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Course unit, curriculum year 2022–2023
COMP.CE.350

Parallel Computing, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
Active in period 2 (24.10.2022–31.12.2022)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2023–5.3.2023)
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)
Course code
COMP.CE.350
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Pekka Jääskeläinen
Responsible teacher:
Topi Leppänen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Core content
  • instruction-level parallelism
  • data-level parallelism
  • thread-level parallelism
  • OpenCL, OpenMP
  • synchronisation
  • memory hierarchy in parallel systems
Complementary knowledge
  • static and dynamic multi-issue
  • vector, SIMD, and GPU architectures
  • multithreading
  • parallel programming concepts
  • data layout, data access types and cache optimizations
Specialist knowledge
  • basics of compiler-driven parallelization



Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
The course can be passed by actively participation to weekly exercises and completing compulsory lab works. The exam is voluntary.
Completion of all options is required.

Exam

30.08.2022 12.12.2022
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
Active in period 2 (24.10.2022–31.12.2022)
21.12.2022 21.12.2022
Active in period 2 (24.10.2022–31.12.2022)
31.01.2023 31.01.2023
Active in period 3 (1.1.2023–5.3.2023)
08.03.2023 08.03.2023
Active in period 4 (6.3.2023–31.5.2023)

Participation in teaching

29.08.2022 12.12.2022
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
Active in period 2 (24.10.2022–31.12.2022)