Parallel Computing, 5 cr

Tampere University

Description
Completion options

Teaching periods

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

1. Independent project (English)

30.08.2023 – 12.12.2023

2. Exam

20.12.2023 – 20.12.2023

3. Exam

30.01.2024 – 30.01.2024

4. Exam

06.03.2024 – 06.03.2024

Participation in teaching

Lectures (English)

29.08.2023 – 12.12.2023