how to use supercomputers as a key tool in their quest for new knowledge.In addition, practicing engineers will discover how supercomputers can employ HPC systems and methods to the design and simulation of innovative products, and students will begin their careers with an understanding of possible directions for future research and development in HPC.Those who maintain and administer commodity clusters will find this textbook provides essential coverage of not only what HPC systems do, but how they are used.Covers enabling technologies, system architectures and operating systems, parallel programming languages and algorithms, scientific visualization, correctness and performance debugging tools and methods, GPU accelerators and big data problems Provides numerous examples that explore the basics of supercomputing, while also providing practical training in the real use of high-end computers Helps users with informative and practical examples that build knowledge and skills through incremental steps Features sidebars of background and context to present a live history and culture of this unique field Includes online resources, such as recorded lectures from the authors' HPC courses High Performance Computing -Thomas Sterling -2017-12-05 High Performance Computing: Modern Systems and Practices is a fully comprehensive and easily accessible treatment of high performance computing, covering fundamental concepts and essential knowledge while also providing key skills training.With this book, domain scientists will learn how to use supercomputers as a key tool in their quest for new knowledge.In addition, practicing engineers will discover how supercomputers can employ HPC systems and methods to the design and simulation of innovative products, and students will begin their careers with an understanding of possible directions for future research and An Introduction to High-performance Scientific Computing -Lloyd Dudley Fosdick -1996 Designed for undergraduates, An Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing assumes a basic knowledge of numerical computation and proficiency in Fortran or C programming and can be used in any science, computer science, applied mathematics, or engineering department or by practicing scientists and engineers, especially those associated with one of the national laboratories or supercomputer centers.This text evolved from a new curriculum in scientific computing that was developed to teach undergraduate science and engineering majors how to use highperformance computing systems (supercomputers) in scientific and engineering applications.Designed for undergraduates, An Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing assumes a basic knowledge of numerical computation and proficiency in Fortran or C programming and can be used in any science, computer science, applied mathematics, or engineering department or by practicing scientists and engineers, especially those associated with one of the national laboratories or supercomputer centers.The authors begin with a survey of scientific computing and then provide a review of background (numerical analysis, IEEE arithmetic, Unix, Fortran) and tools (elements of MATLAB, IDL, AVS).Next, full coverage is given to scientific visualization and to the architectures (scientific workstations and vector and parallel supercomputers) and performance evaluation needed to solve large-scale problems.The concluding section on applications includes three problems (molecular dynamics, advection, and computerized tomography) that illustrate the challenge of solving problems on a variety of computer architectures as well as the suitability of a particular architecture to solving a particular problem.Finally, since this can only be a hands-on course with extensive programming and experimentation with a variety of architectures and programming paradigms, the authors have provided a laboratory manual and supporting software via anonymous ftp.Scientific and Engineering Computation series An Introduction to High-performance Scientific Computing -Lloyd Dudley Fosdick -1996 Designed for undergraduates, An Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing assumes a basic knowledge of numerical computation and proficiency in Fortran or C programming and can be used in any science, computer science, applied mathematics, or engineering department or by practicing scientists and engineers, especially those associated with one of the national laboratories or supercomputer centers.This text evolved from a new curriculum in scientific computing that was developed to teach undergraduate science and engineering majors how to use highperformance computing systems (supercomputers) in scientific and engineering applications.Designed for undergraduates, An Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing assumes a basic knowledge of numerical computation and proficiency in Fortran or C programming and can be used in any science, computer science, applied mathematics, or engineering department or by practicing scientists and engineers, especially those associated with one of the national laboratories or supercomputer centers.The authors begin with a survey of scientific computing and then provide a review of background (numerical analysis, IEEE arithmetic, Unix, Fortran) and tools (elements of MATLAB, IDL, AVS).Next, full coverage is given to scientific visualization and to the architectures (scientific workstations and vector and parallel supercomputers) and performance evaluation needed to solve large-scale problems.The concluding section on applications includes three problems (molecular dynamics, advection, and computerized tomography) that illustrate the challenge of solving problems on a variety of computer architectures as well as the suitability of a particular architecture to solving a particular problem.Finally, since this can only be a hands-on course with extensive programming and experimentation with a variety of architectures and programming paradigms, the authors have provided a laboratory manual and supporting software via anonymous ftp.what every web developer should know about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications-including HTTP 2.0 and XHR improvements, Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSocket, and WebRTC.Author Ilya Grigorik, a web performance engineer at Google, demonstrates performance optimization best practices for TCP, UDP, and TLS protocols, and explains unique wireless and mobile network optimization requirements.You'll then dive into performance characteristics of technologies such as HTTP 2.0, clientside network scripting with XHR, real-time streaming with SSE and WebSocket, and P2P communication with WebRTC.Deliver superlative TCP, UDP, and TLS performance Speed up network performance over 3G/4G mobile networks Develop fast and energy-efficient mobile applications Address bottlenecks in HTTP 1.x and other browser protocols Plan for and deliver the best HTTP 2.0 performance Enable efficient real-time streaming in the browser Create efficient peer-to-peer videoconferencing and lowlatency applications with real-time WebRTC transports

High-Performance Computing in Finance -M. A. H. Dempster -2018-02-21
High-Performance Computing (HPC) delivers higher computational performance to solve problems in science, engineering and finance.There are various HPC resources available for different needs, ranging from cloud computing-that can be used without much expertise and expense -to more tailored hardware, such as Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or D-Wave's quantum computer systems.High-Performance Computing in Finance is the first book that provides a state-of-the-art introduction to HPC for finance, capturing both academically and practically relevant problems.

