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CSE 160 SYLLABUS
WEEK 1
  • 4/4: Introduction
  • 4/6: Architecture, Clusters and Flynn's Taxonomy
  • 4/7: Hand out HW1
WEEK 2
  • 4/11: Architecture, Clusters and Flynn's Taxonomy
  • 4/13: Message Passing and Shared Memory
  • 4/14: HW1 due at beginning of section
    Hand out program 1
WEEK 3
  • 4/18: MPI and PVM
  • 4/20: Programming Paradigms and Algorithms
  • 4/21: Return HW1
WEEK 4
  • 4/25: Programming Paradigms and Algorithms
  • 4/27: Programming Paradigms and Algorithms
  • 4/28: Program 1 due at beginning of section.
    Hand out HW2
WEEK 5
  • 5/2: Speedup, Amdahl's Law
  • 5/4: Introduction to Performance Measurement and Cost Models
  • 5/5: HW2 due at beginning of section.
    Hand out program 2.
    Return program 1
WEEK 6
  • 5/9: Exam 1 - in class. Closed Book. Closed Notes.
  • 5/11: Cost Models and LogP
  • 5/12: Return HW2
WEEK 7
  • 5/16: Load-balancing, Mapping and Scheduling
  • 5/18: Load-balancing, Mapping and Scheduling
  • 5/19: Program 2 due at beginning of section
    Hand out HW3
WEEK 8
  • 5/23: Collective Operations and Synchronization
  • 5/25: Synchronization
  • 5/26: Review LogP
WEEK 9
  • 5/30: New-Age Computing
  • 6/1: Grid Computing
  • 6/2: HW3 due at beginning of section.
WEEK 10
  • 6/6: Grid Computing
  • 6/8: Possibly an Exam Review
  • 6/9: Program 3 due at beginning of section.
    Return Program 2
    Return HW3
FINALS WEEK
  • TBA: Exam 2 - closed book



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