
UCL for Code in Research
The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.
Podcasting since 2024 • 10 episodes
UCL for Code in Research
Latest Episodes
9/10 - Distributed Memory and Parallel Computing
Marc Hartung and I will discuss distributed memory in parallel computing in this episode, with tools like OpenMPI. We also discuss some of the hardware aspects around HPC systems and how shared and distributed memory computations differ....
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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38:10

8/10 When things happen all ... in parallel
Parallel programming is a huge, exciting and evolving field. Together with my guest Marc Hartung from Dive in Berlin, Germany, we try to cover some aspects of it: including OpenMP, how to synchronise data etc. Links:http...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:20

7/10 Oh please, make it faster...performance in C++
How can we measure the performance (run-time, memory usage etc) of our C++ code? And what does performance mean, anyway. These and other questions are the topic of this episode - with my guest Klaus Iglberger, C++ engineer, tutor and mentor.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:41

6/10 The code you're looking for is in ... the library
Software libraries play a crucial role in software development, and C++ is no exception. Klaus and I walk through the different aspects of building, using and selecting libraries. Links:https:...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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33:30

5/10 Classes and Design
Here we touch on some ways to build classes in C++ and how class design such as class hierarchies can help to make code more readable, more maintainable and less error prone (amongst other things). Klaus Iglberger and I also touch on design pat...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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33:44

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