High-Performance Computing in Finance -M. A. H. Dempster -2018-02-21
High-Performance Computing (HPC) delivers higher computational performance to solve problems in science, engineering and finance.There are various HPC resources available for different needs, ranging from cloud computing-that can be used without much expertise and expense -to more tailored hardware, such as Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or D-Wave's quantum computer systems.High-Performance Computing in Finance is the first book that provides a state-of-the-art introduction to HPC for finance, capturing both academically and practically relevant problems.Science -Frank Nielsen -2016-02-03 This gentle introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC) for Data Science using the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard has been designed as a first course for undergraduates on parallel programming on distributed memory models, and requires only basic programming notions.Divided into two parts the first part covers high performance computing using C++ with the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard followed by a second part providing high-performance data analytics on computer clusters.In the first part, the fundamental notions of blocking versus nonblocking point-to-point communications, global communications (like broadcast or scatter) and collaborative computations (reduce), with Amdalh and Gustafson speed-up laws are described before addressing parallel sorting and parallel linear algebra on computer clusters.The common ring, torus and hypercube topologies of clusters are then explained and global communication procedures on these topologies are studied.This first part closes with the MapReduce (MR) model of computation well-suited to processing big data using the MPI framework.In the second part, the book focuses on high-performance data analytics.Flat and hierarchical clustering algorithms are introduced for data exploration along with how to program these algorithms on computer clusters, followed by machine learning classification, and an introduction to graph analytics.This part closes with a concise introduction to data core-sets that let big data problems be amenable to tiny data problems.Exercises are included at the end of each chapter in order for students to practice the concepts learned, and a final section contains an overall exam which allows them to evaluate how well they have assimilated the material covered in the book.

Introduction to HPC with MPI for Data Science -Frank Nielsen -2016-02-03
This gentle introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC) for Data Science using the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard has been designed as a first course for undergraduates on parallel programming on distributed memory models, and requires only basic programming notions.Divided into two parts the first part covers high performance computing using C++ with the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard followed by a second part providing high-performance data analytics on computer clusters.In the first part, the fundamental notions of blocking versus nonblocking point-to-point communications, global communications (like broadcast or scatter) and collaborative computations (reduce), with Amdalh and Gustafson speed-up laws are described before addressing parallel sorting and parallel linear algebra on computer clusters.The common ring, torus and hypercube topologies of clusters are then explained and global communication procedures on these topologies are studied.This first part closes with the MapReduce (MR) model of computation well-suited to processing big data using the MPI framework.In the second part, the book focuses on high-performance data analytics.Flat and hierarchical clustering algorithms are introduced for data exploration along with how to program these algorithms on computer clusters, followed by machine learning classification, and an introduction to graph analytics.This part closes with a concise introduction to data core-sets that let big data problems be amenable to tiny data problems.Exercises are included at the end of each chapter in order for students to practice the concepts learned, and a final section contains an overall exam which allows them to evaluate how well they have assimilated the material covered in the book.The Lost Art of High Performance Driving -Ross Bentley -2017-07 Become a better performance driver with Speed Secrets With the promise of autonomous vehicles in our near future, and current cars equipped with all sorts of mind-boggling "driver aides," many feel that the art (and science) of performance driving has been lost -or will be.But no!For every device designed to take the act of driving out of our hands, the desire to actively participate in the control of a car becomes even stronger for driving enthusiasts.One only needs to look at the number of performance cars available today to see that the desire to truly drive is still in strong demand.In Speed Secrets: The Lost Art of Performance Driving, Ross Bentley explains in plain language how you can become an even better performance-oriented driver, whether it's to enjoy a twisty mountain highway, to take that secret back-road route to work, or to participate in a track day on a racing circuit.From how best to use your car's controls, to cornering, to dealing with adverse driving conditions, this book will make you a better performance driver.Along the way, you'll learn what ABS, traction and stability control, self-braking systems, and semi-automatic transmissions do and how best to incorporate them into your driving.Speed Secrets: The Lost Art of Performance Driving will help you understand your car well and be an even better, faster driver.Most importantly, it will fuel your passion for driving!

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The Lost Art of High Performance Driving -Ross Bentley -2017-07 Become a better performance driver with Speed Secrets With the promise of autonomous vehicles in our near future, and current cars equipped with all sorts of mind-boggling "driver aides," many feel that the art (and science) of performance driving has been lost -or will be.But no!For every device designed to take the act of driving out of our hands, the desire to actively participate in the control of a car becomes even stronger for driving enthusiasts.One only needs to look at the number of performance cars available today to see that the desire to truly drive is still in strong demand.
In Speed Secrets: The Lost Art of Performance Driving, Ross Bentley explains in plain language how you can become an even better performance-oriented driver, whether it's to enjoy a twisty mountain highway, to take that secret back-road route to work, or to participate in a track day on a racing circuit.From how best to use your car's controls, to cornering, to dealing with adverse driving conditions, this book will make you a better performance driver.High-Performance Computing using FPGA covers the area of high performance reconfigurable computing (HPRC).This book provides an overview of architectures, tools and applications for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (HPRC).FPGAs offer very high I/O bandwidth and fine-grained, custom and flexible parallelism and with the everincreasing computational needs coupled with the frequency/power wall, the increasing maturity and capabilities of FPGAs, and the advent of multicore processors which has caused the acceptance of parallel computational models.The Part on architectures will introduce different FPGA-based HPC platforms: attached co-processor HPRC architectures such as the CHREC's Novo-G and EPCC's Maxwell systems; tightly coupled HRPC architectures, e.g. the Convey hybrid-core computer; reconfigurably networked HPRC architectures, e.g. the QPACE system, and standalone HPRC architectures such as EPFL's CONFETTI system.The Part on Tools will focus on highlevel programming approaches for HPRC, with chapters on C-to-Gate tools (such as Impulse-C, AutoESL, Handel-C, MORA-C++); Graphical tools (MATLAB-Simulink, NI LabVIEW); Domain-specific languages, languages for heterogeneous computing(for example OpenCL, Microsoft's Kiwi and Alchemy projects).The part on Applications will present case from several application domains where HPRC has been used successfully, such as Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Financial Computing; Stencil computations; Information retrieval; Lattice QCD; Astrophysics simulations; Weather and climate modeling.
