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Dmitri G Fedorov¹, Buu Q Pham²

¹Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials (CD-FMat), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umenzono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.

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This study introduces novel multi-level parallelization strategies for quantum chemistry calculations, achieving high efficiency on supercomputers. These methods enhance computational performance for complex ab initio quantum chemistry approaches.

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Area of Science:

Computational Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
High-Performance Computing

Background:

Quantum-mechanical calculations are computationally intensive, requiring efficient parallelization strategies.
Existing methods may not fully exploit hierarchical computational resources.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and discuss strategies for multi-level parallelization of quantum-mechanical calculations.
To explore the application of these strategies to ab initio quantum chemistry methods.
To introduce efficient load balancing techniques for varying problem granularities.

Main Methods:

Development of a four-level parallelization strategy using multi-level hierarchical grouping.
Application of parallel programming models to fragment molecular orbital (FMO) and replica-exchange molecular dynamics (REMD).
Implementation and testing on the Theta supercomputer.

Main Results:

Achieved high parallel efficiency on the Theta supercomputer.
Demonstrated successful application to FMO and REMD methods.
Validated the effectiveness of the four-level parallelization and load balancing strategies.

Conclusions:

The proposed multi-level parallelization strategies are effective for accelerating quantum-mechanical calculations.
Hierarchical grouping and efficient load balancing are key to achieving high parallel efficiency.
These advancements enable more complex and accurate ab initio quantum chemistry simulations.