COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming (Spring

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2023)

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

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Week	Day	Date (

2022

2023)	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

09	Lecture 1: Introduction

 

 

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	Wed	Jan

12

11	Lecture 2:  Functional Programming

GList.java 

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	Fri	Jan

14

13	Lecture 3: Higher order functions

 

worksheet3

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2	Mon	Jan

17

16	No class: MLK

         

	Wed	Jan

19

18	Lecture 4: Lazy Computation

LazyList.java

Lazy.java

 

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Fri

Jan

21

20	Lecture 5: Java Streams

  

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Homework 1

 

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3	Mon	Jan

24

23

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

25

Lecture 7: Futures

Module 1: Section 2.1

Topic 2.1 Lecture , Topic 2.1 Demonstration

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	Fri	Jan

28

27	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

30

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

01	Lecture 10: Event-based programming model

 

   

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Homework 1

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	Fri	Feb

04

03	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

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Homework 2

WS11-solution

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5	Mon	Feb

07

06	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

08	Lecture 13:

Parallel Speedup, Critical Path, Amdahl's Law

Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulators

Module 1: Section

1

2.

5

3

Topic

1

2.

5

3 Lecture

,

Topic

1

2.

5

 

3 Demonstration

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Fri

Feb

11

10	No class: Spring Recess

 

        

6	Mon	Feb

14

13	Lecture 14:

Lightweight task parallelism. Finish/asyncModule 1: Section 1.1Topic 1.1 Lecture   Topic 1.1 Demonstration

 

Recursive Task Parallelism

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Wed

Feb

16

15	Lecture 15:

Recursive Task Parallelism    worksheet15lec15-slides

 

 

    FriFeb 18

Lecture 16: Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulators

Module 1: Section 2.3Topic 2.3 Lecture , Topic 2.3 Demonstrationworksheet16 lec16-slidesHomework 3Homework 2  

7

Mon

Feb 21

Lecture 17: Midterm Review

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Wed

Feb 23

Lecture 18

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	worksheet15	lec15-slides		Homework 2	WS15-solution
	Fri	Feb 17	Lecture 16: Limitations of Functional parallelism. Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy

   

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Fri

Feb 25 

Lecture 19: Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism

Module 1: Sections 2.5, 2.6

Homework 3		WS16-solution
7	Mon	Feb 20	Lecture 17: Midterm Review				lec17-slides
	Wed	Feb 22	Lecture 18: Midterm Review				lec18-slides			WS18-solution
	Fri	Feb 24	Lecture 19: Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern		Topic 2.7

Topic 2.5

Lecture, Topic 2.

5

7 Demonstration, Topic 2.

6

8 Lecture, Topic 2.

6  

8 Demonstration,

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8	Mon	Feb

28

27

Lecture 20: Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections Global lock

Module 2: Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6

Topic 5.1 Lecture, Topic 5.1 Demonstration, Topic 5.2 Lecture, Topic 5.2 Demonstration, Topic 5.6 Lecture, Topic 5.6 Demonstration

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Wed

Mar

02

01	Lecture 21:

N-Body problem, applications and implementations worksheet21lec21-slides    

 

Fri

Mar 04

Lecture 22: Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern

Atomic variables, Synchronized statements	Module 2: Sections 5.4, 7.2	Topic 5.4 Lecture, Topic 5.4 Demonstration, Topic 7.2 Lecture	worksheet21	lec21-slides		Homework 3	WS21-solution
	Fri	Mar 03	Lecture 22: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms			worksheet22	lec22-slides	Homework 4		WS22-solution
9	Mon	Mar 06	Lecture 23: Java Threads and Locks	Module 2: Sections

2

7.1, 7

, 2

.

8

3

Topic

2

7.

7

1 Lecture, Topic

2.

7

Demonstration, Topic 2

.

8 Lecture, Topic 2.8 Demonstration,

3 Lecture

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Homework 4

Homework 3

  

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	Wed	Mar 08	Lecture 24: Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees

9

Mon

Mar 07

Lecture 23:  Locks, Atomic variables

Module 2: 7.

