COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming (Spring
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2023)
InstructorsInstructor: | Mackale Joyner, DH 2063 Zoran Budimlić, DH 3003 | TAs: | Adrienne Li, Austin Hushower, Claire Xu, Diep Hoang, Hunena Badat, Maki Yu, Mantej Singh, Rose Zhang, Victor Song, Yidi Wang |
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| Admin Assistant: | Annepha Hurlock, annepha@rice.edu , DH 3122, 713-348-5186 |
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| 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 Zhang | |||
Piazza site: | https://piazza.com/rice/spring2022/comp322 (Piazza is the preferred medium for all course communications) | Cross-listing: | ELEC 323 |
Lecture location: | Herzstein Amphitheater (online 1st 2 weeks)TBD | Lecture times: | MWF 1:00pm - 1:50pm |
Lab locations: | Keck 100 (online 1st 2 weeks)TBD | Lab times: | Mon 3:00pm - 3:50pm (Austin, Claire) Wed Tue 4:30pm 00pm - 54:20pm (Hunena, Mantej, Yidi, Victor, Rose, Adrienne, Diep, Maki50pm () |
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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Week | Day | Date (2022) | 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 1009 | Lecture 1: Introduction |
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| Wed | Jan 1211 | Lecture 2: Functional Programming | GList.java | worksheet2 | lec02-slides |
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| Fri | Jan 1413 | Lecture 3: Higher order functions | worksheet3 | lec3-slides |
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2 | Mon | Jan 1716 | No class: MLK | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | Jan 1918 | Lecture 4: Lazy Computation | LazyList.java Lazy.java | worksheet4 | lec4-slides | WS4-solution | |||||||||||||||||
| Fri | Jan 2120 | Lecture 5: Java Streams | worksheet5 | lec5-slides | Homework 1 | WS5-solution | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mon | Jan 2423 | Lecture 6: Map Reduce with Java Streams | Module 1: Section 2.4 | Topic 2.4 Lecture, Topic 2.4 Demonstration | worksheet6 | lec6-slides |
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| Wed | Jan 2625 | Lecture 7: Futures | Module 1: Section 2.1 | Topic 2.1 Lecture , Topic 2.1 Demonstration | worksheet7 | lec7-slides |
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| Fri | Jan 2827 | Lecture 8: Computation Graphs, Ideal Parallelism | Module 1: Sections 1.2, 1.3 | Topic 1.2 Lecture, Topic 1.2 Demonstration, Topic 1.3 Lecture, Topic 1.3 Demonstration | worksheet8 | lec8-slides | WS8-solution | ||||||||||||||||
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| Jan 3130 | Lecture 9: Async, Finish, Data-Driven Tasks | Module 1: Section 1.1, 4.5
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| Wed | Feb 0201 | Lecture 10: Event-based programming model
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| Fri | Feb 0403 | Lecture 11: GUI programming as an example of event-based, futures/callbacks in GUI programming | worksheet11 | lec11-slides | Homework 2 | Homework 1 | WS11-solution | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mon | Feb 0706 | Lecture 12: Scheduling/executing computation graphs Abstract performance metrics | Module 1: Section 1.4 | Topic 1.4 Lecture , Topic 1.4 Demonstration | worksheet12 | lec12-slides | WS12-solution | ||||||||||||||||
| Wed | Feb 0908 | Lecture 13: Parallel Speedup, Critical Path, Amdahl's Law | Module 1: Section 1.5 | Topic 1.5 Lecture , Topic 1.5 Demonstration | worksheet13 | lec13-slides | WS13-solution | ||||||||||||||||
| Fri | Feb 1110 | No class: Spring Recess
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| 6 | Mon | Feb 1413 | Lecture 14: Lightweight task parallelismAccumulation and reduction. Finish /asyncaccumulators | Module 1: Section 12.13 | Topic 12.1 3 Lecture Topic 12.1 3 Demonstration | worksheet14 | lec14-slides | WS14-solution | ||||||||||||||||
| Wed | Feb 1615 | Lecture 15: Recursive Task Parallelism | worksheet15 | lec15-slides |
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| Fri | Feb 1817 | Lecture 16: Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulatorsData Races, Functional & Structural Determinism | Module 1: Section Sections 2.5, 2.36 | Topic 2.5 Lecture , Topic 2.5 Demonstration, Topic 2.3 6 Lecture, Topic 2.3 6 Demonstration | worksheet16 | lec16-slides | Homework 3 | Homework 2 | WS16-solution | |||||||||||||||
7 | Mon | Feb 2120 | Lecture 17: Midterm Review | lec17-slides | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | Feb 2322 | Lecture 18: Limitations of Functional parallelism. | worksheet18 | lec18-slides | WS18-solution | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fri | Feb 25 24 | Lecture 19: Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern | Module 1: Sections 2.5, 2.6 | Topic 2.5 7 Lecture, Topic 2.5 7 Demonstration, Topic 2.6 8 Lecture, Topic 2.6 8 Demonstration, | worksheet19 | lec19-slides | WS19-solution | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Mon | Feb 2827 | Lecture 20: Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections | 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 | worksheet20 | l ec20lec20-slides | WS20-solution | ||||||||||||||||
| Wed | Mar 0201 | Lecture 21: N-Body problem, applications and implementations | 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 | WS21-solution | |||||||||||||||
| Fri | Mar 0403 | Lecture 22: Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern | Module 2: Sections 2.7, 2.8 | Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms | Topic 2.7 Lecture, Topic 2.7 Demonstration, Topic 2.8 Lecture, Topic 2.8 Demonstration, | worksheet22 | lec22-slides | Homework 4 | Homework 3 | WS22-solution | |||||||||||||
