2110732 Parallel Computing

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Announcements

• New ! Assignment 3 and 4.
• The mid-term is postponed to July 29th same time.
• 420-1 and 420-2 have been given new names.  420-1 is now Athena and 420-2 is now Zeus.
• Please read "How to connect to Sun machines and run an MPI program"

Lecture notes

Programs

• greetings.c    A simple MPI program.
• sum.c              A parallel summation program using MPI.
• mandelbrot.c  A sequential program displaying Mandelbrot Set.  To compile, link it with X library (gcc option  -lX11).   Introduction to the Mandelbrot Set gives a good explanation about what the Mandelbrot Set is.
• pi.c                A parallel program to compute Pi.

Assignments

1. Write an essay on "A Brief History of Parallel Computers", in Thai, length 10-15 pages.  Submit before midterm.
2. Problems 3-6, 3-7, 3-8 in the text.  Submit before 8 July.
3. Write an essay on "Parallel Algorithms", in Thai, about 10 pages.  Starting reference "Parallel Algorithms", Blelloch and Maggs, 1996.  Please use the reference only as the starting point of your literature survey.  Do not translate the article.  You can emphasis on some particular area that interest you.
4. Write an essay on "Models and Languages for Parallel Computation", in Thai, about 10 pages.  Starting reference Models and Languages for Parallel Computation, Skillicorn and Talia, 1998.   Please use the reference only as the starting point of your literature survey.  Do not translate the article.  You can emphasis on some particular area that interest you.

Last modified: 1 August July 2002
Veera Muangsin