José Ramón Herrero
Role
Lecturer
Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science
Biography
José Ramón Herrero is an associate professor in the Computer Architecture Department at UPC–BarcelonaTech. He has lectured at the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB) since 1994, teaching 14 courses in several areas, including Computer Architecture, Operating Systems and Parallel Programming, among others. At FIB he has held the positions of Vice-Dean for Institutional and International Relations and Vice-Dean as Head of Academic Studies. His research interests focus mainly on High-Performance Scientific Computing.
Subjects they teach
High-Performance Computing
Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics
Required
Programme:
Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics
This course covers concepts of parallel processing: parallel architectures and programming models, shared memory and message transmission. Identifying parallels in applications, synchronisation methods, dependency analysis, task programming, collective communication and operations, parallel I/O. It shows students how to measure performance and energy consumption in parallel applications. Tools, programming languages, libraries and macros.
Code:
52326
Créditos:
5 ECTS
Language:
English
Type of subject: Required