9 | Mon | Mar 0706 | Lecture 23: Locks, Atomic variables Java Threads and Locks | Module 2: Sections 7.1, 7.3 | Topic 7.3 Lecture 1 Lecture, Topic 7.3 Lecture | worksheet23 | lec23-slides |
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| Wed | Mar 0908 | Lecture 24: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms | Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees | Module 2: 7.5 | Topic 7.5 Lecture | worksheet24 | lec24-slides |
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| Fri | Mar 1110 | Lecture 25: Linearizability of Concurrent Objects Dining Philosophers Problem | Module 2: 7.46 | Topic 7.4 6 Lecture | worksheet25 | lec25-slides |
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Mon | Mar 1413 | No class: Spring Break |
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| Wed | Mar 1615 | No class: Spring Break |
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| Fri | Mar 1817 | No class: Spring Break |
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10 | Mon | Mar 2120 | Lecture 26: Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees | Module 2: 7.5 | N-Body problem, applications and implementations | Topic 7.5 Lecture | worksheet26 | lec26-slides | WS26-solution | |||||||||||||||
| Wed | Mar 2322 | Lecture 27: Dining Philosophers Problem Read-Write Locks, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects | Module 2: 7.3, 7.64 | Topic 7.4 3 Lecture, Topic 7.6 4 Lecture | worksheet27 | lec27-slides |
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| Fri | Mar 2524 | Lecture 28: Read-Write Pattern. Read-Write Locks. Fairness & starvation Message-Passing programming model with Actors | Module 2: 76.31, 76.52 | Topic 76.3 1 Lecture, Topic 7.5 Lecture, 6.1 Demonstration, Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration | worksheet28 | lec28-slides |
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11 | Mon | Mar 2827 | Lecture 29: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy | 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 |
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| Wed | Mar 3029 | Lecture 30: Reactor Pattern. Web servers Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy | worksheet30 | lec30-slides |
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| FriApr | 01Mar 31 | 12 | Mon | Apr 04 | Lecture 32: Data-Parallel Lecture 31: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum, uses and algorithms | worksheet31 | lec31-slides | Homework 5 | Homework 4 | 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 | worksheet32worksheet31 | lec32lec31-slides | Homework 5 |
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12 | WedMon | Apr 0603 | Lecture 3332: Barrier Synchronization with phasersPhasers | Module 1: Section 3.4 | Topic 3.4 Lecture Lecture, Topic Topic 3.4 Demonstration | worksheet33worksheet32 | lec33lec32-slides |
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| FriWed | Apr 0805 | Lecture 3433: 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 | worksheet34worksheet33lec34 | lec33-slides |
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| 13 | MonFri | Apr 1107 | Lecture 35: Message-Passing programming model with Actors | Module 2: 6.1, 6.2 | 34: Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers | Module 1: Section 4.1 | Topic 4Topic 6.1 Lecture, Topic 64.1 Demonstration | worksheet34 | lec34-slides |
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13 | Mon | Apr 10 | Lecture 35: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism | , Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration | worksheet35 | lec35-slides |
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| Wed | Apr 1312 | Lecture 36: Active Object Pattern. Combining Actors with task parallelism | Module 2: 6.3, 6.4 | Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum | Topic 6.3 Lecture , Topic 6.3 Demonstration , Topic 6.4 Lecture, Topic 6.4 Demonstration | worksheet36 | lec36-slides | WS36-solution | ||||||||||||||||
| Fri | Apr 1514 | Lecture 37: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism Parallel Prefix Sum applications | worksheet37 | lec37-slides | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Mon | Apr 1817 | Lecture 38: Overview of other models and frameworks | lec38-slides | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | Apr 2019 | Lecture 39: Course Review (Lectures 19-38) | lec39-slides | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fri | Apr 2221 | Lecture 40: Course Review (Lectures 19-38) | lec40-slides | Homework 5 |
Lab Schedule
Lab # | Date (20222023) | Topic | Handouts | Examples | |||||||
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1 | Jan 1009 | Infrastructure setup | lab0-handout lab1-handout-handout | ||||||||
| - | Jan 16 | No lab this week (MLK) | |||||||||
| -2 | Jan 1723 | Functional Programming | lab2-handout | ||||||||
-3 | Jan 2430 | Java Streams | lab3-handout | ||||||||
| -4 | Jan 31Feb 06 | Futures | lab4-handout | ||||||||
-5 | Feb 07 |
| 13 | Data-Driven Tasks | lab5-handout | ||||||
| - | Feb | 1420 | No lab this week (Midterm) | ||||||||
| 6 | Feb | 2127 |
| - | Feb 28 | Async / Finish | lab6-handout | ||||
| -7 | Mar 07 | 06 | Recursive Task Cutoff Strategy | lab7-handout | |||||||
| - | Mar 1413 | No lab this week (Spring Break) | |||||||||
| -8 | Mar 2120 | Java Threads | lab8-handout | ||||||||
| -9 | Mar 2827 | Concurrent Lists | lab9-handout | ||||||||
| 10 | Apr 0403 | Actors | lab10-handout | ||||||||
| 11 | Apr | 1110 |
| Loop Parallelism | lab11-handout | ||||||
- | Apr 1817 | No lab this week |
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