Universität Wien

050090 SE Seminar Theory Parallel Programming Models (2010S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar is a lectures/seminar/study group on the Parallel Random
Access Machine (PRAM) - an idealized model of parallel computation in which
communication costs are abstracted by unit time access to a shared
memory, and processor resources are unbounded, and therefore eminently
suited to the study of parallel algorithmic techniques, difficulty of
problems, and limitations to parallelization. PRAM research pretty
much stopped in the mid-90ties, but the lecturer remain convinced that
the lessons that can be learned from PRAM algorithmics are essential
for any serious student of parallel computing (including and
especially for multicore parallel programming).

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Understand the PRAM model and its main variant
Understand a selection of basic algorithmic techniques (parallel prefixes, list ranking, tree operations)
Understand a fundamental lower bound and limits to parallelization

Examination topics

Lectures and presentations of papers and book chapters, discussions

Reading list

Selected Material, copies will be made available

Association in the course directory

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