| Description: | Book Description The field of parallel scientific computing lies at the crossroads of a number of disciplines and skill sets, and correspondingly, for someone to be successful at using parallel computing in science requires at least elementary knowledge of and skills in all these areas. This text evolved from a new curriculum in scientific computing that was developed to teach students in science and engineering majors how to use high-performance computing systems (supercomputers) in scientific and engineering applications. Designed for undergraduates, it 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 contents of this book is a combination of theoretical material and selfguided tutorials on various practical skills. The theory chapters have exercises that can be assigned in a classroom, however, their placement in the text is such that a reader not inclined to do exercises can simply take them as statement of fact. About the Authors Victor Eijkhout is a research scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. Reviews and Rating: N/A Related Book Categories: Numerical Analysis and Computation Parallel Computing and Programming Computational and Algorithmic Mathematics Read and Download Links: Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing ©2010 (Victor Eijkhout) Book Home |