CENG 505 Parallel Computing I
Fall 2006

Most recent announcement: Jan26

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CENG 505 (T) A319

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CENG 505 (T+L) INT3










Instructor

Cem Özdoğan

office: Computer Engineering Department, 329-L
office hours: 15:40-18:30 Thursday and 16:40-18:30 Friday, or by appointment
office phone: 284 45 00 / 4010
email address:
ozdogan@cankaya.edu.tr

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Announcements

Watch this space for the latest updates. Last updated: 26.Ocak.2007 15:19 Term projects are accesible.

22.Ocak.2007 16:51 The project presentations will be on Jan 25, 2007 13.00 PM at A-319.

January 4, 2007 13:31 Project Topics:

December 27, 2006 14:58 The lecture notes for the fourteenth week is published, see Course Schedule. Project Topics:

December 20, 2006 19:52 Project Topics:

December 20, 2006 13:54 The lecture notes and Hands-On for the thirteenth week and Hands-On for the fourteenth week is published, see Course Schedule

December 15, 2006 19:11 Project Topics:

December 13, 2006 17:05The lecture notes and Hands-On for the twelfth week is published, see Course Schedule

December 6, 2006 16:41 The lecture notes and Hands-On for the eleventh week is published, see Course Schedule

November 29, 2006 16:20The lecture notes and Hands-On for the tenth week is published, see Course Schedule

November 15, 2006 19:27 The lecture notes and Hands-On for the nineth week is published, see Course Schedule

November 8, 2006 16:48 The lecture notes and Hands-On for the seventh week is published, see Course Schedule

November 3, 2006 18:54 Lecture and Office Hours are rearranged, see the time table above.

November 1, 2006 16:27 The lecture notes and Hands-On for the sixth week is published, see Course Schedule

October 23, 2006 22:51 The lecture notes for the fifth week is published, see Course Schedule

October 20, 2006 14:17 The Hands-On for the fourth week is published, see Course Schedule

October 19, 2006 02:19 The lecture notes for the fourth week is published, see Course Schedule

October 13, 2006 14:10 The Hands-On for the third week is published, see Course Schedule

October 12, 2006 18:23 The lecture notes for the third week is published, see Course Schedule

October 6, 2006 17:45 The lecture notes for the second week and also the Hands-Ons are published, see Course Schedule

September 28, 2006 09:38 In the first lecture, there will be first metting. The lecture notes for the second week will be published soon, see Course Schedule section.



Overview

This course provides an introduction to parallel and distributed computing and practical experiences in writing parallel programs on a cluster of computers. You will learn about the following topics:

Topics might be classifed into two main parts as;



Lecture Information

There is one group for lecturing. You will be expected to do significant programming assignments, as well as run programs we supply and analyze the output. Since we will program in C on a UNIX environment, some experience using C on UNIX will be important. We will provide tutorials for basic C on UNIX during the first few class periods.

In hands-on sessions, we will concentrate upon the message-passing method of parallel computing and use the standard parallel computing environment called MPI (Message Passing Interface). Thread-based programming will also be outlined, and the distributed shared memory (DSM) approach (If we have enough time). Each student will complete a project based on parallel computing for the laboratory study.

Also, each student will complete a project based on parallel computing, (distributed computing, cluster computing) for the midterm exam.

Important announcements will be posted to the Announcements section of this web page above, so please check this page frequently. You are responsible for all such announcements, as well as announcements made in lecture.


Course Outline



Text Book

Required



Recommended





This texts are only recommended rather than required. This books are useful for reference, for an alternative point of view.

Online References

Some materials are given. Please inform me about the usefullness of the materials. Check this place for updates.

The following references are available online




Grading Criteria



Policies


Course Schedule

The following schedule is tentative; it may be updated later in the semester, so check back here frequently.

Week

Dates

Topic

Lecture Notes

Lectures

1

Sep 28, 2006

First Meeting

Sep 29, 2006

2

Oct 5, 2006

Introduction

pdf

Blue Gene

Oct 6, 2006

Hands-On

pdf

3

Oct 12, 2006

Multiprocessors Interconnection Networks I

pdf

Oct 13, 2006

Hands-On

pdf

4

Oct 19, 2006

Multiprocessors Interconnection Networks II

pdf

Oct 20, 2006

Hands-On

pdf

5

Oct 26, 2006

Performance Analysis

pdf


Oct 27, 2006

No Lecture

6

Nov 1, 2006

Shared Memory Architecture

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

7

Nov 8, 2006

Programming Shared Memory I

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

8

Nov 13-17, 2006

Midterm Week

9

Nov 22, 2006

Programming Shared Memory II

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

10

Nov 29, 2006

Message Passing Architecture I

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

11

Dec 6, 2006

Programming Using the Message-Passing Paradigm I

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

12

Dec 13, 2006

Programming Using the Message-Passing Paradigm II

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

13

Dec 20, 2006

Introduction to Parallel Algorithms

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

14

Dec 27, 2006

Network Computing

pdf

Hands-On

pdf

Exams

Final

Jan 18, 2007 17:30-20:00 B-310 (exam place is subject to change)