COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming (Spring

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2024)

Course Syllabus

A summary PDF file containing the course syllabus for the course can be found here.  Much of the syllabus information is also included below in this course web site, along with some additional details that are not included in the syllabus.

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There are no required textbooks for the class. Instead, lecture handouts are provided for each module as follows.  You are expected to read the relevant sections in each lecture handout before coming to the lecture.  We will also provide a number of references in the slides and handouts.The links to the latest versions of the lecture handouts are included below:

• Module 1 handout (Parallelism)
• Module 2 handout (Concurrency)

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• Fork-Join Parallelism with a Data-Structures Focus (FJP) by Dan Grossman (Chapter 7 in Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing)
• Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz with Tim Peierls, Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, David Holmes and Doug Lea
• Principles of Parallel Programming by Calvin Lin and Lawrence Snyder
• The Art of Multiprocessor Programming by Maurice Herlihy and Nir Shavit

Lecture Schedule

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Week	Day	Date (

2022

2024)	Lecture	Assigned Reading	Assigned Videos (see Canvas site for video links)	In-class Worksheets	Slides	Work Assigned	Work Due	Worksheet Solutions

 

1	Mon	Jan

10

08	Lecture 1: Introduction

 

 

worksheet1

lec1-slides

 

 

WS1-solution

  

	Wed	Jan

12

10	Lecture 2:  Functional Programming

GList.java 

worksheet2

lec02-slides

 

 

WS2-solution

  

	Fri	Jan

14worksheet3 

12	Lecture 3: Higher order functions

  

worksheet3

lec3-slides

 

 

WS3-solution

 

2	Mon	Jan

17

15	No class: MLK

         

	Wed	Jan

19

17	Lecture 4: Lazy Computation

LazyList.java

Lazy.java

 

worksheet4

lec4-slides

  

 

WS4-solution

 

Fri

Jan

21

19	Lecture 5: Java Streams

  

worksheet5

lec5-slides

Homework 1

 

WS5-solution

 

3	Mon	Jan

24

22

Lecture 6: Map Reduce with Java Streams

Module 1: Section 2.4

Topic 2.4 Lecture, Topic 2.4 Demonstration

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	Wed	Jan

26

24

Lecture 7: Futures

Module 1: Section 2.1

Topic 2.1 Lecture , Topic 2.1 Demonstration

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	Fri	Jan

28

26	Lecture 8:  Async, Finish, Computation Graphs

, Ideal Parallelism

Module 1: Sections 1.

2

1, 1.

3

2

Topic 1.

2

1 Lecture, Topic 1.

2

1 Demonstration, Topic 1.

3

2 Lecture, Topic 1.

3

2 Demonstration

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4	Mon

 

Jan

31

29

Lecture 9: Ideal Parallelism, Data-Driven Tasks

Module 1: Section 1.

1

3, 4.5

 

Topic 1.

1

3 Lecture, Topic 1.

1  

3 Demonstration, Topic 4.5 Lecture, Topic 4.5 Demonstration

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	Wed

Feb 02

Jan 31

Lecture 10: Event-based programming model

 

  

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	Homework 1	WS10-solution
	Fri	Feb

04

02	Lecture 11: GUI programming

as an example of event-based,
futures/callbacks in GUI programming

, Scheduling/executing computation graphs

Module 1: Section 1.4

Topic 1.4 Lecture , Topic 1.4 Demonstration

   

worksheet11

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Homework 2

Homework 1 

WS11-solution
5	Mon	Feb

07

05	Lecture 12:

Scheduling/executing computation graphs

Abstract performance metrics, Parallel Speedup, Amdahl's Law

Module 1: Section 1.

4

5

Topic 1.

4

5 Lecture , Topic 1.

4

5 Demonstration

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	Wed	Feb

09

07	Lecture 13:

Lightweight task parallelism

Accumulation and reduction. Finish

/async

accumulators

Module 1: Section

1

2.

1

3

Topic

1

2.

1

3 Lecture

,

Topic

1

2.

