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Day

Date (2017)

Lecture

Assigned Reading

Assigned Videos (see Canvas site for vide links)

In-class Worksheets

Slides

Work Assigned

Work Due

1

Mon

Jan 09

Lecture 1: Task Creation and Termination (Async, Finish)

Module 1: Section 1.1

Topic 1.1 Lecture, Topic 1.1 Demonstration

worksheet1lec1-slides

 

 

 

Wed

Jan 11

Lecture 2:  Computation Graphs, Ideal Parallelism

Module 1: Sections 1.2, 1.3Topic 1.2 Lecture, Topic 1.2 Demonstration, Topic 1.3 Lecture, Topic 1.3 Demonstrationworksheet2lec2-slides

Homework 1

 

 FriJan 13Lecture 3: Abstract Performance Metrics, Multiprocessor SchedulingModule 1: Section 1.4Topic 1.4 Lecture, Topic 1.4 Demonstrationworksheet3lec3-slides

 

 

2

Mon

Jan 16

No lecture, School Holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

      

 

Wed

Jan 18

Lecture 4:   Parallel Speedup and Amdahl's Law

Module 1: Section 1.5Topic 1.5 Lecture, Topic 1.5 Demonstrationworksheet4lec4-slides  

 

Fri

Jan 20

Lecture 5: Future Tasks, Functional Parallelism ("Back to the Future")

Module 1: Section 2.1Topic 2.1 Lecture, Topic 2.1 Demonstrationworksheet5lec5-slides  

3

Mon

Jan 23

Lecture 6: Memoization

Module 1: Section 2.2Topic 2.2 Lecture, Topic 2.2 Demonstrationworksheet6lec6-slides  
 WedJan 25

Lecture 7: Finish Accumulators

Module 1: Section 2.3Topic 2.3 Lecture, Topic 2.3 Demonstration  worksheet7lec7-slides

Homework 2

Homework 1

 

Fri

Jan 27

Lecture 8: Map Reduce

Module 1: Section 2.4Topic 2.4 Lecture, Topic 2.4 Demonstrationworksheet8lec8-slides

 

Quiz for Unit 1

4

Mon

Jan 30

Lecture 9: Data Races, Functional & Structural Determinism

Module 1: Sections 2.5, 2.6Topic 2.5 Lecture, Topic 2.5 Demonstration, Topic 2.6 Lecture, Topic 2.6 Demonstration   worksheet9lec9-slides  

 

Wed

Feb 01

Lecture 10: Java’s Fork/Join LibraryModule 1: Sections 2.7, 2.8Topic 2.7 Lecture, Topic 2.8 Lecture,worksheet10lec10-slides  

 

Fri

Feb 03

Lecture 11: Loop-Level Parallelism, Parallel Matrix Multiplication, Iteration Grouping (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

worksheet11lec11-slides  

5

Mon

Feb 06

Lecture 12:  Barrier Synchronization

Module 1: Section 3.4Topic 3.4 Lecture , Topic 3.4 Demonstrationworksheet12 lec12-slides   
 

Wed

Feb 08

Lecture 13: Parallelism in Java Streams, Parallel Prefix Sums

    worksheet13lec13-slides

 

Homework 3 (includes two intermediate checkpoints)

 

Homework 2

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Fri

Feb 10

Spring Recess

     Quiz for Unit 2

6

Mon

Feb 13

Lecture 14: Iterative Averaging Revisited, SPMD pattern

Module 1: Sections 3.5, 3.6Topic 3.5 Lecture , Topic 3.5 Demonstration , Topic 3.6 Lecture,   Topic 3.6 Demonstration  worksheet14 lec14-slides   

 

Wed

Feb 15

Lecture 15:  Phasers, Point-to-point Synchronization

Module 1: Sections 4.5, 4.2, 4.3Topic 4.5 Lecture   Topic 4.5 Demonstration, Topic 4.2 Lecture ,   Topic 4.2 Demonstration, Topic 4.3 Lecture,  Topic 4.3 Demonstrationworksheet15 lec15-slides   

 

Fri

Feb 17

Lecture 16: Phasers Review

Module 1: Sections 4.2Topic 4.2 Lecture ,   Topic 4.2 Demonstrationworksheet16 lec16-slides  Quiz for Unit 3

7

Mon

Feb 20

Lecture 17: Midterm Summary

   lec17-slides  

 

Wed

Feb 22

Midterm Review (interactive Q&A, no lecture)

    Exam 1 held during lab time (7:00pm - 10:00pm), scope of exam limited to lectures 1-16  

 

Fri

Feb 24

Lecture 18: Data-Parallel Algorithms using Prefix Sum (Scan) Operations Abstract vs. Real Performance

   worksheet18 lec18-slides  Homework 3, Checkpoint-1

8

Mon

Feb 27

Lecture 19: Pipeline Parallelism, Signal Statement, Fuzzy Barriers

Module 1: Sections 4.4, 4.1Topic 4.4 Lecture ,   Topic 4.4 Demonstration, Topic 4.1 Lecture,  Topic 4.1 Demonstration, worksheet19 lec19-slides  

