High Performance Computing: Theory, Applications, and Research Groups

This report provides a comprehensive overview of High-Performance Computing (HPC), detailing its definition, fundamental concepts, and importance in various fields. The report discusses HPC clusters, their architecture, and how they function to solve complex computational problems, particularly in industries such as healthcare and finance. It highlights the significance of HPC in simulating complex scenarios, improving organizational performance, and fostering innovation. The report also identifies and summarizes the contributions of leading academic and industry groups in the HPC field, including their key findings and applications. The report also includes references to support the claims made in the report and to provide further information on the topic. The assignment also required a presentation and the report covers the motivation behind selecting the topic and lessons learned from the research.

High
Performance
Computing

Definition
The high performance computing is mentioned as an essential tool in the research
field [1]. Fundamentally, the high performance computing involves supercomputers
which may help to solve the complex computational problems. The high
performance computing is attached with complexity based computational
simulations, therefore this system is applied in various industry as well as academia
sectors also.

High performance computing cluster
This high performance computing
system involves cluster which
contains a number of compute
servers which are interacted each
other through a network. Each of
the servers are connected together
in parallel way for boosting up the
speed of the high performance
computing.

How high performance computing works
The high performance computing consists of three components like compute,
network and also storage [2]. To make the HPC architecture, the computer servers
are connected together through a network into the cluster. The clusters are linked to
data storage through a network for capturing the output.

Why high performance computing is
important?
 High performance computing also helps
to solve the complexity in simulations
process through data or programming
languages [4].
 This type computing literally helps to
improve the organizational performance
as well as making of competition with
other equivalent companies and also
develop new reliable IT related
infrastructure which can involve the
processing of storing or analysing data.

Applications in healthcare industry
In the healthcare industry, the system is applicable in variety of fields. For such
projects, the researchers can make a simulated human heart by simulation
programming and also conduct many cardiovascular tests in surgical procedures
[3]. These kinds of heart projects are mainly used to test various pacemaker
attachment protocols.

Applications in finance industry
The high performance computing
system helps to measure the risks in
the financial operations in various
market scenarios and also allows to
solve various complex calculations in
just few minutes.

Applications

References
[1] A. Geist and D.A. Reed, A survey of high-performance computing scaling challenges. The
International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, 31(1), pp.104-113, 2017.
[2] A.M. Pfalzgraf and J.A. Driscoll, A low-cost computer cluster for high-performance
computing education. In IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information
Technology (pp. 362-366). IEEE, 2014, June.
[3] M. Gates, H. Anzt, J. Kurzak, and J., Dongarra, Accelerating collaborative filtering using
concepts from high performance computing. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Big
Data (Big Data) (pp. 667-676). IEEE, 2015, October.
[4] W.E. Nagel, D. Kröner, and M.M. Resch, High Performance Computing in Science and
Engineering'18. Springer International Publishing, 2019.