High-Performance Computing Using FPGAs -Wim Vanderbauwhede -2013-08-23 High-Performance Computing using FPGA covers the area of high performance reconfigurable computing (HPRC).This book provides an overview of architectures, tools and applications for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (HPRC).FPGAs offer very high I/O bandwidth and fine-grained, custom and flexible parallelism and with the everincreasing computational needs coupled with the frequency/power the increasing maturity and capabilities of FPGAs, and the advent of multicore processors which has caused the acceptance of parallel computational models.The Part on architectures will introduce different FPGA-based HPC platforms: attached co-processor HPRC architectures such as the CHREC's Novo-G and EPCC's Maxwell systems; tightly coupled HRPC architectures, e.g. the Convey hybrid-core computer; reconfigurably networked HPRC architectures, e.g. the QPACE system, and standalone HPRC architectures such as EPFL's CONFETTI system.The Part on Tools will focus on highlevel programming approaches for HPRC, with chapters on C-to-Gate tools (such as Impulse-C, AutoESL, Handel-C, MORA-C++); Graphical tools (MATLAB-Simulink, NI LabVIEW); Domain-specific languages, languages for heterogeneous computing(for example OpenCL, Microsoft's Kiwi and Alchemy projects).The part on Applications will present case from several application domains where HPRC has been used successfully, such as Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Financial Computing; Stencil computations; Information retrieval; Lattice QCD; Astrophysics simulations; Weather and climate modeling.
High Performance Pigments -Edwin B. Faulkner -2009-03-09 High Performance Pigments have become increasingly important in recent years, with a growth rate well in advance of the more classical types of pigments.This book provides up-to-date information on the market for high performance pigments, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, physical and chemical properties, applications, regulatory affairs, toxicology and ecotoxicology.It is the only one on the market covering all high performance pigments in a single volume, offering both producers and users of High Performance Pigments the opportunity to review and update their understanding of latest technologies and market issues, together with assessing key regulatory affairs, in this specialty niche of the chemical industry.The new edition has been revised and provides an up-to-date overview of scientific and technological aspects on high performance pigments.It addresses current issues such as environmental and health aspects, and regulatory affairs."Anyone seeking up-to-date information about the physical-chemical principles of high performance pigments and their special technical properties will find that this book gives an excellent survey of relevant aspects."Angewandte Chemie International Edition."This book will effectively help chemists, physicists, engineers and material scientists to stay ahead in this fast-changing field."Österreichische Chemie " Wiley-VCH has assembled an international team of high performance experts This is an enjoyable and stimulating read and beautifully produced.You will find it fascinating -don't miss it."Colour Chemistry High Performance Pigments -Edwin B. Faulkner -2009-03-09 High Performance Pigments have become increasingly important in recent years, with a growth rate well in advance of the more classical types of pigments.This book provides up-to-date information on the market for high performance pigments, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, physical and chemical properties, applications, regulatory affairs, toxicology and ecotoxicology.It is the only one on the market covering all high performance pigments in a single volume, offering both producers and users of High Performance Pigments the opportunity to review and update their understanding of latest technologies and market issues, together with assessing key regulatory affairs, in this specialty niche of the chemical industry.The new edition has been revised and provides an up-to-date overview of scientific and technological aspects on high performance pigments.It addresses current issues such as environmental and health aspects, and regulatory affairs."Anyone seeking up-to-date information about the physical-chemical principles of high performance pigments and their special technical properties will find that this book gives an excellent survey of relevant aspects."Angewandte Chemie International Edition."This book will effectively help chemists, physicists, engineers and material scientists to stay ahead in this fast-changing field."Österreichische Chemie " Wiley-VCH has assembled an international team of high performance experts This is an enjoyable and stimulating read and beautifully produced.Beginning with an introduction to HPC, including its history and basic terminology, the book moves on to consider how modern supercomputers can be used to solve common CFD challenges, including the resolution of high density grids and dealing with the large file sizes generated when using commercial codes.Written to help early career engineers and post-graduate students compete in the fast-paced computational field where knowledge of CFD alone is no longer sufficient, the text provides a one-stop resource for all the technical information readers will need for successful HPC computation.Offers one of the first self-contained guides on the use of high performance computing for computational work in fluid dynamics Tailored to the needs of engineers seeking to run CFD computations in a HPC environment Using HPC for Computational Fluid Dynamics -Shamoon Jamshed -2015-05-12 Using HPC for Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Guide to High Performance Computing for CFD Engineers offers one of the first self-contained guides on the use of high performance computing for computational work in fluid dynamics.Beginning with an introduction to HPC, including its history and basic terminology, the book moves on to consider how modern supercomputers can be used to solve common CFD challenges, including the resolution of high density grids and dealing with the large file sizes generated when using commercial codes.Written to help early career engineers and post-graduate students compete in the fast-paced computational field where knowledge of CFD alone is no longer sufficient, the text provides a one-stop resource for all the technical information readers will need for successful HPC computation.Offers one of the first self-contained guides on the use of high performance computing for computational work in fluid dynamics Tailored to the needs of engineers seeking to run CFD computations in a HPC environment The twin challenge of meeting global energy demands in the face of growing economies and populations and restricting greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most daunting ones that humanity has ever faced.Smart electrical generation and distribution infrastructure will play a crucial role in meeting these challenges.We would need to develop capabilities to handle large volumes of data generated by the power system components like PMUs, DFRs and other data acquisition devices as well as by the capacity to process these data at high resolution via multi-scale and multi-period simulations, cascading and security analysis, interaction between hybrid systems (electric, transport, gas, oil, coal, etc.) and so on, to get meaningful information in real time to ensure a secure, reliable and stable power system grid.Advanced research on development and implementation of market-ready leading-edge high-speed enabling technologies and algorithms for solving real-time, dynamic, resource-critical problems will be required for dynamic security analysis targeted towards successful implementation of Smart Grid initiatives.This books aims to bring together some of the latest research developments as well as thoughts on the future research directions of the high performance computing applications in electric power systems planning, operations, security, markets, and grid integration of alternate sources of energy, etc.

