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COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming (Spring
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2025)
Instructor: | Mackale Joyner, DH 2063 |
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TAs: |
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Raahim Absar, TJ Li | |
Piazza site: |
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Piazza site:
/comp322 (Piazza is the preferred medium for all course communications) | Cross-listing: | ELEC 323 |
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Lecture location: | Herzstein |
Amp | Lecture times: | MWF 1:00pm - 1:50pm |
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Lab |
location: |
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Brockman 101 | Lab |
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time: | Mon 3:00pm - 3: |
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Wed 4:30pm - 5:20pm (Hunena, Mantej, Yidi, Victor, Rose, Adrienne, Diep, Maki)
Course Syllabus
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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 ( |
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2025) | 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 |
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13 | Lecture 1: Introduction |
worksheet1 | lec1- |
slides | WS1-solution |
Wed | Jan |
15 | Lecture 2: Functional Programming |
worksheet2 | lec02-slides |
WS2-solution |
Fri | Jan |
17 | Lecture 3: Higher order functions |
worksheet3 | lec3-slides |
WS3-solution |
2 | Mon | Jan |
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20 | No class: MLK |
Wed | Jan |
22 | Lecture 4: Lazy Computation |
worksheet4 | lec4-slides |
WS4-solution |
Fri | Jan |
24 | Lecture 5: Java Streams |
worksheet5 | lec5-slides | Homework 1 |
WS5-solution |
3 | Mon | Jan |
27 | 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 |
29 | Lecture 7: Futures | Module 1: Section 2.1 | Topic 2.1 Lecture , Topic 2.1 Demonstration | worksheet7 | lec7-slides |
WS7-solution |
Fri | Jan |
31 | 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 |
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Feb 03 |
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 | Feb |
05 | Lecture 10: Event-based programming model |
worksheet10 | lec10-slides |
Homework 1 | WS10-solution |
Fri | Feb |
07 | 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 |
10 | 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 |
12 | 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 |
14 | No class: Spring Recess |
6 | Mon | Feb |
17 | 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 |
19 | Lecture 15: |
Limitations of Functional parallelism. | worksheet15 | lec15-slides | Homework 2 | WS15-solution | ||||
Fri | Feb 21 | Lecture 16: Recursive Task Parallelism | worksheet16 |
lec16-slides | Homework 3 | WS16-solution | |||||||||
7 | Mon | Feb 24 | Lecture 17: Midterm Review | lec17-slides | |||||||
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Wed | Feb 26 | Lecture 18: Midterm Review | lec18-slides | ||||||||
Fri | Feb 28 | 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 | Mar 03 | 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 | Mar 05 | 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 07 | 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 10 | 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 12 | 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 14 | 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 17 | No class: Spring Break | |||||||||
Wed | Mar 19 | No class: Spring Break | |||||||||
Fri | Mar 21 | No class: Spring Break | |||||||||
10 | Mon | Mar 24 | 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 26 | 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 28 | Lecture 28: Dining Philosophers Problem | Topic 7.6 Lecture | worksheet28 | lec28-slides | WS28-solution | |||||
11 | Mon | Mar 31 | Lecture 29: Linearizability of Concurrent Objects | Module 2: Sections 7.4 | Topic 7.4 Lecture | worksheet29 | lec29-slides | WS29-solution | |||
Wed | Apr 02 | Lecture 30: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms | worksheet30 | lec30-slides | WS30-solution | ||||||
Fri | Apr 04 | 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 07 | 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 09 | Lecture 33: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy | worksheet33 | lec33-slides | WS33-solution | ||||||
Fri | Apr 11 | Lecture 34: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism | worksheet34 | lec34-slides | WS34-solution | ||||||
13 | Mon | Apr 14 | No class: Solar Eclipse | ||||||||
Wed | Apr 16 | Lecture 35: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum | worksheet35 | lec35-slides | Homework 4 (CP 1) | WS35-solution | |||||
Fri | Apr 18 | Lecture 36: Parallel Prefix Sum applications | worksheet36 | lec36-slides | WS36-solution | ||||||
14 | Mon | Apr 21 | Lecture 37: Overview of other models and frameworks | lec37-slides | |||||||
Wed | Apr 23 | Lecture 38: Course Review (Lectures 19-34) | lec38-slides | Homework 4 (All) | |||||||
Fri | Apr 25 | Lecture 39: Course Review (Lectures 19-34) | lec39-slides |
Lecture 16: Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism
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Mon
Feb 21
Lecture 17: Midterm Review
Wed
Feb 23
Lecture 18: Limitations of Functional parallelism.
Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy
Fri
TBD
8
Mon
Feb 28
Lecture 20: Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections
Global lock
Wed
Mar 02
Lecture 21: N-Body problem, applications and implementations
Fri
Mar 04
Lecture 22: Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern
Homework 3
9
Mon
Mar 07
Lecture 23: Locks, Atomic variables
Topic 7.3 Lecture
Wed
Mar 09
Lecture 24: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms
Fri
Mar 11
Mon
No class: Spring Break
Fri
Mar 18
No class: Spring Break
10
Mon
Mar 21
Lecture 26: Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees
Wed
Mar 23
Lecture 27: Dining Philosophers Problem
Fri
Mar 25
Lecture 28: Read-Write Pattern. Read-Write Locks. Fairness & starvation
11
Mon
Mar 28
Lecture 29: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy
Wed
Mar 30
Lecture 30: Reactor Pattern. Web servers
Fri
Apr 01
Lecture 31: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum, uses and algorithms
Homework 4
12
Mon
Apr 04
Wed
Apr 06
Lecture 33: Barrier Synchronization with phasers
Topic 3.4 Lecture , Topic 3.4 Demonstration
Fri
Apr 08
Lecture 34: Stencil computation. Point-to-point Synchronization with Phasers
13
Mon
Apr 11
Topic 6.1 Lecture , Topic 6.1 Demonstration , Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration
Topic 6.3 Lecture , Topic 6.3 Demonstration , Topic 6.4 Lecture, Topic 6.4 Demonstration
Lab Schedule
Lab # | Date ( |
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2025) | Topic | Handouts | Examples |
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1 | Jan |
13 | Infrastructure setup |
- | Jan 20 | No lab this week (MLK) | ||
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2 | Jan |
27 | Functional Programming | lab2-handout |
3 |
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Jan 24
Feb 03 | Futures | lab3-handout |
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Feb |
10 | Data-Driven Tasks |
Feb 14
Async / Finish
lab4-handout | ||
- | Feb 17 | No lab this week |
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- | Feb |
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24 | No lab this week (Midterm Exam) |
5 | Mar 03 | Loop Parallelism | lab5-handout | image kernels |
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6 | Mar 10 | Recursive Task Cutoff Strategy | lab6-handout | |
- | Mar 17 |
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No lab this week (Spring Break) |
Apr 04
7 | Mar 24 | Java Threads | lab7-handout | |
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8 | Mar 31 | Concurrent Lists | lab8-handout | |
9 | Apr 07 | Actors | lab9-handout |
- | Apr |
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14 | No lab this week |
- | Apr |
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21 | 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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