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COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming (Spring
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2024)
Instructor: | Mackale Joyner, DH 2063 | TAs: | Mohamed Abead, Chase Hartsell, Taha Hasan, Harrison Huang, Jerry Jiang, Jasmine Lee, Michelle Lee, Hung Nguyen, Quang Nguyen, Ryan Ramos, Oscar Reynozo, Delaney Schultz, Tina Wen, Raiyan Zannat, Kailin ZhangHaotian Dang, Andrew Ondara, Stefan Boskovic, Huzaifa Ali, Raahim Absar |
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Piazza site: | https://piazza.com/rice/spring2023spring2024/comp322 (Piazza is the preferred medium for all course communications) | Cross-listing: | ELEC 323 |
Lecture location: | Herzstein AmphitheaterAmp | Lecture times: | MWF 1:00pm - 1:50pm |
Lab locations: | Mon (Herzstein AmpBrockman 101) , Tue (Keck 100Herzstein Amp) | Lab times: | Mon 3:00pm - 3:50pm (RaiyanSB, Oscar, Mohamed, Ryan, Michelle, Taha, Jasmine)HA, AO) Tue 4Tue 4:00pm - 4:50pm 50pm (Tina, Delaney, Chase, Hung, JerryRA, HD) |
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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- 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
Week | Day | Date ( |
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2024) | Lecture | Assigned Reading | Assigned Videos (see Canvas site for video links) | In-class Worksheets | Slides | Work Assigned | Work Due | Worksheet Solutions | |
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1 | Mon | Jan |
08 | Lecture 1: Introduction | worksheet1 | lec1- |
slides | WS1-solution | |||
Wed | Jan |
10 | Lecture 2: Functional Programming | worksheet2 | lec02-slides | WS2-solution | |||||
Fri | Jan |
12 | Lecture 3: Higher order functions | worksheet3 | lec3- |
slides | WS3-solution | |||
2 | Mon | Jan |
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15 | No class: MLK | ||||||||
Wed | Jan |
17 | Lecture 4: Lazy Computation | worksheet4 | lec4-slides | WS4-solution | |||||
Fri | Jan |
19 | Lecture 5: Java Streams | worksheet5 | lec5-slides | Homework 1 | WS5-solution | ||||
3 | Mon | Jan |
22 | Lecture 6: Map Reduce with Java Streams | Module 1: Section 2.4 | Topic 2.4 Lecture, Topic 2.4 Demonstration | worksheet6 | lec6-slides | WS6-solution | |||
Wed | Jan |
24 | Lecture 7: Futures | Module 1: Section 2.1 | Topic 2.1 Lecture , Topic 2.1 Demonstration | worksheet7 | lec7-slides | WS7-solution | |||
Fri | Jan |
26 | Lecture 8: Async, Finish, Computation Graphs |
Module 1: Sections 1. |
1, 1. |
2 | Topic 1. |
1 Lecture, Topic 1. |
1 Demonstration, Topic 1. |
2 Lecture, Topic 1. |
2 Demonstration | worksheet8 |
lec8-slides | WS8-solution | |||
4 | Mon | Jan |
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29 | Lecture 9: |
Ideal Parallelism, |
Data-Driven Tasks | Module 1: Section 1. |
3, 4.5 | Topic 1. |
3 Lecture, Topic 1. |
3 Demonstration, Topic 4.5 Lecture, Topic 4.5 Demonstration | worksheet9 | lec9-slides | WS9-solution | |||
Wed |
Jan 31 | Lecture 10: Event-based programming model | worksheet10 | lec10-slides | Homework 1 | WS10-solution | ||||
Fri | Feb |
02 | Lecture 11: GUI programming |
futures/callbacks in GUI programming
, Scheduling/executing computation graphs | Module 1: Section 1.4 | Topic 1.4 Lecture , Topic 1.4 Demonstration | worksheet11 |
lec11-slides | Homework 2 | WS11-solution | ||
5 | Mon | Feb |
05 | Lecture 12: |
Abstract performance metrics, Parallel Speedup, Amdahl's Law | Module 1: Section 1. |
5 | Topic 1. |
5 Lecture , Topic 1. |
5 Demonstration | worksheet12 | lec12-slides | WS12-solution | |||
Wed | Feb |
07 | Lecture 13: |
Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulators | Module 1: Section |
2. |
3 | Topic |
2. |
3 Lecture |
Topic |
2. |
3 Demonstration | worksheet13 | lec13-slides | WS13-solution | |||
Fri | Feb |
09 | No class: Spring Recess | ||||||||
6 | Mon | Feb |
12 | Lecture 14: |
Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism | Module 1: |
Sections 2.5, 2. |
6 | Topic 2.5 Lecture , Topic 2.5 Demonstration, Topic 2. |
6 Lecture, Topic 2. |
6 Demonstration | worksheet14 | lec14-slides | WS14-solution | |||
Wed | Feb |
14 | Lecture 15: |
Limitations of Functional parallelism. | worksheet15 | lec15-slides | Homework 2 | WS15-solution | ||||
Fri | Feb |
16 | Lecture 16: |
Recursive Task Parallelism | worksheet16 | lec16-slides | Homework 3 | WS16-solution | ||||
7 | Mon | Feb 19 |
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7
Mon
Lecture 17: Midterm Review | lec17-slides | ||||||||
Wed | Feb |
21 | Lecture 18: |
Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy
Midterm Review | lec18-slides | |||||||
Fri | Feb 23 |
Fri
Lecture 19: Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern |
Topic 2.7 Lecture, Topic 2.7 Demonstration, Topic 2.8 Lecture, Topic 2.8 Demonstration |
worksheet19 | lec19-slides | WS19-solution | ||||
8 | Mon | Feb |
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26 | Lecture 20: |
Global lock
Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop Chunking | Module 1: Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 | Topic 3.1 Lecture, Topic |
3.1 Demonstration , Topic |
3.2 Lecture, |
Topic 3.2 Demonstration, Topic |
3. |
3 Lecture, |
Topic 3. |
3 Demonstration | worksheet20 | lec20-slides |
WS20-solution | ||||
Wed |
Feb 28 | Lecture 21: |
Barrier Synchronization with Phasers | Module |
1: Sections |
3.4 | Topic |
3.4 Lecture, Topic |
3.4 Demonstration |
worksheet21 |
lec21-slides | WS21-solution | |||
Fri | Mar |
01 | Lecture 22: |
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 |
worksheet22 | lec22-slides |
WS22-solution | ||||
9 | Mon | Mar |
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04 | Lecture 23: |
Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers | Module |
1: |
Section 4.1 |
Topic 4 |
.1 Lecture, Topic |
4. |
1 Demonstration | worksheet23 | lec23-slides | Homework 3 (CP 1) | WS23-solution | ||
Wed | Mar |
06 | Lecture 24: |
Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections | 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 | No class: Spring Break | ||||||||
Wed | Mar |
13 | No class: Spring Break | ||||||||
Fri | Mar |
15 | No class: Spring Break | ||||||||
10 | Mon | Mar |
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18 | Lecture 26: |
Java Threads and Locks | Module 2: Sections 7.1, 7.3 | Topic 7.1 Lecture, Topic 7.3 Lecture | worksheet26 | lec26-slides | WS26-solution | |||
Wed | Mar |
20 | Lecture 27: Read-Write Locks, |
Soundness and progress guarantees | Module 2: Section 7.3 |
Topic 7.3 Lecture, Topic 7. |
5 Lecture | worksheet27 | lec27-slides | Homework 3 (CP 2) | WS27-solution | ||
Fri | Mar |
22 | Lecture 28: |
Dining Philosophers Problem | Topic 7.6 Lecture | worksheet28 | lec28 |
-slides | WS28-solution | |||
11 | Mon | Mar |
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25 | Lecture 29: |
Linearizability of Concurrent Objects | Module 2: |
Sections 7.4 | Topic |
7.4 Lecture |
worksheet29 | lec29-slides | WS29-solution | ||||
Wed | Mar |
27 | Lecture 30: |
Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms | worksheet30 | lec30-slides | WS30 |
Fri
Mar 31
Lecture 31: Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop Chunking
Homework 4
-solution |
12
Mon
Fri | Mar 29 |
Lecture |
Wed
Apr 05
Lecture 33: Stencil computation. Point-to-point Synchronization with Phasers
Topic 4.2 Lecture, Topic 4.2 Demonstration, Topic 4.3 Lecture, Topic 4.3 Demonstration
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 | |
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Wed | Apr 03 | Lecture 33: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy | worksheet33 | lec33-slides | WS33-solution | ||||||
Fri | Apr 05 | Lecture 34 |
Fri
Apr 07
Lecture 34: Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers
13
Mon
Apr 10
: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism |
worksheet34 |
lec34-slides |
WS34-solution | |||||||||||
13 | Mon | Apr 08 | No class: Solar Eclipse | ||||||||
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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 |
lec37-slides | |||||||
Wed | Apr |
17 | Lecture |
38: Course Review (Lectures 19- |
34) |
lec38-slides | Homework 4 (All) | ||||
Fri | Apr |
19 | Lecture |
39: Course Review (Lectures 19- |
34) |
lec39-slides |
Lab Schedule
Lab # | Date (2023) | Topic | Handouts | Examples | |||
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1 | Jan 0908 | Infrastructure setup | lab0-handout lab1-handout | ||||
- | Jan 1615 | No lab this week (MLK) | |||||
2 | Jan 2322 | Functional Programming | lab2-handout | ||||
3 | Jan 3029 | Java StreamsFutures | lab3-handout | ||||
4 | Feb 0605 | Data-Driven TasksFutures | lab4-handout | ||||
5- | Feb 13 | Data-Driven Tasks | 12 | No lab this week | |||
- | Feb 2019 | No lab this week (Midterm Exam) | |||||
65 | Feb 27 | Async / Finish | lab6-handout | 26 | Loop Parallelism | lab5-handout | image kernels |
6 | Mar 04 | 7 | Mar 06 | Recursive Task Cutoff Strategy | lab7lab6-handout | ||
- | Mar 1311 | No lab this week (Spring Break) | |||||
87 | Mar 2018 | Java Threads | lab8lab7-handout | ||||
98 | Mar 2725 | Concurrent Lists | lab9lab8-handout | ||||
109 | Apr 0301 | Actors | lab10lab9-handout | ||||
11- | Apr 10 | Loop Parallelism | 08 | No lab this week (Solar Eclipse) lab11-handout | |||
- | Apr 1715 | No lab this week |
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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