High Performance Computing in Power and Energy Systems -Siddhartha Kumar Khaitan -2012-09-07
The twin challenge of meeting global energy demands in the face of growing economies and populations and restricting greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most daunting ones that humanity has ever faced.Smart electrical generation and distribution infrastructure will play a crucial role in meeting these challenges.We would need to develop capabilities to handle large volumes of data generated by the power system components like PMUs, DFRs and other data acquisition devices as well as by the capacity to process these data at high resolution via multi-scale and multi-period simulations, cascading and security analysis, interaction between hybrid systems (electric, transport, gas, oil, coal, etc.) and so on, to get meaningful information in real time to ensure a secure, reliable and stable power system grid.Advanced research on development and implementation of market-ready leading-edge high-speed enabling technologies and algorithms for solving real-time, dynamic, resource-critical problems will be required for dynamic security analysis targeted towards successful implementation of Smart Grid initiatives.This books aims to bring together some of the latest research developments as well as thoughts on the future research directions of the high performance computing applications in electric power systems planning, operations, security, markets, and grid integration of alternate sources of energy, etc.
The Art of High Performance Computing for Computational Science, Vol. 1 -Masaaki Geshi -2020-08-14 This book provides basic and practical techniques of parallel computing and related methods of numerical analysis for researchers who conduct numerical calculation and simulation.Although the techniques provided in this book are field-independent, these methods can be used in fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, space science, meteorology, disaster prevention, and manufacturing.In particular, those who develop software code in these areas will find this book useful.The contents are suitable for graduate students and researchers in computational science rather than novices at programming or informed experts in computer science.Starting with an introduction to the recent trends in computer architecture and parallel processing, Chapter 1 explains the basic knowledge of speedup programs with simple examples of numerical computing.Chapters 2 -4 detail the basics of parallel programming, the message passing interface (MPI), and OpenMP and discuss hybrid parallelization techniques.Showing an actual example of adaptation, Chapter 5 gives an overview of performance tuning and communication optimizations.To deal with dense matrix calculations, Chapter 6 details the basics and practice of linear algebra calculation libraries BLAS and LAPACK, including some examples that can be easily reproduced by readers using free software.Focusing on sparse matrix calculations, Chapter 7 explains high performance algorithms for numerical linear algebra.Chapter 8 introduces the fast Fourier transform in large-scale systems from the basics.Chapter 9 explains optimization and related topics such as debug methods and version control systems.Chapter 10 discusses techniques for increasing computation accuracy as an essential topic in numerical calculation.This is the first of the two volumes that grew out of a series of lectures in the K computer project in Japan.The second volume will focus on advanced techniques and examples of applications in materials science.
The Art of High Performance Computing for Computational Science, Vol. 1 -Masaaki Geshi -2020-08-14 This book provides basic and practical techniques of parallel computing and related methods of numerical analysis for researchers who conduct numerical calculation and simulation.Although the techniques provided in this book are field-independent, these methods can be used in fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, space science, meteorology, disaster prevention, and manufacturing.In particular, those who develop software code in these areas will find this book useful.The contents are suitable for graduate students and researchers in computational science rather than novices at programming or informed experts in computer science.Starting with an introduction to the recent trends in computer architecture and parallel processing, Chapter 1 explains the basic knowledge of speedup programs with simple examples of numerical computing.Chapters 2 -4 detail the basics of parallel programming, the message passing interface (MPI), and OpenMP and discuss hybrid parallelization techniques.Showing an actual example of adaptation, Chapter 5 gives an overview of performance tuning and communication optimizations.To deal with dense matrix calculations, Chapter 6 details the basics and practice of linear algebra calculation libraries BLAS and LAPACK, including some examples that can be easily reproduced by readers using free software.Focusing on sparse matrix calculations, Chapter 7 explains high performance algorithms for numerical linear algebra.Chapter 8 introduces the fast Fourier transform in large-scale systems from the basics.Chapter 9 explains optimization and related topics such as debug methods and version control systems.Chapter 10 discusses techniques for increasing computation accuracy as an essential topic in numerical calculation.This is the first of the two volumes that grew out of a series of lectures in the K computer project in Japan.The second volume will focus on advanced techniques and examples of applications in materials science.Systems -David A. Buchanan -2018-04-17 Originally published in 1989.Management styles in developed western countries are undergoing a crisis phase.Increased levels of international competition and volatile trading conditions are creating new demands of job skills and responsibilities.The management challenge is to find work organization and employment strategies that sustain and develop employee performance and commitment.This book analyses the 'high performance work systems' that a number of American and European companies have evolved to meet this challenge.It particular, it describes in detail the experiences of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) at their UK manufacturing plant.This study not only illustrates the benefits of new forms of work organization, it also explores some important myths, notably that technical and organizational changes can produce 'effortless excellence'.It also provides practical management guidelines for the effective application of high performance work design.

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High Performance Work Systems -David A. Buchanan -2018-04-17 Originally published in 1989.Management styles in developed western countries are undergoing a crisis phase.Increased levels of international competition and volatile trading conditions are creating new demands of job skills and responsibilities.The management challenge is to find work organization and employment strategies that sustain and develop employee performance and commitment.This book analyses the 'high performance work systems' that a number of American and European companies have evolved to meet this challenge.It particular, it describes in detail the experiences of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) at their UK manufacturing plant.This study not only illustrates the benefits of new forms of work organization, it also explores some important myths, notably that technical and organizational changes can produce 'effortless excellence'.It also provides practical management guidelines for the effective application of high performance work design.