1  

3 Demonstration

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	Fri	Feb

11

09	No class: Spring Recess

 

        

6	Mon	Feb

14

12	Lecture 14:

Parallel Speedup, Critical Path, Amdah's Law

Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism

Module 1:

Section 1

Sections 2.5, 2.6

Topic

1

2.5 Lecture ,  Topic

1

 

2.5 Demonstration,  Topic 2.6 Lecture,  Topic 2.6 Demonstration

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Wed

Feb

16

14	Lecture 15:

Recursive Task Parallelism    

Limitations of Functional parallelism. Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy

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Homework 2

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	Fri	Feb

18

16	Lecture 16:

Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulatorsModule 1: Section 2.3Topic 2.3 Lecture , Topic 2.3 Demonstration 

Recursive Task Parallelism

worksheet16

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Homework 3

Homework 2 

WS16-solution
7	Mon	Feb

21

19	Lecture 17: Midterm Review

   

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	Wed	Feb

23

21	Lecture 18:

Limitations of Functional parallelism.
Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy

Midterm Review

lec18-slides

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	Fri	Feb

25 

23	Lecture 19:

Data Races, Functional & Structural DeterminismModule 1: Sections 2.5, 2.6

Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern

Topic 2.

5

7 Lecture, Topic 2.

5

7 Demonstration, Topic 2.

6

8 Lecture, Topic 2.

6  

8 Demonstration

worksheet19

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8	Mon	Feb

28

26	Lecture 20:

Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections
Global lock Module 2: Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6 Topic 5

Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop Chunking

Module 1: Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Topic 3.1 Lecture, Topic

5

3.1 Demonstration , Topic

5

3.2 Lecture,

Topic 5

Topic 3.2 Demonstration, Topic

5

3.

6

3 Lecture,

Topic 5

Topic 3.

6

3 Demonstration

worksheet20

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	Wed	Feb 28

 

Wed

Mar 02

Lecture 21:

N-Body problem, applications and implementations

Barrier Synchronization with Phasers

Module 1: Sections 3.4

Topic 3.4 Lecture, Topic 3.4 Demonstration

worksheet21

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WS21-solution

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	Fri	Mar

04

01	Lecture 22:

Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern

Stencil computation. Point-to-point Synchronization with Phasers

Module 1: Sections 4.2, 4.3

Topic 4.2 Lecture, Topic 4.2 Demonstration, Topic 4.3 Lecture, Topic 4.3 Demonstration

Module 2: Sections 2.7, 2.8Topic 2.7 Lecture, Topic 2.7 Demonstration, Topic 2.8 Lecture, Topic 2.8 Demonstration,   

worksheet22

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Homework 4

Homework 3

 

WS22-solution
9	Mon	Mar

07

04	Lecture 23:

 Locks, Atomic variables

Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers

Module

2

1:

7

Section 4.

3

1	Topic 4.1 Lecture, Topic 4.1 Demonstration

Topic 7.3 Lecture

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Homework 3 (CP 1)

WS23-solution

 

	Wed	Mar

09

06	Lecture 24:

Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms

Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections Global lock	Module 2: Sections 5.1, 5.2	Topic 5.1 Lecture, Topic 5.1 Demonstration, Topic 5.2 Lecture, Topic 5.2 Demonstration, Topic 5.6 Lecture, Topic 5.6 Demonstration	worksheet24	lec24-slides			WS24-solution
	Fri	Mar 08	Lecture 25:  Atomic variables, Synchronized statements	Module 2: Sections 5.4, 7.2	Topic 5.4 Lecture, Topic 5.4 Demonstration, Topic 7.2 Lecture	worksheet25	lec25-slides			WS25-solution
	Mon	Mar 11

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Fri

Mar 11

 Lecture 25: Linearizability of Concurrent ObjectsModule 2: 7.4Topic 7.4 Lectureworksheet25lec25-slides 

 

   

Mon

Mar 14

No class: Spring Break

     

 

  

Wed

Mar

16

13	No class: Spring Break

    

 

   

	Fri	Mar 15

 

Fri

Mar 18

No class: Spring Break

     

 

  

10	Mon	Mar

21

18	Lecture 26: Java Threads and Locks

- Soundness and progress guarantees

Module 2: Sections 7.

5

1, 7.3

Topic 7.

5  

1 Lecture, Topic 7.3 Lecture

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	Wed	Mar

23

20	Lecture 27:

Dining Philosophers Problem

Read-Write Locks,  Soundness and progress guarantees

Module 2: Section 7.

6

3

Topic 7.

