CS 475: Parallel Programming, or an upper division parallel programming course.

This is a graduate level course on parallel computing with the objective to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts, techniques and tools of parallel computing. Participation in this course will enable you to better use parallel computing in your application area, and will prepare you to take advanced courses in more specific areas of parallel computing. The schedule page contains the weekly schedule, links to lecture notes, quizzes, homework etc.

NOTICE ONE: The lecture notes are brief. They are not meant to be complete study material, but initial pointers to what needs to be studied. For more complete material, see the resources page.

NOTICE TWO: The quizzes are worth very few points, and we DROP your worst three quiz results. They are there for you to make sure you are getting the material, and whether you are studying enough.

Upon completion of this course you will

• be able to understand and employ the fundamental concepts and mechanisms which form the basis of the design of parallel computation models and algorithms.
• be able to recognize problems and limitations to parallel systems, as well as possible solutions.
• be familiar with some of the relevant papers in the area of parallel algorithms and systems, both current and classic.