Fault-Tolerance Techniques for High-Performance Computing -Thomas Herault -2015-07-01 This timely text presents a comprehensive overview of fault tolerance techniques for high-performance computing (HPC).The text opens with a detailed introduction to the concepts of checkpoint protocols and scheduling algorithms, prediction, replication, silent error detection and correction, together with some application-specific techniques such as ABFT.Emphasis is placed on analytical performance models.This is then followed by a review of general-purpose techniques, including several checkpoint and rollback recovery protocols.Relevant execution scenarios are also evaluated and compared through quantitative models.Features: provides a survey of resilience methods and performance models; examines the various sources for errors and faults in large-scale systems; reviews the spectrum of techniques that can be applied to design a fault-tolerant MPI; investigates different approaches to replication; discusses the challenge of energy consumption of fault-tolerance methods in extreme-scale systems.
Fault-Tolerance Techniques for High-Performance Computing -Thomas Herault -2015-07-01 This timely text presents a comprehensive overview of fault tolerance techniques for high-performance computing (HPC).The text opens with a detailed introduction to the concepts of checkpoint protocols and scheduling algorithms, prediction, replication, silent error detection and correction, together with some application-specific techniques such as ABFT.Emphasis is placed on analytical performance models.This is then followed by a review of general-purpose techniques, including several checkpoint and rollback recovery protocols.Relevant execution scenarios are also evaluated and compared through quantitative models.Features: provides a survey of resilience methods and performance models; examines the various sources for errors and faults in large-scale systems; reviews the spectrum of techniques that can be applied to design a fault-tolerant MPI; investigates different approaches to replication; discusses the challenge of energy consumption of fault-tolerance methods in extreme-scale systems.Selected chapters from the German concrete yearbook are now being published in the new English "Beton-Kalender Series" for the benefit of an international audience.Since it was founded in 1906, the Ernst & Sohn "Beton-Kalender" has been supporting developments in reinforced and prestressed concrete.The aim was to publish a yearbook to reflect progress in "ferro-concrete" structures until -as the book's first editor, Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942), expressed it -the "tempestuous development" in this form of construction came to an end.However, the "Beton-Kalender" quickly became the chosen work of reference for civil and structural engineers, and apart from the years 1945-1950 has been published annually ever since.Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a milestone in concrete technology and application.It permits the construction of both more slender and more durable concrete structures with a prolonged service life and thus improved sustainability.This book is a comprehensive overview of UHPC -from the principles behind its production and its mechanical properties to design and detailing aspects.The focus is on the material behaviour of steel fibre-reinforced UHPC.Numerical modelling and detailing of the connections with reinforced concrete elements are featured as well.Numerous examples worldwide -bridges, columns, facades and roofs -are the basis for additional explanations about the benefits of UHPC and how it helps to realise several architectural requirements.The authors are extensively involved in the testing, design, construction and monitoring of UHPC structures.What they provide here is therefore a unique synopsis of the state of the art with a view to practical applications.

Ultra-High Performance Concrete UHPC -Ekkehard Fehling -2015-04-20
Selected chapters from the German concrete yearbook are now being published in the new English "Beton-Kalender Series" for the benefit of an international audience.Since it was founded in 1906, the Ernst & Sohn "Beton-Kalender" has been supporting developments in reinforced and prestressed concrete.The aim was to publish a yearbook to reflect progress in "ferro-concrete" structures until -as the book's first editor, Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942), expressed it -the "tempestuous development" in this form of construction came to an end.However, the "Beton-Kalender" quickly became the chosen work of reference for civil and structural engineers, and apart from the years 1945-1950 has been published annually ever since.Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a milestone in concrete technology and application.It permits the construction of both more slender and more durable concrete structures with a prolonged service life and thus improved sustainability.This book is a comprehensive overview of UHPC -from the principles behind its production and its mechanical properties to design and detailing aspects.The focus is on the material behaviour of steel fibre-reinforced UHPC.Numerical modelling and detailing of the connections with reinforced concrete elements are featured as well.Numerous examples worldwide -bridges, columns, facades and roofs -are the basis for additional explanations about the benefits of UHPC and how it helps to realise several architectural requirements.The authors are extensively involved in the testing, design, construction and monitoring of UHPC structures.What they provide here is therefore a unique synopsis of the state of the art with a view to practical applications.
Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers -Gajanan Bhat -2016-08-21 Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers explores the relationship between the structure and properties of a wide range of highperformance fibers.Part I covers high-performance inorganic fibers, including glasses and ceramics, plus carbon fibers of various types.In Part II, high-performance synthetic polymer fibers are discussed, while Part III reviews those natural fibers that can be used to create advanced textiles.
The high-performance properties of these fibers are related to their chemistry and morphology, as well as the ways in which they are synthesized and spun.High-performance fibers form the basis of textile materials with applications in protection, medicine, and composite reinforcement.Fibers are selected for these technical applications due to their advanced physical, mechanical, and chemical properties.Offers up-todate coverage of new and advanced materials for the fiber and textile industries Reviews structure-property relationships of high-performance inorganic, carbon, synthetic polymer, and natural fibers Includes contributions from an international team of authors edited by an expert in the field Reviews those natural fibers that can be used to create advanced textiles Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers -Gajanan Bhat -2016-08-21 Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers explores the relationship between the structure and properties of a wide range of highperformance fibers.Part I covers high-performance inorganic fibers, including glasses and ceramics, plus carbon fibers of various types.In Part II, high-performance synthetic polymer fibers are discussed, while Part III reviews those natural fibers that can be used to create advanced textiles.