4

3 Lecture, Topic 7.

6

5 Lecture

worksheet27

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	Homework 3 (CP 2)	WS27-solution
	Fri	Mar

25

22	Lecture 28:

Read-Write Pattern. Read-Write Locks. Fairness & starvation

Dining Philosophers Problem		Topic 7.6 Lecture	worksheet28	lec28-slides			WS28-solution
11	Mon	Mar 25	Lecture 29:  Linearizability of Concurrent Objects	Module 2: Sections 7.

3, 7.5

4

Topic 7.

3 Lecture, Topic 7.5 Lecture,

4 Lecture

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	Wed

 

  

11

Mon

Mar 28

Lecture 29: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy

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Wed

Mar 30

Lecture 30: Reactor Pattern. Web servers

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Fri

Apr 01

Lecture 31: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum, uses and algorithms

  worksheet31lec31-slidesHomework 5

Homework 4

  

12

Mon

Apr 04

Lecture 32: Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop ChunkingModule 1: Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3Topic 3.1 Lecture , Topic 3.1 Demonstration , Topic 3.2 Lecture,  Topic 3.2 Demonstration, Topic 3.3 Lecture,  Topic 3.3 Demonstrationworksheet32lec32-slides

 

 

  

 

Wed

Apr 06

Lecture 33: Barrier Synchronization with phasers

Module 1: Section 3.4

Topic 3.4 Lecture ,   Topic 3.4 Demonstration

worksheet33lec33-slides

 

   

 

Fri

Apr 08

Lecture 34:  Stencil computation. Point-to-point Synchronization with Phasers

Module 1: Section 4.2, 4.3Topic 4.2 Lecture ,   Topic 4.2 Demonstration, Topic 4.3 Lecture,  Topic 4.3 Demonstrationworksheet34lec34-slides 

 

  

13

Mon

Apr 11

Lecture 35: Message-Passing programming model with ActorsModule 2: 6.1, 6.2

Topic 6.1 Lecture ,   Topic 6.1 Demonstration ,   Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration

worksheet35lec35-slides

 

 

   WedApr 13Lecture 36: Active Object Pattern. Combining Actors with task parallelism Module 2: 6.3, 6.4

Topic 6.3 Lecture ,   Topic 6.3 Demonstration ,   Topic 6.4 Lecture, Topic 6.4 Demonstration

worksheet36lec36-slides     FriApr 15Lecture 37: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism  worksheet37lec37-slides    14MonApr 18Lecture 38 

Mar 27	Lecture 30:  Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms			worksheet30	lec30-slides			WS30-solution
	Fri	Mar 29	Lecture 31: Message-Passing programming model with Actors	Module 2: Sections 6.1, 6.2	Topic 6.1 Lecture, Topic 6.1 Demonstration,   Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration	worksheet31	lec31-slides			WS31-solution
12	Mon	Apr 01	Lecture 32: Active Object Pattern. Combining Actors with task parallelism	Module 2: Sections 6.3, 6.4	Topic 6.3 Lecture, Topic 6.3 Demonstration,   Topic 6.4 Lecture, Topic 6.4 Demonstration	worksheet32	lec32-slides	Homework 4	Homework 3 (All)	WS32-solution
	Wed	Apr 03	Lecture 33: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy			worksheet33	lec33-slides			WS33-solution
	Fri	Apr 05	Lecture 34: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism			worksheet34	lec34-slides			WS34-solution
13	Mon	Apr 08	No class: Solar Eclipse
	Wed	Apr 10	Lecture 35: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum			worksheet35	lec35-slides		Homework 4 (CP 1)	WS35-solution
	Fri	Apr 12	Lecture 36: Parallel Prefix Sum applications			worksheet36	lec36-slides			WS36-solution
14	Mon	Apr 15	Lecture 37: Overview of other models and frameworks

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	Wed	Apr

20

17

Lecture

39

38: Course Review (Lectures 19-

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34)

  

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	Homework 4 (All)
	Fri	Apr

22

19

Lecture

40

39: Course Review (Lectures 19-

38

34)

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 Homework 5  

Lab Schedule

Grading, Honor Code Policy, Processes and Procedures

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Labs must be submitted by the following Wednesday Monday at 4:30pm3pm.  Labs must be checked off by a TA.

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