Specialization Details
High Performance Computing
Abbreviation: NHPC
Acad. year: 2025/2026
Length of Study: 2 years
Min. Credits: 120
Degree Programme: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Language of Instruction: Czech
Form of Study: full-time
Accredited from: 2019 Accredited till: 2029
Students will understand all the layers of the computer based systems including hardware (semiconductor components, logic networks, processors, peripheral devices), software (control and data structures, object orientation, programming languages, compilers, operating systems, databases), as well as their common applications (information systems, computer networks, artificial intelligence, computer graphics and multimedia). They will understand foundations of computer science (discrete mathematics, formal languages and their models, spectral analysis of signals, modelling and simulation). Graduates will be able to analyse, design, implement, test, and maintain common computer applications. They will be able to work efficiently in teams.
State Exam in Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, specialization Supercomputing consists of the following parts:
- presentation and defense of master's thesis,
- oral exam, which combines the basic themes contained in the courses profiling the basis of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence (Theoretical Computer Science, Statistics and Probability, Computer Systems Architectures, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Storage and Preparation, Functional and Logic Programming, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Modern Trends in Informatics),
- oral exam, which combines the basic topics covered in the courses profiling base in Supercomputing (Practical Parallel Programming, Parallel GPU Computations, Highly Computational HW/SW Codesign, Matrix and Tensor Calculus, Data Transfer, Computer Networks and Protocols).
All parts of the state examination are held on the same date before the State Examination Board. The state exam can be taken by a student who has obtained the required number of credits in the prescribed composition necessary for the successful completion of the master's degree and has submitted the master's thesis in due time. The organization and course of the state examination are given by the corresponding internal standard of the faculty and by the relevant instructions of the program guarantor for state examinations.
- Analysis of Operational Data and Detection od Anomalies during Supercomputer Job Execution
- Simulation of Fracture Tests in Civil Engineering
- Acceleration of Axisymetric Ultrasound Simulations
- Development and Programming of Low Power Cluster
- Performance Analysis of IBM POWER8 Processors
- Interactive Cloth Simulation Accelerated by GPU
- Dynamic Load-Balancing in Parallel Applications
- Optimization of the Distributed I/O Subsystem of the k-Wave Project
Master's theses are stored at the FIT library, Božetěchova 2, Brno. The list of the master's theses, including the details is available at:
https://www-dev.fit.vutbr.cz/study/theses/
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Go to recommended course compositions
Abbrv | Title | Cred | Duty | Compl | Fa |
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AVS | Computation Systems Architectures | 5 | C | Cr+Ex | FIT |
MSP | Statistics and Probability | 6 | C | Cr+Ex | FIT |
TIN | Theoretical Computer Science | 7 | C | Cr+Ex | FIT |
Abbrv | Title | Cred | Duty | Compl | Fa |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FLP | Functional and Logic Programming | 5 | C | Cr+Ex | FIT |
MPC-MAT | Matrices and Tensors Calculus | 5 | C | Cr+Ex | FEKT |
PPP | Practical Parallel Programming | 5 | C | ClCr | FIT |
PRL | Parallel and Distributed Algorithms | 5 | C | Cr+Ex | FIT |
VNV | High Performance Computations | 5 | C | Ex | FIT |
Abbrv | Title | Cred | Duty | Compl | Fa |
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SEP | Semester Project | 5 | C | ClCr | FIT |
PP2 | Project Practice 2 | 5 | E | ClCr | FIT |
Abbrv | Title | Cred | Duty | Compl | Fa |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DIP | Master's Thesis | 13 | C | Cr | FIT |
Duty: C - compulsory, CEx - compulsory-elective group x, R - recommended, E - elective
Recommended course compositions
Recommended course composition NHPC 1
1st year of study, winter semester
- Computation Systems Architectures
- Hardware/Software Codesign
- Statistics and Probability
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Distributed Application Environment
1st year of study, summer semester
- Data Communications, Computer Networks and Protocols
- Functional and Logic Programming
- High Performance Computations
- Matrices and Tensors Calculus
- Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
- Practical Parallel Programming
- Advanced Operating Systems
2nd year of study, winter semester
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Data Storage and Preparation
- Parallel Computations on GPU
- Semester Project
- Static Analysis and Verification