MPI: A Short Introduction to One-sided Communication (FutureLearn)

You’ll learn the details of how exactly MPI works, as well how to use Remote Memory Access (RMA) routines. Examples, exercises, and tests will be used to help you learn and explore.

Syllabus

Week 1: Overview and the principles of One-Sided MPI Communication

Week 2: Details and examples of One-Sided MPI communication

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

- Apply MPI one-sided communication to your communication patterns in your MPI applications

- Explain the main advantages and disadvantages of MPI one-sided communication

- Design your program using methods of MPI communication that prevent deadlocks and ensure the correctness of the program

- Improve scalability of your program by substituting non-scalable solutions with scalable one-sided approaches

What software or tools do you need?

To take part in this course you don’t need a supercomputer – just an MPI environment on your laptop or computer.

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