HPC Prac4

The assignment focuses on developing high-performance computing (HPC) applications for the AI/ML domain, providing students with practical skills in algorithms, programming, and hardware optimization. Key steps include problem formulation, hardware and software selection, data preparation, model training, evaluation, and performance tuning. Successful implementation requires a strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, programming proficiency, and knowledge of hardware architectures.

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Assignment No: 4

Title of the Assignment: Implement PC application for Al/ML domain.

Objective of the Assignment: Students get hands-on experience in developing high-performance

computing applications for the Al/ML domain. By completing this assignment, students will gain
practical skills in Al/ML algorithms and models, programming languages, hardware architectures,
data preprocessing and management, HPC system administration, and optimization and tuning.

Prerequisite:

1. Knowledge of AI/ML algorithms and models: A deep understanding of Al/ML algorithms and
models is essential to design and implement an HPC application that can efficiently perform large-
scale training and inference. This requires knowledge of statistical methods, linear algebra,
optimization techniques, and deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet.

2. Proficiency in programming languages: Proficiency in programming languages such as C+, Python,

and CUDA is essential to develop an HPC application for AI/ML. It is also necéssary to have expertise
in parallel programming techniques, such as OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, and OpenCL.

3. Knowledge of hardware architectures: Knowledge of different hardware architectures, such as

CPU, GPU, FPGA, and ASIC, is essential to select the most suitable hardware platform for the HPC
application. It is also necessary to have expertise in optimizing the HPC application for specific
hardware architectures.

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Contents for Theory:

High-performance computing (HPC) is a critical component of many AI/ML applications, particularly

those that require large-scale training and inference on massive datasets. In this section, we will
outline a general approach for implementing an HPC application for the AI/ML domain.

Problem Formulation: The first step in implementing an HPC application for Al/ML is to formulate the
problem as a set of mathematical and computational tasks that can be parallelized and optimized.

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This involves defining the problem domain, selecting appropriate algorithms and models, and
determining the computational and memory requirements.

Hardware Selection: The next step is to select the appropriate hardware platform for the HPC
application. This involves considering the available hardware options, such as CPU, GPU, FPGA, and
ASIC, and selecting the most suitable option based on the performance, cost, power consumption,
and scalability requirements.

Software Framework Selection: Once the hardware platform has been selected, the next step is to
choose the appropriate software framework for the Al/ML application. This involves considering the
available options, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, MXNet, and Caffe, and selecting the most suitable
framework based on the programming language, performance, ease of use, and community support.

Data Preparation and Preprocessing: Before training or inference can be performed, the data must be
prepared and preprocessed. This involves cleaning the data, normalizing and scaling the data, and
splitting the data into training, validation, and testing sets. The data must also be stored in a format
that is compatible with the selected software framework.

Model Training or Inference: The main computational task in an AI/ML application is model training
or inference. In an HPC application, this task is parallelized and optimized to take advantage of the
available hardware resources. This involves breaking the model into smaller tasks that can be
parallelized, using techniques such as data parallelism, model parallelism, or pipeline parallelism. The
performance of the application is optimized by reducing the communication overhead between
nodes or GPUs, balancing the workload among nod.'s, and optimizing the memory access patterns.

Model Evaluation: After the model has been trained or inference has been performed, the
performance of the model must be evaluated. This involves computing the accuracy, precision, recall,
and other metrics on the validation and testing sets. The performance of the HPC application is
evaluated by measuring the speedup, scalability, and efficiency of the parallelized tasks.

Optimization and Tuning: Finally, the HPC application must be optimized and tuned to achieve the
best possible performance. This involves profiling the code to identify bottlenecks and optimizing the
code using techniques such as loop unrolling, vectorization, and cache optimization. The
performance of the application is also affected by the choice of hyperparameters, such as the
learning rate, batch size, and regularization strength, which must be tuned using techniques such as
grid search or Bayesian optimization.

Conclusion:

Implementing an HPC application for the AI/ML domain involves formulating the problem, selecting
the hardware and software frameworks, preparing and pre-processing the data, parallelizing and
optimizing the model training or inference tasks, evaluating the model performance, and optimizing
and tuning the HPC application for maximum performance. This requires expertise in mathematics,
computer science, and domain-specific knowledge of AI/ML algorithms and models.