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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• Module 1 handout (Parallelism)
• Module 2 handout handout (Concurrency)

There are also a few optional textbooks that we will draw from during the course.  You are encouraged to get copies of any or all of these books.  They will serve as useful references both during and after this course:

• 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

  

worksheet1

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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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slides   

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2	Mon	Jan

17

No class: MLK

         

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

  

worksheet5

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Homework 1

 

WS5-solution

 

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

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:  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:

Async, Finish

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

 

   

model

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Homework 1

WS10-solution

  

	Fri	Feb

04

03	Lecture 11: GUI programming as an example of event-based, futures/callbacks in GUI programming

  

worksheet11

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Homework 2

Homework 1

WS11-solution

 

5	Mon	Feb

07

06

Lecture 12: Scheduling/executing computation graphs Abstract performance metrics

Module 1: Section 1.4

Topic 1.4 Lecture , Topic 1.4 Demonstration

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	Wed	Feb

09

08

Lecture 13: Parallel Speedup, Critical Path, Amdahl's Law

Module 1: Section 1.5

Topic 1.5 Lecture , Topic 1.5 Demonstration

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	Fri

Feb 11

No class: Spring Recess

 

        

	Feb 10	No class: Spring Recess
6	Mon	Feb

14

13

Lecture 14: Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulators

Module 1: Section 2.3

Topic 2.3 Lecture   Topic 2.3 Demonstration

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	Wed	Feb

16

15	Lecture 15: Recursive Task Parallelism

   

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Homework 2

WS15-solution

  

	Fri	Feb

18

17

Lecture 16: 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

worksheet16

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Homework 3

Homework 2

WS16-solution

 

7	Mon	Feb

21

20	Lecture 17: Midterm Review

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	Wed	Feb

23

22	Lecture 18: Limitations of Functional parallelism. Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy

  

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	Fri	Feb

25 

24	Lecture 19: Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern

Module 1: Sections 2.7, 2.8

Topic 2.7 Lecture, Topic 2.7 Demonstration, Topic 2.8 Lecture, Topic 2.8 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:  Atomic variables, Synchronized statements

Module 2: Sections 5.4, 7.2

Topic 5.4 Lecture, Topic 5.4 Demonstration, Topic 7.2 Lecture

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Homework 3

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Fri

Mar

04

03	Lecture 22: Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms

 

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Homework 4

Homework 3

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9	Mon	Mar

07

06

Lecture 23: Java Threads and Locks

Module 2: Sections 7.1, 7.3

Topic 7.1 Lecture, Topic 7.3 Lecture

worksheet23

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	Wed	Mar

09

08

Lecture 24: Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees

Module 2: 7.5

Topic 7.5 Lecture

worksheet24

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	Fri	Mar

11

10

Lecture 25: Dining Philosophers Problem

Module 2: 7.6

Topic 7.6 Lecture

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Mon

Mar 14

No class: Spring Break

     

 

   WedMar 16

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	Mon	Mar 13	No class: Spring Break

  

	Wed

  

 

   

Mar 15	No class: Spring Break
	Fri	Mar

18

17	No class: Spring Break

     

 

  

10	Mon	Mar

21 

20	Lecture 26: N-Body problem, applications and implementations

 

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	Wed	Mar

23

22

Lecture 27: Read-Write Locks, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects

Module 2: 7.3, 7.4

Topic 7.3 Lecture, Topic 7.4 Lecture

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	Fri	Mar

25

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

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11	Mon	Mar

28

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

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	Wed	Mar

30 

29	Lecture 30: Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy

  

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Homework 4

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	Fri

Apr 01

Mar 31

Lecture 31: 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

worksheet31

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Homework 5

Homework 4

  

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12	Mon	Apr

04

03	Lecture 32: Barrier Synchronization with

phasers

Phasers

Module 1: Section 3.4

Topic 3.4

Lecture 

Lecture,

   Topic  

Topic 3.4 Demonstration

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	Wed	Apr

06

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

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	Fri	Apr

08

07	Lecture 34

: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum   

: Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers

Module 1: Section 4.1

Topic 4.1 Lecture, Topic 4.1 Demonstration

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13	Mon	Apr

11

10	Lecture 35:

Parallel Prefix Sum applications  

Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism

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	Wed	Apr

13

12	Lecture 36:

TBD 

 

 

Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum

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	Fri	Apr

15 

14	Lecture 37:

Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism 

Parallel Prefix Sum applications

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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  

Lab Schedule

Grading, Honor Code Policy, Processes and Procedures

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