CSE 434 - Introduction to Parallel Processing

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

This course is a pragmatic introduction to parallel and distributed programming. It targets science and engineering students with basic programming skills, and prepares them for parallelizing existing sequential programs or optimizing the perfomrance of existing parallel codes. The course teaches how to program with widely used parallel programming interfaces such as Pthread, MPI, OpenMP, HPFaand RMI. In addition, the course covers enough information on common parallel architectures, so that the students can optimize the programs for different platforms.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.