COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming (Spring

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2024)

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 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

2024)	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

08	Lecture 1: Introduction

 

 

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	Wed	Jan

12

10	Lecture 2:  Functional Programming

GList.java 

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	Fri	Jan

14

12	Lecture 3: Higher order functions

 

worksheet3

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2	Mon	Jan

17

15	No class: MLK

         

	Wed	Jan

19

17	Lecture 4: Lazy Computation

LazyList.java

Lazy.java

 

worksheet4

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	Fri	Jan

21

19	Lecture 5: Java Streams

  

worksheet5

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Homework 1

 

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3	Mon	Jan

24WS6

22

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

24

Lecture 7: Futures

Module 1: Section 2.1

Topic 2.1 Lecture , Topic 2.1 Demonstration

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	Fri	Jan

28

26	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

29	Lecture 9:

Async

Ideal Parallelism,

Finish,

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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slides   

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	Wed

Feb 02

Jan 31

Lecture 10: Event-based programming model

 

   

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Homework 1

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	Fri	Feb

04

02	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

Homework 1

WS11-solution

 

5	Mon	Feb

07

05	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

07	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

09	No class: Spring Recess

 

        

6	Mon	Feb

14

12	Lecture 14:

Accumulation and reduction. Finish accumulators

Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism

Module 1:

Section

Sections 2.5, 2.

3

6

Topic 2.

3 Lecture

5 Lecture ,  Topic 2.5 Demonstration,  Topic 2.6 Lecture,  Topic 2.

3

6 Demonstration

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	Wed	Feb

16

14	Lecture 15:

Recursive Task Parallelism     

Limitations of Functional parallelism. Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy

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Homework 2

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	Fri	Feb

18

16	Lecture 16:

Data Races, Functional & Structural DeterminismModule 1: Sections 2.5, 2.6Topic 2.5 Lecture ,  Topic 2.5 Demonstration,  Topic 2.6 Lecture,  Topic 2.6 Demonstration

Recursive Task Parallelism

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Homework 3

Homework 2

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7	Mon	Feb

21

19	Lecture 17: Midterm Review

   

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Wed

	Wed	Feb 21

Feb 23

Lecture 18:

Limitations of Functional parallelism.
Abstract vs. real performance. Cutoff Strategy

Midterm Review

lec18-slides

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	Fri	Feb

25 

23	Lecture 19:

Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern 

Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop Chunking

Module 1: Sections

2

3.

7

1, 3.2, 3.

8

3

Topic

2

3.

7 Lecture

1 Lecture, Topic 3.1 Demonstration , Topic 3.2 Lecture,  Topic 3.

7

2 Demonstration, Topic

2

3.

8

3 Lecture,

Topic 2

Topic 3.

8

3 Demonstration

, 

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8	Mon	Feb

28

26	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

Barrier Synchronization with Phasers

Module 1: Sections 3.4

Topic 3.4 Lecture, Topic 3.4 Demonstration

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	Wed

Mar 02

Feb 28

Lecture 21:

  Atomic variables, Synchronized statements

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

Module 2: Sections 5.4, 7.2

Topic 5.4 Lecture, Topic 5.4 Demonstration, Topic 7.2 Lecture

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	Fri	Mar

04

01	Lecture 22:

Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms 

Fuzzy Barriers with Phasers

Module 1: Section 4.1

Topic 4.1 Lecture, Topic 4.1 Demonstration

  

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Homework 4Homework 3

WS22-solution

 

9	Mon	Mar

07

04	Lecture 23:

Java Threads and LocksModule 2: Sections 7.1, 7.3Topic 7.1 Lecture, Topic 7.3 Lecture  

Fork/Join programming model. OS Threads. Scheduler Pattern

Topic 2.7 Lecture, Topic 2.7 Demonstration, Topic 2.8 Lecture, Topic 2.8 Demonstration

worksheet23

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Homework 3 (CP 1)

WS23-solution

  

	Wed	Mar

09

06	Lecture 24:

Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees  

Confinement & Monitor Pattern. Critical sections Global lock

Module 2:

7

Sections 5.1, 5.2

Topic

7

5.

5 Lecture worksheet24

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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	Fri	Mar

11

08	Lecture 25:

Dining Philosophers Problem  

Atomic variables, Synchronized statements

Module 2: Sections 5.4, 7.

6

2

Topic

7

5.

6 Lectureworksheet25

4 Lecture, Topic 5.4 Demonstration, Topic 7.2 Lecture

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	Mon	Mar

14

11	No class: Spring Break

        

Wed

Mar

16

13	No class: Spring Break

    

 

 

   

Fri

Mar

18

15	No class: Spring Break

 

10

    

 

  

10

Mon

Mon

Mar 18

Mar 21  

Lecture 26:

N-Body problem, applications and implementations 

Parallel Spanning Tree, other graph algorithms

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	Wed	Mar

23

20	Lecture 27:

Read-Write Locks, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects

Java Threads and Locks

Module 2: Sections 7.

3

1, 7.

4

3

Topic 7.

3

1 Lecture, Topic 7.

4  

3 Lecture

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Homework 3 (CP 2)

WS27-solution

  

	Fri	Mar

25

22	Lecture 28:

Message-Passing programming model with Actors

Java Locks - Soundness and progress guarantees

Module 2:

6.1, 6.2

Section 7.5

Topic

6

7.

1 Lecture, Topic 6.1 Demonstration,   Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 DemonstrationWS28

5 Lecture

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11	Mon	Mar

28

25	Lecture 29:

Active Object Pattern. Combining Actors with task parallelism 

Dining Philosophers Problem

Module 2:

6

Section 7.

3,

6

.4

Topic

6.3 Lecture, Topic 6.3 Demonstration,   Topic 6.4 Lecture, Topic 6.4 Demonstration

7.6 Lecture

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Wed

Mar

30

27	Lecture 30:

Task Affinity and locality. Memory hierarchy 

Read-Write Locks, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects	Module 2: Sections 7.3, 7.4	Topic 7.3 Lecture, Topic 7.4 Lecture	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

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Fri

Apr 01

Lecture 31: Data-Parallel Programming model. Loop-Level Parallelism, Loop Chunking

Module 1: Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3Topic 3.1 Lecture , Topic 3.1 Demonstration , Topic 3.2 Lecture,  Topic 3.2 Demonstration, Topic 3.3 Lecture,  Topic 3.3 Demonstrationworksheet31lec31-slidesHomework 5

Homework 4

WS31-solution 

12

Mon

Apr 04

Lecture 32: Barrier Synchronization with phasersModule 1: Section 3.4Topic 3.4 Lecture ,   Topic 3.4 Demonstrationworksheet32lec32-slides

 

 

  

 

Wed

Apr 06

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

Lecture 34: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum

 

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13	Mon	Apr 08	No class: Solar Eclipse

13

Mon

Apr 11

Lecture 35: Parallel Prefix Sum applications 

 

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	Wed	Apr

13

10

Lecture

36: TBD 

 

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35: Scan Pattern. Parallel Prefix Sum

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Homework 4 (CP 1)

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	Fri	Apr

15

12

Lecture

37: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism  worksheet37lec37-slides   

36: Parallel Prefix Sum applications

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14	Mon	Apr

18

15

Lecture

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37: Overview of other models and frameworks

   

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	Wed	Apr

20

17

Lecture

39

38: Course Review (Lectures 19-

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34)

  

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	Homework 4 (All)
	Fri	Apr

22

19

Lecture

40

39: Course Review (Lectures 19-

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34)

   

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 Homework 5  

Lab Schedule

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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