IN3200 – High-Performance Computing and Numerical Projects

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

In this course, you will learn about the basic concepts of parallel programming and high performance computing, as well as the most basic communication commands in MPI and OpenMP programming guidelines. Students will gain the knowledge they need to effectively use modern data architecture to solve computationally high-tech scientific issues. Such knowledge is necessary in all subjects within computer science. In this course you will learn about understanding in the development and use of digital systems. You learn about different systems, the needs of users, and the societal importance of the systems and you learn how systems are developed from a software engineering perspective.

Learning outcome

After taking this course you will be:

  • able to effectively use laptop / desktop computers to solve informational issues
  • able to extend appropriate numeric code to computer clusters
  • informed about groundbreaking non-CPU hardware
  • possessing basic knowledge of advanced parallel computing

Admission to the course

Students at UiO register for courses and exams in Studentweb.

Special admission requirements

In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:

  • Mathematics R1 or Mathematics (S1+S2)

The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies. Read more about special admission requirements (in Norwegian).

Formal prerequisite knowledge

MAT1100 (or its equivalent) and at least one of the corresponding computing and programming courses:

INF1000/IN1000/INF1010/IN1010 or MAT-INF1100/MAT-INF1100L/BIOS1100/IN-KJM1900

MAT1110, MAT1120

Overlapping courses

Teaching

4 hours of lectures each week and 2 hours of group/lab each week for practical assignments and calculation projects.

Required submission of:

  • a mandatory partial exam: a completed numerical problem, calculated for use with a common memory computer system
  • a project with the ability to configure an individual project for each student with regard to the numerical problem, target parallel hardware and programming language

Read more about mandatory assignments and other hand-ins here

Examination

4 hours final written digital exam. All mandatory assignments must be approved before the exam.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: IN4200 – High-Performance Computing and Numerical Projects

Examination support material

Approved calculator

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.

More about examinations at UiO

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.

Last updated from FS (Felles studentsystem) Nov. 5, 2026 7:02:33 PM

Facts about this course

Level
Bachelor
Credits
10
Teaching
Spring
Examination
Spring
Teaching language
Norwegian (English on request)

Contact

Department of Informatics