Syllabus - Workshop In Communication Networks (67613)

Syllabus Workshop In Communication Networks - 67613
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Last update 15-03-2021
HU Credits: 5 Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master) Responsible Department: Computer Sciences Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: English and Hebrew Campus: E. Safra Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. David Hay Coordinator Email: dhay@cs.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Coordinate in advance Teaching Staff: Mr. Gil Bloch Course/Module description: Network-bound applications such as algo-trading, artificial intelligence, live video streams and supercomputing, require specialized mechanisms in the operating system as well as the application itself. This course deals with the unique characteristics of high-performance (low-latency and high-bandwidth) communication and smart network devices, supporting offload from the CPU to the NICs and switches. The course will present and practice the fundamentals of user memory management, message coordination protocols and congestion avoidance algorithms, as well as teach how to avoid common communication bottlenecks, maximize network performance and achieve maximal utilization of the underlying physical network. Course/Module aims: The course will present and exercise principles and methods for high-performance communication and the efficient use of network resources. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: See course aims Attendance requirements(%): 100 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Labs Course/Module Content: 1. Network Benchmarking: latency, bandwidth and throughput. 2. Berkeley Sockets 3. OS adjustments for high rate of communication 4. Infiniband standard and Verbs API 5. Memory management, registration and ODP 6. Infiniband operations: Sends, RDMA and atomic operations 7. Coordination protocols: Eager vs. Rendezvous 8. Advanced offload capabilities: CoreDirect, PeerDirect & GPU-Direct 9. Algorithms for detecting and handling congestion 10. QoS in IB & RoCE 11. Network patterns for scalability. Required Reading: N/A Additional Reading Material: 1) InfiniBand Network Architecture, Tom Shanley 2) Attaining High Performance Communications: A Vertical Approach, Ada Gavrilovska Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 0 % Project work 0 % Assignments 100 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: Grades are based on 5 programming exercises, using dedicated NICs.

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