The high-performance properties of these fibers are related to their chemistry and morphology, as well as the ways in which they are synthesized and spun.High-performance fibers form the basis of textile materials with applications in protection, medicine, and composite reinforcement.Fibers are selected for these technical applications due to their advanced physical, mechanical, and chemical properties.Offers up-todate coverage of new and advanced materials for the fiber and textile industries Reviews structure-property relationships of high-performance inorganic, carbon, synthetic polymer, and natural fibers Includes contributions from an international team of authors edited by an expert in the field Reviews those natural fibers that can be used to create advanced textiles High Performance Textiles and Their Applications -C.Lawrence -2014-08-21 High performance textiles represent one of the most dynamic sectors of the international textile and clothing industry.With contributions from leading experts in the field, this book provides an important overview of key developments in the field.Chapters cover the use of high performance textiles in such areas as protective clothing, heat and fire protection, medicine, civil engineering and the energy sector.Reviews various approaches to modelling the geometry, structure and mechanical and physical properties of advanced textile materials Evaluates novel surface treatments involving plasma and laser technologies for a range of high performance textiles Focuses on textiles for specific purposes, with chapters devoted to textiles for heat and fire protection, wound care, industrial filtration, geotextiles, civil engineering and sustainable energy applications High Performance Textiles and Their Applications -C.Lawrence -2014-08-21 High performance textiles represent one of the most dynamic sectors of the international textile and clothing industry.With contributions from leading experts in the field, this book provides an important overview of key developments in the field.Chapters cover the use of high performance textiles in such areas as protective clothing, heat and fire protection, medicine, civil engineering and the energy sector.Reviews various approaches to modelling the geometry, structure and mechanical and physical properties of advanced textile materials Evaluates novel surface treatments involving plasma and laser technologies for a range of high performance textiles Focuses on textiles for specific purposes, with chapters devoted to textiles for heat and fire protection, wound care, industrial filtration, geotextiles, civil engineering and sustainable energy applications the refereed proceedings of 3 workshops co-located with International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC19, held in Denver, CO, USA, in November 2019.The 12 full papers presented in this proceedings feature the outcome of the 6th Annual Workshop on HPC User Support Tools, HUST 2019, International Workshop on Software Engineering for HPC-Enabled Research, SE-HER 2019, and Third Workshop on Interactive High-Performance Computing, WIHPC 2019.Tools and Techniques for High Performance Computing -Guido Juckeland -2020-03-25 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of 3 workshops co-located with International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, SC19, held in Denver, CO, USA, in Scientific and Engineering Computation series Vitamix has created a gorgeous companion cookbook to help you enjoy the benefits of a whole foods diet.Here are more than 200 simple, scrumptious, easy-to-prepare recipes that use a blender-most taking less than thirty minutes.The chefs at Vitamix believe that the only way to make lasting, healthy changes to your diet is to enjoy the food you eat.With The Vitamix Cookbook they've Develop fast and energy-efficient mobile applications Address bottlenecks in HTTP 1.x and other browser protocols Plan for and deliver the best HTTP 2.0 performance Enable efficient real-time streaming in the browser Create efficient peer-to-peer videoconferencing and lowlatency applications with real-time WebRTC transports High Performance Browser Networking -Ilya Grigorik -2013-09-11 How prepared are you to build fast and efficient web applications?This eloquent book provides high-performance parallel computing, enabling you to do computations on a gaming-level PC that would have required a supercomputer just a few years ago.The authors introduce the essentials of CUDA C programming clearly and concisely, quickly guiding you from running sample programs to building your own code.Throughout, you'll learn from complete examples you can build, run, and modify, complemented by additional projects that deepen your understanding.All projects are fully developed, with detailed building instructions for all major platforms.Ideal for any scientist, engineer, or student with at least introductory programming experience, this guide assumes no specialized background in GPU-based or parallel computing.In an appendix, the authors also present a refresher on C programming for those who need it.Coverage includes Preparing your computer to run CUDA programs Understanding CUDA's parallelism model and C extensions Transferring data between CPU and GPU Managing timing, profiling, error handling, and debugging Creating 2D grids Interoperating with OpenGL to provide real-time user interactivity Performing basic simulations with differential equations Using stencils to manage related computations across threads Exploiting CUDA's shared memory capability to enhance performance Interacting with 3D data: slicing, volume rendering, and ray casting Using CUDA libraries Finding more CUDA resources and code Realistic example applications include Visualizing functions in 2D and 3D Solving differential equations while changing initial or boundary conditions Viewing/processing images or image stacks Computing inner products and centroids Solving systems of linear algebraic equations Monte-Carlo computations CUDA for Engineers -Duane Storti -2015-11-02 CUDA for Engineers gives you direct, hands-on engagement with personal, high-performance parallel computing, enabling you to do computations on a gaming-level PC that would have required a supercomputer just a few years ago.The authors introduce the essentials of CUDA C programming clearly and concisely, quickly guiding you from running sample programs to building your own code.Throughout, you'll learn from complete examples you can build, run, and modify, complemented by additional projects that deepen your understanding.All projects are fully developed, with detailed building instructions for all major platforms.Ideal for any manage related computations across threads Exploiting CUDA's shared memory capability to enhance performance Interacting with 3D data: slicing, volume rendering, and ray casting Using CUDA libraries Finding more CUDA resources and code Realistic example applications include Visualizing functions in 2D and 3D Solving differential equations while changing initial or boundary conditions Viewing/processing images or image stacks Computing inner products and centroids Solving systems of linear algebraic equations Monte-Carlo computationsThe Vitamix Cookbook -Jodi Berg -2015-10-13 Discover simple ways to incorporate more whole foods into your daily diet using a blender with this gorgeous cookbook featuring 200 delicious recipes and more than fifty full-color photos-the first widely available cookbook from the Vitamix brand.Recently known primarily to professional chefs, over the past decade the Vitamix blender has become one of the most sought after kitchen appliances in home kitchens.Now, Vitamix has created a gorgeous companion cookbook to help you enjoy the benefits of a whole foods diet.Here are more than 200 simple, scrumptious, easy-to-prepare recipes that use a blender-most taking less than thirty minutes.The chefs at Vitamix believe that the only way to make lasting, healthy changes to your diet is to enjoy the food you eat.With The Vitamix Cookbook they'sidebars with inspiring stories of people who have improved their health using their Vitamix, as well as tips for a nutritious whole foods diet.The Vitamix Cookbook -Jodi Berg -2015-10-13 Discover simple ways to incorporate more whole foods into your daily diet using a blender with this gorgeous cookbook featuring 200 delicious recipes and more than fifty full-color photos-the first widely available cookbook from the Vitamix brand.Recently known primarily to professional chefs, over the past decade the Vitamix blender has become one of the most sought after kitchen appliances in home kitchens.Now, PhD student and Siebel Scholar at the University of Chicago, and has lectured on programming modern hardware at numerous national conferences.Table of Contents PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO PARALLEL COMPUTING 1 Why parallel computing? 