This guide provides a comprehensive overview of High Performance Computing (HPC) to equip students with a full skill set including cluster setup, network selection, and a background of supercomputing competitions. It covers the system, architecture, evaluating approaches, and other practical supercomputing techniques.

As the world's largest supercomputing hackathon, the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge has attracted a growing number of new talent to supercomputing and has greatly promoted communications in the global HPC community. Enclosed in this book, readers will also find how to analyze and optimize supercomputing systems and applications in real science and engineering cases.

The first book that systematically introduces supercomputing competitions Offers practical supercomputing techniques and real cases in science and engineering Provides overview and hands-on skills to equip students with comprehensive HPC knowledge

Autorentext

The Asia Supercomputer Community organizes the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, the world's largest supercomputing hackathon. This non-profit organization also features the China HPC User Forum and the HPC Connection Workshop, where world-renowned experts gather together to discuss disruptive technologies and the latest developments in supercomputing. ASC is determined to inspire HPC scientists and engineers to deliver innovative solutions.

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Part I Study.- Chapter 1 Development and Applications of Supercomputing.- Chapter 2 Construction and Power Management of Supercomputing System.- Chapter 3 Network Communication in Supercomputing System.- Chapter 4 Building the Environment for HPC Applications.- Chapter 5 Supercomputer System Performance Evaluation Methods.- Part II Competition.- Chapter 6 Introduction to International Student Supercomputing Competitions.- Chapter 7 History and Prospects of ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge.- Chapter 8 Rules of ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge.- Part III Advances.- Chapter 9 The Competition Proposal.- Chapter 10 Design and Construction of the Clusters for the Competition.- Chapter 11 Optimization for the High Performance LINPACK Benchmark.- Chapter 12 Optimization for the Molecular Dynamics Software GROMACS.- Chapter 13 Optimizations for Ocean Model LICOM.- Chapter 14 Optimization for Three-dimensional Elastic Wave Modeling Software 3D_EW.