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README.md

RAMP OpenCL

This contains the code for the OpenCL implementation of the timestep model. This can run with high performance on the GPU or CPU.

User Interface

Although the core model has been implemented in OpenCL C, everything else including:

  • OpenCL device and buffer management
  • UI
  • Snapshot Save/Load
  • Unit Tests

Has been written in python, using python wrappers already available through pip. You shouldn't need an in depth knowledge of OpenCL to read the kernel code in ramp/kernels/, since it is mostly just C. However, you may find the following external documentation useful when reading this code base:

Installation

First, ensure you have git LFS installed, as we use this for version control of large binary snapshot files. Then simply git clone this repository, or download and unzip it to a location of your choosing. Note that when using the "Download Zip" option on GitHub, you may need to separately pull the git LFS files.

To install most dependencies, simply:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Additional steps, such as installing pyopencl, vary by operating system:

MacOS

pip install pyopencl

Linux

pip install pyopencl
OpenCL drivers

You may need to install OpenCL drivers by following the instructions in this forum answer.

GLFW

GLFW is a dependency for the UI. As well as installing the pip package (done by installing the requirements.txt) you may also need to run:

sudo apt-get install libglfw3
sudo apt-get install libglfw3-dev

Windows

Download the appropriate binary wheel from this website, ensure you choose the correct one for your python version, OpenCL 1.2 (cl112) compiled for a 64 bit architecture (win_amd64).

pip install $WHEEL_DOWNLOAD_PATH

Ensure you have OpenCL drivers installed. This should ship with your GPU drivers, or if you do not have a dedicated GPU, you may need to download Intel's OpenCL drivers.

Running

Once dependencies are installed, you can run using the microsim/main.py script. Please see further instructions in the main project README

Run tests with pytest

Ensure pytest is installed, then simply run the pytest command in the top level directory of the repo to run all the tests:

python -m pytest

Repo Layout

All source code is stored in the ramp/ directory, this includes OpenCL c kernel code, OpenGL shaders, and the python code for managing the UI and the simulation.

Directories

  • data/ - data for Devon, including Google mobility data, GAM initial cases data and MSOA risks.
  • doc/ - Documentation, eg. model design and explanation.
  • fonts/ - font files for the UI.
  • img/ - generated images and screenshots.
  • ramp/ - all source code is stored in this directory.
    • kernels/ - all OpenCL kernel code.
    • shaders/ - OpenGL shaders used for UI / visualisation.
    • important python files include:
      • ui.py and headless.py, which are both entry points for running the simulation.
      • simulator.py which is the wrapper for OpenCL and passes data to and from the OpenCL device.
      • inspector.py which contains the bulk of the UI and visualisation code.
  • snapshots/ - snapshots files which contain the initialisation state for all the buffers used in the simulation.
  • tests/ - python tests for individual OpenCL kernels.