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PDC Outline

The document outlines a framework for a course on Parallel and Distributed Computing, detailing weekly topics, sources, and recommended learning activities. It includes various assessments such as quizzes, assignments, and case studies, along with a focus on advanced topics and project presentations. The course covers fundamental concepts, programming models, performance analysis, and practical applications in the field.

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PDC Outline

The document outlines a framework for a course on Parallel and Distributed Computing, detailing weekly topics, sources, and recommended learning activities. It includes various assessments such as quizzes, assignments, and case studies, along with a focus on advanced topics and project presentations. The course covers fundamental concepts, programming models, performance analysis, and practical applications in the field.

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Week Topic Source Recommendations for Learning Activities
(Book- (Mention Assignments, Test, Quizzes, Practical, Case
Chapter No. Study, Projects, Lab Work or Reading Assignments)
Section No.)
Introduction to Parallel and • Distribution of Course Outline
Text A-Ch1
• Discuss its objective
Distributed Computing Text B-Ch1
• Prerequisite Test
1
Text A-Ch1
Comparison of Parallel and Distributed Text B-Ch1
Computing
Text A –Ch2
Text B –Ch1
Flynn Is Taxonomy Handouts
Text A –Ch2 Assignment
Hands outs
Introduction to Multi-Threading
Quiz
2

Text A –Ch9
Hands outs

parallel algorithms & architectures


Text A –Ch9
3 parallel I/O
programming models (data-parallel, task- Text A –Ch10 Quiz
4
parallel
Text A –Ch10 Assignment
process-centric, shared/distributed Text B-Ch5 &
memory) 6
Introduction to Parallel Text A –Ch
Programming using OpenMP 11
Quiz
Programming using OpenMP Text A –Ch11
Text A –Ch13 Assignment
Text B-Ch7
performance analysis and tuning,
Quiz
Case Study

Text A –Ch13
Text B-Ch7
5

6 scalability and performance studies


scheduling, load balancing,
memory consistency model, memory
hierarchies,
7 Case Studies: From problem specification Text A –Ch6
to a parallelized solution Handouts

Text A –Ch6

Case Studies: From problem specification


to a parallelized solution

Text A –Ch6
Handouts

GPU architecture and


programming
8
heterogeneity, Introduction to Quiz
Text A –Ch5
OpenCL
power and energy consumption Text A –Ch5
storage systems,
9
consumption storage systems, and Text A –Ch5
synchronization o
10 Message passing interface (MPI)
Message passing interface (MPI)
Case Study for Final project given

Text B –Ch6

11 o concurrency control
fault tolerance, interconnection
topologies Text B –Ch6

Text A –Ch19

 fault tolerance, interconnection


12 topologies

Text A –Ch19
Text B-Ch12

Asynchronous/synchronous
computation/communication,
concurrency control, fault
tolerance,
13
Advanced topics in parallel and Quiz
Distributed computing
Advanced topics in parallel and Text A –Ch31
Ref Material
Distributed computing
Text A –Ch34 Final Submission of the Final project with
Ref Material Documentation
Advanced topics in parallel and
14 Distributed computing
Project Presentation
15
Revision

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