Professor:
Dr. Johnnie W. Baker
Classroom
121 MSB during 11:00-11:50
Office:
MSB 260
Office Hours:
MWF 1-2 pm
Telephone:
(330) 672-9061
Email:
jbaker@cs.kent.edu
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Date Assigned |
Assigned Reading |
| 8/28 | Chapter 1 of Quinn Textbook |
| 9/06 | Chapter 2 of Quinn Textbook |
| 9/20 | Three papers: Associative Computing, Timings, and Convex Hull |
| 10/13 | Chapter 3 of Quinn Textbook |
| 10/30 | Chapter 4 of Quinn Textbook |
| 11/17 | Chapter 5 of Quinn Textbook |
| 11/22 | Chapter 6 of Quinn's Textbook |
| 12/1 | Ch. 7 of Quinn's Textbook, Use Ch. 1 of Akl's online text as reference |
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Set Number |
Date Assigned |
Problems |
Presentation Date |
| 1 | 9/13 | 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.13-1.15 in Quinn Textbook | 9/18 |
| 2 | 9/25 | 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-2.14, 2.16-2.19 Problems in Quinn Text | 9/27-29 |
| 3 | 10/27 | Associative Computing Homework #3 | |
| 4 | 12/1 | Some Problems from Quinn Ch 3-7 | |
| 5 | 11/29 | Two MPI Problems |
Date first posted
Title
Main Reference
Last update
8/27 Course Syllabus & Overview 8/30 Introduction Chapter 1 of Quinn Textbook 9/06 9/06 Parallel Architectures Chapter 2, Quinn Textbook 9/11 9/20 Associative Computing: Models & Algorithms ASC: An Associative Computing Paradigm 9/4 10/4 Associative Computing: ASC Language ASC Primer 9/11 10/11 Associative Computing: ASC Program ASC Primer 10/17 Parallel Algorithm Design (MIMD) Chapter 3 of Quinn Textbook 10/15 10/30 Message Passing Programming Chapter 4 of Quinn Textbook 11/17 11/17 The Sieve of Eratosthenes Chapter 5 of Quinn Textbook 12/5 SIMD, Vector, & MIMD Architecture Examples (Lecturer: Prof Walker) See Walker's Slides 11/30 Floyd's Algorithm Chapter 6 of Quinn's Textbook 11/30 Using the Dept Cluster (Overview) Cluster Operations 12/3 Open Questions in ASC/MASC Architecture (Lecturer: Prof. Walker) ASC Processor Development and Wang's Doctoral Defense 11/30 Performance Evaluation Quinn's Textbook Ch 7 & Akl's Online Textbook pgs 14-20 & Ch 12 Revised 12/05 12/08 MIMD vs SIMD using Air Traffic Control Slides 12/08 Comments on Final Exam 12/08 Preview of PDA'07 course 12/10 Supplemental Final Exam Study Guide
Title
Author
Last Update Parallel Computation: Models and Methods Selim Akl Designing and Building Parallel Programs: Concepts and Tools for Parallel Software Engineering Ian Foster ASC: An Associative Computing Paradigm - Paper 9/20 Timings for Associative Operations on the MASC Model - Paper 9/20 An Associative Implementation of the Classical Convex Hull Algorithms 9/20 Study Guide for Midterm 10/27 ASC Programming Advice 10/27 CMD Commands to Execute ASC in Windows 10/27 Sequential Shortest Path Algorithm Goodrich & Tamassia 10/27 Walker's Webpage on Cluster Operation 11/30 Supplemental Final Exam Study Guide 12/10