2 Planning for parallelization 3 Performance limits and profiling 4 Data design and performance models 5 Parallel algorithms and patterns PART 2 CPU: THE PARALLEL WORKHORSE 6 Vectorization: FLOPs for free 7 OpenMP that performs 8 MPI: The parallel backbone PART 3 GPUS: BUILT TO ACCELERATE 9 GPU architectures and concepts 10 GPU programming model 11 Directive-based GPU programming 12 GPU languages: Getting down to basics 13 GPU profiling and tools PART 4 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ECOSYSTEMS 14 Affinity: Truce with the kernel 15 Batch schedulers: Bringing order to chaos 16 File operations for a parallel world 17 Tools and resources for better code Parallel and High Performance Computing -Robert Robey -2021-08-24 Parallel and High Performance Computing offers techniques guaranteed to boost your code's effectiveness.Summary Complex calculations, like training deep learning models or running large-scale simulations, can take an extremely long time.Efficient parallel programming can save hours-or even days-of computing time.Parallel and High Performance Computing shows you how to deliver faster run-times, greater scalability, and increased energy efficiency to your programs by mastering parallel techniques for multicore processor and GPU hardware.About the technology Write fast, powerful, energy efficient programs that scale to tackle huge volumes of data.Using parallel programming, your code spreads data processing tasks across multiple CPUs for radically better performance.With a little help, you can create software that maximizes both speed and efficiency.About the book Parallel and High Performance Computing offers techniques guaranteed to boost your code's effectiveness.You'll learn to evaluate hardware architectures and work with industry standard tools such as OpenMP and MPI.You'll master the data structures and algorithms best suited for high performance computing and learn techniques that save energy on handheld devices.You'll even run a massive tsunami simulation across a bank of GPUs.What's inside Planning a new parallel project Understanding differences in CPU and GPU architecture Addressing underperforming kernels and loops Managing applications with batch scheduling About the reader For experienced programmers proficient with a high-performance computing language like C, C++, or Fortran.About the author Robert Robey works at Los Alamos National Laboratory and has been active in the field of parallel computing for over 30 years.Yuliana Zamora is currently a PhD student and Siebel Scholar at the University of Chicago, and has lectured on programming modern hardware at numerous national conferences.Table of Contents PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO -Robert Robey -2021-08-24 Parallel and High Performance Computing offers techniques guaranteed to boost your code's effectiveness.Summary Complex calculations, like training deep learning models or running large-scale simulations, can take an extremely long time.Efficient parallel programming can save hours-or even days-of computing time.Parallel and High Performance Computing shows you how to deliver faster run-times, greater scalability, and increased energy efficiency to your programs by mastering parallel techniques for multicore processor and GPU hardware.About the technology Write suited for high performance computing and learn techniques that save energy on handheld devices.You'll even run a massive tsunami simulation across a bank of GPUs.What's inside Planning a new parallel project Understanding differences in CPU and GPU architecture Addressing underperforming kernels and loops Managing applications with batch scheduling About the reader For experienced programmers proficient with a high-performance computing language like C, C++, or Fortran.About the author Robert Robey works at Los Alamos National Laboratory and has been active in the field of parallel computing for over 30 years.Yuliana Zamora is currently a Along the way, you'll learn what ABS, traction and stability control, self-braking systems, and semi-automatic transmissions do and how best to incorporate them into your driving.Speed Secrets: The Lost Art of Performance Driving will help you understand your car well and be an even better, faster driver.Most importantly, it will fuel your passion for driving!Performance Computing: Best Global Practices offers a global overview of high-performance computing (HPC) for industrial applications, along with a discussion of software challenges, business models, access models (e.g., cloud computing), public-private partnerships, simulation and modeling, visualization, big data analysis, and governmental and industrial influence.Featuring the contributions of leading experts from 11 different countries, this authoritative book: Provides a brief history of the development of the supercomputer Describes the supercomputing environments of various government entities in terms of policy and service models Includes a case study section that addresses more subtle and technical aspects of industrial supercomputing Shows how access to supercomputing matters, and how supercomputing can be used to solve large-scale and complex science and engineering problems Emphasizes the need for collaboration between companies, political organizations, government agencies, and entire nations Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices supplies computer engineers and researchers with a state-of-the-art supercomputing reference.This book also keeps policymakers and industrial decision-makers informed about the economic impact of these powerful technological investments.Provides a brief history of the development of the supercomputer Describes the supercomputing environments of various government entities in terms of policy and service models Includes a case study section that addresses more subtle and technical aspects of industrial supercomputing Shows how access to supercomputing matters, and how supercomputing can be used to solve large-scale and complex science and engineering problems Emphasizes the need for collaboration between companies, political organizations, government agencies, and entire nations Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices supplies computer engineers and researchers with a state-of-the-art supercomputing reference.This book also keeps policymakers and industrial decision-makers informed about the economic impact of these powerful technological investments.Steps to High Performance -Marc Effron -2018-07-17 The steps you need, for the results you want.There's no shortage of advice out there on how to perform better, and better than others, at work.The problem is knowing which methods are actually proven to work--and how you should act on them to get the best results.In 8 Steps to High Performance, talent expert and bestselling author Marc Effron cuts through the noise with his signature "science-based simplicity" approach to identify what matters most and show you how to optimally apply your time and effort to boost your performance.It turns out that higher performance comes from doing many things well--but some of those things are not in your power to change.Effron reveals the eight key factors you do control and practical steps for improving yourself on each one.You'll learn: How to set goals that create higher performance Which behaviors predict higher performance in different situations How to quickly develop the most important capabilities Who to connect with and why How to understand and adapt to your company's strategy Why you sometimes shouldn't be the "genuine" you How to best manage your body to sustain your performance How to avoid management fads that distract you from high performance Research-based, practical, and filled with self-assessments, tools, and templates to support your performance goals at work, this short, powerful book will help you and anyone on your team deliver outstanding results.