3

5

Topic 7.

3

5 Lecture

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	Fri	Mar 10	Lecture 25: Dining Philosophers Problem

 

  

 

Wed

Mar 09

Lecture 24: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms

  worksheet24 lec24-slides 

 

  

 

Fri

Mar 11

 Lecture 25: Linearizability of Concurrent Objects

	Module 2: 7.6	Topic 7.6 Lecture	worksheet25	lec25-slides			WS25-solution
	Mon	Mar 13	No class: Spring Break
	Wed	Mar 15	No class: Spring Break
	Fri	Mar 17	No class: Spring Break
10	Mon	Mar 20	Lecture 26: N-Body problem, applications and implementations			worksheet26	lec26-slides			WS26-solution
	Wed	Mar 22	Lecture 27: Read-Write Locks, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects	Module 2: 7.3,

Module 2:

7.4	Topic 7.3 Lecture, Topic 7.4 Lecture

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Mon

Mar 14

No class: Spring Break

     

 

   WedMar 16No class: Spring Break    

 

   

 

Fri

Mar 18

No class: Spring Break

     

 

  

10

Mon

Mar 21

Lecture 26: Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees

Module 2: 7.5Topic 7.5 Lecture worksheet26lec26-slides     

 

Wed

Mar 23

Lecture 27: Dining Philosophers Problem

Module 2: 7.6Topic 7.4 Lecture Topic 7.6 Lecture worksheet27lec27-slides

 

   

 

Fri

Mar 25

Lecture 28: Read-Write Pattern. Read-Write Locks. Fairness & starvation

Module 2: 7.3, 7.5Topic 7.3 Lecture, Topic 7.5 Lecture, worksheet28lec28-slides

 

 

 

  

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

	Fri	Mar 24	Lecture 28: Message-Passing programming model with Actors	Module 2: 6.1, 6.2	Topic 6.1 Lecture, Topic 6.1 Demonstration,   Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration	worksheet28	lec28-slides			WS28-solution
11	Mon	Mar 27	Lecture 29: 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	worksheet29	lec29-slides			WS29-solution
	Wed	Mar 29	Lecture 30: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy			worksheet30	lec30-slides		Homework 4	WS30-solution
	Fri	Mar 31	Lecture 31

Lecture 32

: 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

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Homework 5		WS31-solution
12	Mon	Apr 03	Lecture 32: Barrier

 

Wed

Apr 06

Lecture 33: Barrier Synchronization with phasers

Module 1: Section 3.4

Topic 3.4 Lecture ,   Topic 3.4 Demonstration

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Fri

Apr 08

Lecture 34:  Stencil computation. Point-to-point

Synchronization with Phasers

Module 1:

Section 4

Section 3.

2,

4

.3Topic 4.2 Lecture ,   Topic 4.2 Demonstration, Topic 4.3

Topic 3.4 Lecture,  Topic 3.4

.3

Demonstration

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	Wed	Apr 05	Lecture 33:  Stencil computation. Point-to-point Synchronization with Phasers	Module 1: Section 4.2, 4.3	Topic 4.2 Lecture, Topic 4.2 Demonstration, Topic 4.3 Lecture,  Topic 4.3 Demonstration	worksheet33	lec33-slides			WS33-solution
	Fri	Apr 07	Lecture 34: Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers	Module 1: Section 4.1	Topic 4.1 Lecture, Topic 4.1 Demonstration	worksheet34	lec34-slides			WS34-solution
13	Mon	Apr 10	Lecture 35

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

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   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

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	Wed	Apr 12	Lecture 36: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum			worksheet36	lec36-slides			WS36-solution
	Fri	Apr 14	Lecture 37: Parallel Prefix Sum applications			worksheet37	lec37-slides

 

14	Mon	Apr

18

17	Lecture 38: Overview of other models and frameworks

   

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	Wed	Apr

20

19	Lecture 39: Course Review (Lectures 19-38)

    

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Homework 5
	Fri	Apr

22

21	Lecture 40: Course Review (Lectures 19-38)

   lec40-slides Homework 5 

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Lab Schedule

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