Purushotham Bangalore

Email: puri@cis.uab.edu

Office: CH 130

Phone: 205-934-8604

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday  03:30 PM - 05:00 PM.

                      Other times by appointment only.

Course Session

Tuesday and Thursday  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM     Room CH 435

Course Homepage

http://www.cis.uab.edu/cs441

Prerequisite

CS 330 Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming and CS 304 Programming in C/C++ or Programming in Fortran

                 OR

MA 360 Scientific Programming

                 OR

Permission of Instructor

Billy Jones ( jonesw@cis.uab.edu)

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 8:00-10:00 A.M.

Room: CH154A

Description

Three hours lecture.

Introduction to parallel computing architectures and programming paradigms. Theoretical and practical aspects of parallel programming and problem solving. Design, development, analysis, and evaluation of parallel algorithms.

Objectives

1.   To introduce principles and concepts of parallel computing techniques including POSIX threads, Message Passing Interface (MPI), and hybrid approaches.

2.   To provide hands-on experience in implementing various parallel programming techniques on the CIS HPC clusters and SGI Altix at the Alabama Supercomputing Center.

Textbook

Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers, 2nd Edition by Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen. Publisher: Prentice Hall. 2005. ISBN: 0-13-140563-2.

Grading Policy

                                CS 441              CS 632               CS 732

Tests (2)                     40%                    40%                   30%

Homework (4-5)        40%                    40%                   40%

Final Exam                  20%                    20%                   20%

Term Paper                                                                      10%

Final Exam will be held on Thursday, December 8, 1:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Students enrolled in CS 632 and CS 732 will have additional questions on homework and exams. 

Class Attendance

1.   Attendance is mandatory for this course. If you know you will be absent for a legitimate reason, let the instructor know. If you are sick bring a doctor's excuse or a written university excuse to resolve the absences. An absence has to be resolved as soon as possible - otherwise it will not be treated as an excused absence.

2.   Students auditing this course are expected to attend the lectures. Auditing students with more than three unexcused absences will receive a failing grade.

3.   There will be NO make-up exams. A student anticipating an excused absence from an exam should make arrangements in advance to sit for the exam at another time.

Academic Honesty

Students who plagiarize a computer program (or parts of a program), get others to write a program (or parts of a program), or are found cheating on a quiz/exam, will be reported for academic dishonesty. Anyone who is caught cheating will receive a 0 on a given test or assignment. If a second offense occurs, the student will receive an F in the class. This includes both the provider of the information as well as the receiver of the information. Any student who violates the university's academic honesty policy will be reported for academic discipline. All university and department policies related to students are included here by implication.

Add/Drop Policy

1.      A student can drop the course through August 25, 2005.

2.      A student can add the course through August 26, 2005.

3.      A student can withdraw with a "W" by October 19, 2005. (Undergraduate)

4.      A student can withdraw with a "W" by December 5, 2005. (Graduate)

5.      For more details about add/drop policies check with Registration/Academic Records.

E-mail

Every student will be required to use his/her official email address that is blazerid@uab.edu. New students must login and configure their email addresses. For more details on obtaining blazerid and configuring email please see: http://www.uab.edu/blazerid. All email communications will be made using this address. Additional instructions or announcements will be sent by e-mail, so check your mail often. Also check the course webpage and the discussion forum for up-to-date information and announcements. Instructor will check email frequently, so e-mail is often the best way to contact the instructor.