FPF:UINA503 Non-Sequential Computing - Course Information
UINA503 Non-Sequential Computing
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 3/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Computer Science (programme FPF, CompSci-np)
- Course objectives
- The course introduces elementary concepts of parallel programming, the parallel computing model PRAM and a basic set of techniques of parallel algorithm development. Another part of the course is devoted to multi-thread programming, including practical projects.
- Syllabus
- 1. Overview of elementary concepts of the complexity theory, the O notation. 2. Paradigm of parallel computing. The model PRAM and its variants (EREW, CRCW, CREW). Performance of parallel algorithms. 3. Brent Lemma, the WT Scheduling Principle. The Parallel Computation Thesis. 4. Paralelization techniques: balanced trees. 5. Paralelization techniques: divide and conquer. 6. Paralelization techniques: partitioning. 7. Paralelization techniques: pipelining. 8. Paralelization techniques: accelerated cascading. 9. Introduction to multi-thread programming. 10. Individual project.
- Literature
- required literature
- CORMEN, T. H., LEISERSON, C. E., RIVEST, R. L., STEIN, C. Introduction to Algorithms. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0262033848. info
- JAJA, J. An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1992. info
- recommended literature
- Threading in .NET, online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/threading/
- Teaching methods
- Interactive lecture Lecture with a video analysis
- Assessment methods
- Microprojects + final programming poject
- Language of instruction
- English
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2024, recent)
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