CSCI 8690
Advanced Topics in Parallel and Distributed Computing

This course offers advanced study of parallel computing at the graduate level. It covers several parallel programming paradigms such as: shared-memory programming, distributed-memory programming, object oriented programming, data parallel programming, functional dataflow programming. The course also covers other advanced topics such as: scheduling parallel programs, parallel troops, parallelizing sequential programs, parallel programming support environments, and design and analysis of parallel algorithms. The course gives the students the opportunity to re-think programming from an entirely fresh perspective.

Credit

3 semester hours

Prerequisites

CSCI 4500/8506 or equivalent. Not open to nondegree students.