12 Questions
What is the focus of the course 'High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers'?
Delving into data-driven sciences and high fidelity simulations
Who is the target audience for the course according to the text?
Application engineers from different fields
Which decade of the 21st century is highlighted as crucial for high performance computing?
The 3rd decade
Why is high performance computing considered significant in today's world?
For comprehending complex systems and social behaviors
What type of sciences are emphasized with high performance computing according to the text?
Data-driven sciences
In the context of high performance computing, what is meant by 'high fidelity physical simulations'?
Accurate simulations requiring substantial computational resources
What is the main reason why simple computers are not sufficient to handle problems with high computational complexity?
The problems require much rigor which increases computational complexity.
What is the primary purpose of the national supercomputing mission launched by the government of India?
To train manpower for maintaining supercomputers and porting applications to them.
Why do application engineers, scientists, and other domain experts need to work on the supercomputing platform?
To collaborate and solve problems that require high computational complexity.
Why do computer scientists and engineers need to understand the requirements of domain experts?
To ensure that domain experts can make the best use of supercomputing technologies.
Why do courses in high performance computing sometimes present a challenge for people from science and engineering backgrounds?
They do not offer prerequisite training for individuals from science and engineering fields.
What is a key aspect highlighting the need for a pool of computer scientists and engineers to work with application scientists in supercomputing?
The increasing demand for day-to-day applications.
Test your knowledge on the fundamentals of parallel computing in the context of High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers. This quiz is based on Module 01 and Lecture 01 of the course by Prof. Somnath Roy at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
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