From smart phones, to multi-core CPUs and GPUs, to the world's largest supercomputers and web sites, parallel processing is ubiquitous in modern computing. The goal of this course is to provide a deep understanding of the fundamental principles and engineering trade-offs involved in designing modern parallel computing systems as well as to teach parallel programming techniques necessary to effectively utilize these machines. Because writing good parallel programs requires an understanding of key machine performance characteristics, this course will cover both parallel hardware and software design.
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Jan 15 |
Assignment 1 out
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Jan 20 |
No Class (CMU MLK holiday)
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Jan 27 |
Assignment 1 due (on Jan 28th)
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Jan 29 |
Assignment 2 out
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Feb 12 |
Assignment 2 due (on Feb 13th)
Assignment 3 out (on Feb 13th)
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Mar 3 |
Exam I
Assignment 3 due (on Mar 4th)
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Mar 5 |
Assignment 4 out (Fri Mar 7)
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Mar 10-14 |
Spring Break
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Mar 17 | |
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Mar 26 |
Assignment 4 due (on Mar 27th)
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Apr 2 |
Project Proposal Due (Fri April 4)
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Apr 16 |
Project Checkpoint Due (Fri April 18)
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Apr 28 |
Exam II
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May 30 | |
May 9 |
Final Projects Due
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due Jan 28 | Assignment 1: Analyzing Parallel Program Performance on a Quad-Core CPU |
due Feb 13 | Assignment 2: A Simple Renderer in CUDA |
due Mar 4 | Assignment 3: Two Algorithms, Many Cores |
due Mar 27 | Assignment 4: A Simple, Elastic Web Server |
weekly | Guidelines and Tips for Making Good Lecture Comments |
due May 13 | Final Project / Parallelism Competition (proposal due Apr 4) |
Special thanks to NVIDIA Corporation for their equipment donation to support GPU-computing assignments and projects. Intel Corporation has also provided financial support for course development. Todd Mowry created the original version of 15-418 and much of the structure of his innovative course persists today. Thanks to Matt Pharr and Warren Hunt for technical assistance with ISPC. Alex Reece and Manish Burman developed the course web site. Solomon Boulos is now getting the credit he deserves.