National University of Singapore

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CS3210 PARALLEL COMPUTING

Schedule (AY2015/16 – Semester I)

Wk	Date	Lecture - Tue 2-4pm, COM1 #02-12 (SR3)	Tutorial	Lab – Parallel & Distributed Computing Lab, Com1 #B1-01	Others/Comments
1	11 Aug	L00: Course Admin L01: Introduction		Lab Layout
2	18 Aug	L02: Processor & Memory Organization		Lab1: Parallel Computing & Data Centers – visit to SoC datacenter
3	25 Aug	L03: Memory Hierarchy & Interconnection Networks		Lab2: Setting up a Parallel Computer System and adding a new Node [program, slides]
4	1 Sep	L03: Memory Hierarchy & Interconnection Networks	T01: Parallel Computer Architecture - I [solution]		Dumi away (VLDB) – YM and Sunimal to cover Assignment 1 (15%): (due on 4 October) [programs] comment
5	8 Sep	L04: Performance of Parallel Systems [slides with Notes]		Lab3: Shared-memory Programming, Performance Instrumentation and CUDA [programs] [comment on homework]	· OpenMP Tutorial · CUDA (slides)
6	15 Sep	L05: Parallel Programming Models – I	T02: Parallel Computer Architecture – II [solution]		Sample Test Paper
Sep 19-27, Recess
7	29 Sep	L06: Parallel Programming Models - II	T03: Performance of Parallel Systems [solution]		Mid-term Test: [L01-L04](15%) [comments]
8	6 Oct	L06: Parallel Programming Models - II		Lab4: Introduction to Distributed-memory Programming [programs]	MPI Tutorial Assignment 2 (20%): (due on 15 Nov) [programs, comment]
9	13 Oct	L07: Message-passing Programming	T04: Parallel Programming Models [solution]
10	20 Oct	L08: Parallel Algorithm Design		Lab5: Message-passing in Distributed-memory Programming with MPI [ programs, slides ]	Dumi away (IFIP Performance) – Sunimal to cover
11	27 Oct	L09: Heterogeneous and Cloud Computing	T05: Message-passing Programming [solution]
12	3 Nov	Guest Lecture - Parallel Performance Measurement: Myths and Pitfalls by Professor John Gustafson	T06: Open Session		Teo away (TENCON) Check CA Marks
13	10 Nov	Deepavali Table of Contents	T07: Revision (2 sessions: 9-10am and 1-2pm) L10: Conclusion & Revision
Nov 14-20, Reading Week [Sunimal away at Supercomputing]
Examination: 27 November 2015, morning (to be confirmed)

(updated: 26 November 2015)