A low-cost computer cluster for high-performance computing education

Author

Pfalzgraf, Aaron M. ; Driscoll, Joseph A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Bradley Univ., Peoria, IL, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

5-7 June 2014

Firstpage

362

Lastpage

366

Abstract

Skills in high-performance computing are increasingly desired by many employers, such as Google [1] and Intel [2]. However, traditional curricula often do not provide adequate preparation. This is often due to the high cost of HPC equipment needed to provide students with needed hand-on experience. In this paper we describe a HPC system that is small, low cost, and yet powerful enough to support educational activities in HPC.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; parallel processing; Google; HPC equipment; Intel; educational activities; hand-on experience; high-performance computing education; low-cost computer cluster; traditional curricula; Benchmark testing; Computers; Education; Parallel processing; Software; Standards; Vectors; High-performance computing; computing education; parallel computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Milwaukee, WI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIT.2014.6871791

Filename

6871791

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1776192