CSE 160 (Winter 2010)
Introduction to Parallel Computation
Instructor:  Scott B. Baden Contact
TA:  Didem Unat Contact
Section ID: 672167
Lecture: Tu/Th 3:30-4:50p, EBU3B 2154
Section: Fri 2:00-2:50pm, EBU3B 2154
Final exam: Tuesday March 16, 3-6pm
CPUs

By learning the techniques taught in the course, you’ll know how to put multiple processors to use for you. This figure was taken on a MacBook with dual core processors. The multithreaded program increased utilization from 95% (left, single-threaded) to 190% (right).




  • Lab #4 has been posted New
  • Lecture and Reading Schedule
  • Moodle
  • Required textbook: Building Parallel Programs: SMPs, Clusters, and Java, by Alan Kaminsky, Cengage Course Technology, 2010.     Errata
  • Useful on-line materials
  • Course Description, including the catalog copy.
  • Course and grading policies, including the Integrity of Scholarship Policy
  • CSE Scientific Computation Group
  • Web page from prior offering of CSE 160 (Fall 2008).



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