Multi-layered abstractions for PDEs
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Department Name: Oxford e-Research Centre
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Mike Giles (Principal Investigator) |
Publications

Giles M
(2013)
Designing OP2 for GPU architectures
in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Giles M
(2011)
Performance Analysis and Optimization of the OP2 Framework on Many-Core Architectures
in The Computer Journal

Giles M
(2011)
Performance analysis of the OP2 framework on many-core architectures
in ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review

Giles MB
(2014)
Trends in high-performance computing for engineering calculations.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

Jammy S
(2016)
Block-structured compressible Navier-Stokes solution using the OPS high-level abstraction
in International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Description | This project has successfully developed a high-level framework for the automatic parallelisation of unstructured grid applications on a wide variety of target architectures. |
Exploitation Route | It is currently being exploited for a major CFD application at Rolls-Royce. The software which has been developed has been made openly available. |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Energy |
URL | http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/research/op2 |
Description | The OP2 library is being used by Rolls-Royce for HYDRA, its corporate CFD code which is used for analysis and design. |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | AWE (2014) |
Amount | £24,984 (GBP) |
Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2014 |
End | 11/2014 |
Description | AWE (2015) |
Amount | £24,725 (GBP) |
Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2015 |
End | 12/2015 |
Description | Future-proof massively-parallel execution of multi-block applications |
Amount | £282,844 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K038494/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2013 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | High-level abstractions |
Amount | £23,353 (GBP) |
Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2013 |
End | 12/2013 |
Description | Rolls-Royce (2014) |
Amount | £29,960 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2014 |
End | 12/2014 |
Description | Rolls-Royce (2015) |
Amount | £36,396 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 12/2015 |
Description | Siloet -- multicore platforms |
Amount | £30,395 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2012 |
End | 06/2013 |
Description | CUDA Programming on NVIDIA GPUs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | One week course on CUDA programming on NVIDIA GPUs, available to both academics and non-academics. Lots of the students have since gone on to use CUDA programming in their research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
URL | http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/gilesm/cuda/ |