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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, Jerry, KailinRA, 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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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
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 |
Mon
Feb 06
, |
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 |
Mon
Feb 13
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 |
Lecture 15: Recursive Task Parallelism
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 |
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Mon
Feb 20
Lecture 17: Midterm Review
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 | Lecture 17: Midterm Review | lec17-slides | |||||||
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Wed | Feb 21 | Lecture 18: Midterm Review | lec18-slides | ||||||||
Fri | Feb 23 | 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 26 | Lecture 20: 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 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 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 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-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 | 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 |
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Mon
Feb 27
Lecture 20: Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections
Global lock
Wed
Mar 01
Lecture 21: Atomic variables, Synchronized statements
Module 2: Sections 5.4, 7.2
Fri
Mar 03
Lecture 22: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms
9
Mon
Mar 06
Lecture 23: Java Threads and Locks
Topic 7.1 Lecture, Topic 7.3 Lecture
Wed
Mar 08
Lecture 24: Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees
Fri
Mar 10
Mon
No class: Spring Break
Fri
Mar 17
No class: Spring Break
10
Mon
Mar 20
Lecture 26: N-Body problem, applications and implementations
Wed
Mar 22
Lecture 27: Read-Write Locks, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects
Fri
Mar 24
Lecture 28: Message-Passing programming model with Actors
11
Mon
Mar 27
Lecture 29: Active Object Pattern. Combining Actors with task parallelism
Wed
Mar 29
Lecture 30: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy
Fri
Mar 31
Lecture 31: Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop Chunking
12
Mon
Apr 03
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
Fri
Apr 07
Lecture 34: Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers
13
Mon
Apr 10
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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 | Futures | lab3-handout | - | Feb 06 | No lab this week (Spring Recess)||
4 | Feb | 1305 | Data-Driven Tasks | lab4-handout | |||
- | Feb 12 | No lab this week | |||||
- | Feb 2019 | No lab this week (Midterm Exam) | |||||
5 | Feb 2726 | Loop Parallelism Async / Finish | lab5-handout | image kernels | |||
6 | Mar 0604 | Recursive Task Cutoff Strategy | lab6-handout | ||||
- | Mar 1311 | No lab this week (Spring Break) | |||||
7 | Mar 2018 | Java Threads | lab7-handout | ||||
8 | Mar 2725 | Concurrent Lists | lab8-handout | ||||
9 | Apr 0301 | Actors | lab9-handout | ||||
10- | Apr 10 | Loop Parallelism | 08 | No lab this week (Solar Eclipse) lab10-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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