| Kursusnavn (dansk): | Introduction to Parallel and Distributed Computing |
| Kursusnavn (engelsk): | Introduction to Parallel and Distributed Computing |
| Semester: | Forår 2004 |
| Udbydes under: | cand.it., tværfaglig it-udvikling (tit) |
| Omfang i ECTS: | 7,50 |
| Kursussprog: | Engelsk |
| Kursushjemmeside: | https://learnit.itu.dk |
| Min. antal deltagere: | 0 |
| Forventet antal deltagere: | 10 |
| Maks. antal deltagere: | 200 |
| Formelle forudsætninger: | Programming, fundamental algorithms and data structures, experience of Java or similar language. |
| Læringsmål: | The course will introduce concepts and models of concurrent, distributed and parallel computing, and fundamental parallel and distributed algorithms. Students will also gain practical and distributed applications. |
| Fagligt indhold: | 1. Distributed Programming
- Models of concurrent and distributed processing: shared data, message passing, remote procedure calls, notations for specifying distributed systems.
- Basic concepts: Processes and synchronisation; deadlock; starvation; fairness
- Concurrent and distributed algorithms: producer-consumer; reader-writer problems
- Architectural and language features to support concurrent and distributed systems (e.g Java threads, RMI)
2. Parallel Programming
- Hardware and architecture; multiprocessor systems, distributed shared memory (e.g Scalable Coherent Interface), networked computers (clusters, grid computing, message-passing multicomputers)
- Parallel programming tools; PVM, MPI
- Parallel algorithms; ideal parallel computation, divide and conquer, synchronous computations, shared memory programming. |
| Læringsaktiviteter: | Lectures and exercises. The lectures in Distributed Programming will be in English. The lectures in Parallel Programming could be either in English or Danish. |
| Eksamensform og -beskrivelse: | X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 13-skala, Ekstern censur Oral exam.
2 practical assignments given out in weeks 3 and 7.
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| Litteratur udover forskningsartikler: | (to be confirmed):
Foundations og Multithreaded, Parallel and Distributed Programming, Gregory R. Andrews, Addison Weasley,2000 |
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