1. CSC4005 – Distributed and Parallel Computing
Prof. Yeh-Ching Chung
School of Science and Engineering
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

2. Class Information Instructor Course Tutor Lectures Tutorials Homepage
Dr. Yeh-Ching Chung
Course Tutor
Liu Haolin (刘浩霖):
Li Yingru (李英儒):
Lectures
Monday 15:30 – 17:00 TB 103
Wednesday 15:30 – 17:00 TB 103
Tutorials
Monday 8:00pm – 9:00pm TA 108
Tuesday 6:00pm – 8:00pm TA 108
Homepage

3. Textbook
(Textbook) Parallel Programming - Techniques and applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen

4. Course Syllabus
Introduction to the major components of an operating system, how they function together for a computer
Introduction to multi-threaded programming
Introduction to kernel programming
Introduction to multiprocessor architecture

5. Course Topics Introduction to Parallel Computers
Message-Passing Computing and Programming
Multithread Programming
OpenMP Programming
Embarrassingly Parallel Computations
Partitioning and Divide-and-Conquer Strategies
Pipelined Computations
Synchronous Computations
Load Balancing and Termination Detection
Sorting Algorithms

6. Course Assessment Class participation (5%) Programming Projects (70%)
Parallel Odd-Even Transposition Sort
Mandelbrot Set Computation
N-Body Simulation
Heat Distribution Simulation
Final Exam (25%)
If you need to apply for a leave for final exam, send to me with supporting document beforehand

7. Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, students will be able to
Understand Pthread, MPI, and OpenMP
Write multi-thread programs
Write MPI programs
Write OpenMP programs
Analyze different parallel programs

8. Academic Honesty Zero Tolerance Consequences
Plagiarism, cheating, misconduct in test/exam will be reported to the School for handing.
Consequences
Zero marks for the concerned assignments/test/exam/whole course, reviewable demerits, non-reviewable demerits, suspension of study, dismissal from University.
University Policy to Academic Honesty