 

 

Wed

Mar 01

Lecture 20: Abstract vs. Real Performance

   worksheet20 lec20-slides  

 

 

Fri

Mar 03

Lecture 21: Critical sections, Isolated construct, Parallel Spanning Tree algorithm (start of Module 2)

Module 2: Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6Topic 5.1 Lecture, Topic 5.1 Demonstration, Topic 5.2 Lecture, Topic 5.2 Demonstration, Topic 5.3 Lecture, Topic 5.3 Demonstration  worksheet21 worksheet20 lec21 lec20-slides  

Quiz for Unit 4

 

 

Fri

9

Mon

Mar 0603

Lecture 2221Atomic variables, Read-Write Isolation

Module 2: Sections 5.4, 5.5Topic 5.4 Lecture, Topic 5.4 Demonstration, Topic 5.5 Lecture, Topic 5.5 Demonstration, Topic 5.6 Lecture, Topic 5.6 Demonstration  worksheet22 worksheet21 lec22 lec21-slides  

 

 

Quiz for Unit 4

9

Mon

Mar 06

 

Wed

Mar 08

Lecture 23: Java Threads, Java synchronized statement

 Topic 7.1 Lecture, Topic 7.2 Lecture worksheet23 worksheet22 lec23 lec22-slides

 

 

Homework 3, Checkpoint-2 

 

FriWed

Mar 1008

Lecture 24: Java synchronized statement (contd), wait/notify

 Topic 7.3 Lecture worksheet23 lec23-slides

 

Homework 3, Checkpoint-2

 

Fri

Mar 10

Lecture 24: TBD

   worksheet24 lec24-slides   Quiz for Unit 5
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M-F

Mar 13 - Mar 17

Spring Break

      

10

Mon

Mar 20

Lecture 25: Concurrent Objects, Linearizability of Concurrent Objects

  Topic 7.4 Lecture worksheet25 lec25-slides  

 

 

 

Wed

Mar 22

Lecture 26: Linearizability (contd), Java locks

 Topic 7.3 Lecture (recap), Topic 7.4 Lecture (recap) worksheet26 lec26-slides

Homework 4

(includes one intermediate checkpoint)

Homework 3 (all)

 

Fri

Mar 24

Lecture 27: Parallel Design Patterns, Safety and Liveness Properties  

 Topic 7.5 Lecture worksheet27 lec27-slides  

 

11

Mon

Mar 27

Lecture 28: Actors

 Topic 6.1 Lecture ,   Topic 6.1 Demonstration ,   Topic 6.2 Lecture, Topic 6.2 Demonstration, Topic 6.3 Lecture, Topic 6.3 Demonstration worksheet28

lec28-slides

  

 

Wed

Mar 29

Lecture 29:  Actors (contd)

 Topic 6.4 Lecture , Topic 6.4 Demonstration ,   Topic 6.5 Lecture, Topic 6.5 Demonstration, Topic 6.6 Lecture, Topic 6.6 Demonstration worksheet29 lec29-slides

 

 

 

Fri

Mar 31

Lecture 30: Java Synchronizers, Dining Philosophers Problem

 Topic 7.6 Lecture worksheet30 lec30-slides   

12

Mon

Apr 03

Lecture 31: Eureka-style Speculative Task Parallelism

   worksheet31 lec31-slides  

 

 

Wed

Apr 05

Lecture 32:  Task Affinity with Places (start of Module 3)

   worksheet32 lec32-slides

 

Homework 4 Checkpoint-1

 

Fri

Apr 07

Lecture 33: Message Passing Interface (MPI)

   worksheet33 lec33-slides

 

 

13

Mon

Apr 10

Lecture 34: Message Passing Interface (MPI, contd)

   worksheet34 lec34-slides  


 

Wed

Apr 12

Lecture 35: GPU Computing

  worksheet35lec35-slides

Homework 5  

(Due April 21st, with automatic extension until May 1st after which slip days may be used)

Homework 4 (all)

 

Fri

Apr 14

Lecture 36: Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) programming models

  worksheet36

lec36-slides

  

14

Mon

Apr 17

Lecture 37: Apache Spark framework

  worksheet37lec37-slides 

 

 

Wed

Apr 19

Lecture 38: Topic TBD

 

    

 

 

 

Fri

Apr 21

Lecture 39: Course Review (lectures 20-37), Last day of classes

   lec38-slides 

Homework 5 (automatic extension until May 1st, after which slip days may be used)

-MonApr 24Review session / Office Hours, 1pm - 3pm, location TBD      
-WedApr 26Review session / Office Hours, 1pm - 3pm, location TBD      
-FriApr 28Review session / Office Hours, 1pm - 3pm, location TBD      

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April 26 - May 3

Scheduled final exam (Exam 2 – scope of exam limited to lectures 18-37), location and time TBD by registrar

 

 

  

 

 

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