implementation for research, which might be used in business and other real-time applications in the future.The book outlines techniques and tools used for emergent areas and domains, which include acceleration of largescale electronic structure simulations with heterogeneous parallel computing, characterizing power and energy efficiency of a data-centric high-performance computing runtime and applications, security applications of GPUs, parallel implementation of multiprocessors on MPI using FDTD, particle-based fused rendering, design and implementation of particle systems for mesh-free methods with high performance, and evolving topics 8 8 Steps to High Performance -Marc Effron -2018-07-17 The steps you need, for the results you want.There's no shortage of advice out there on how to perform better, and better than others, at work.The problem is knowing which methods are actually proven to work--and how you should act on them to get the best results.In 8 Steps to High Performance, talent expert and bestselling author Marc Effron cuts through the noise with his signature "science-based simplicity" approach to identify what matters most and show you how to optimally apply your time and effort to boost your performance.It turns out that higher performance comes from doing many things well--but some of those things are not in your power to change.Effron reveals the eight key factors you do control and practical steps for improving yourself on each one.You'll learn: How to set goals that create higher performance Which behaviors predict higher performance in different situations How to quickly develop the most important capabilities Who to connect with and why How to understand and adapt to your company's strategy Why you sometimes shouldn't be the "genuine" you How to best manage your body to sustain your performance How to avoid management fads that distract you from high performance Research-based, practical, and filled with self-assessments, tools, and templates to support your performance goals at work, this short, powerful book will help you and anyone on your team deliver outstanding results.
You will find it fascinating -don't miss it."Colour Chemistry scale, high performance experimental and commercial systems.Topics include HPC computer architecture and hardware; programming models, system software, and applications; solutions for heterogeneity, reliability, power efficiency of systems; virtualization and containerized environments; big data and cloud computing; and artificial intelligence.High PerformanceComputing -Michèle Weiland -2019-12-02This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 13 workshops held at the 34th International ISC High Performance 2019 High Performance Spark -Holden Karau -2017-05-25 Apache Spark is amazing when everything clicks.But if you haven't seen the performance improvements you expected, or still don't feel confident enough to use Spark in production, this practical book is for you.Authors Holden Karau and Rachel Warren demonstrate performance optimizations to help your Spark queries run faster and handle larger data sizes, while using fewer resources.Ideal for software engineers, data engineers, developers, and system administrators working with large-scale data applications, this book describes techniques that can reduce data infrastructure costs and developer hours.Not only will you gain a more comprehensive understanding of Spark, you'll also learn how to make it sing.With this book, you'll explore: How Spark SQL's new interfaces improve performance over SQL's RDD data structure The choice between data joins in Core Spark and Spark SQL Techniques for getting the most out of standard RDD transformations How to work around performance issues in Spark's key/value pair paradigm Writing high-performance Spark code without Scala or the JVM How to test for functionality and performance when applying suggested improvements Using Spark MLlib and Spark ML machine learning libraries Spark's Streaming components and external community packages High Performance Spark -Holden Karau -2017-05-25 Apache Spark is amazing when everything clicks.But if you haven't seen the performance improvements you expected, or still don't feel confident enough to use Spark in production, this practical book is for you.Authors Holden Karau and Rachel Warren demonstrate performance optimizations to help your Spark queries run faster and handle larger data sizes, while using fewer resources.Ideal for software engineers, data engineers, developers, and system administrators working with large-scale data applications, this book describes techniques that can reduce data infrastructure costs and developer hours.Not only will you gain a more comprehensive understanding of Spark, you'll also learn how to make it sing.With this book, you'll explore: How Spark SQL's new interfaces improve performance over SQL's RDD data structure The choice between data joins in Core Spark and Spark SQL Techniques for getting the most out of standard RDD transformations How to work around performance issues in Spark's key/value pair paradigm Writing high-performance Spark code without Scala or the JVM How to test for functionality and performance when applying suggested improvements Using Spark MLlib and Spark ML machine learning libraries Spark's Streaming components and external community packages

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-Jeanne Dekerle -2020-10-26 High Performance Youth Swimming provides an in-depth view of the physiological, biomechanical, and multifaceted underpinning of swimming success, with a focus on youth.Considerations of both growth and maturation processes and the intricacies of the swimming training environment are core throughout the book.Divided into sections on physiology of swimming, motor control, biomechanics, and long-term wellbeing, the book also includes chapters from international contributors on: -Doug Sillars -2015-09-09 Unique and clever ideas are important when building a hot-selling Android app, but the real drivers for success are speed, efficiency, and power management.With this practical guide, you'll learn the major performance issues confronting Android app developers, and the tools you need to diagnose problems early.Customers are finally realizing that apps have a major role in the performance of their Android devices.Author Doug Sillars not only shows you how to use Android-specific testing tools from companies including Google, Qualcomm, and AT&T, but also helps you explore potential remedies.You'll discover ways to build apps that run well on all 19,000 Android device types in use.Understand how performance issues affect app sales and retention Build an Android device lab to maximize UI, functional, and performance testing Improve the way your app interacts with device hardware Optimize your UI for fast rendering, scrolling, and animations Track down memory leaks and CPU issues that affect performance Upgrade communications with the server, and learn how your app performs on slower networks Apply Real User Monitoring (RUM) to ensure that every device is delivering the optimal user experience explore potential remedies.You'll discover ways to build apps that run well on all 19,000 Android device types in use.Understand how performance issues affect app sales and retention Build an Android device lab to maximize UI, functional, and performance testing Improve the way your app interacts with device hardware Optimize your UI for fast rendering, scrolling, and animations Track down memory leaks and CPU issues that affect performance Upgrade communications with the server, and learn how your app performs on slower networks Apply Real User Monitoring (RUM) to ensure that every device is delivering the optimal user experience an-introduction-to-high-performance-scientific-