Spring 2008: CS 7820 Parallel Computer Architecture
General Information:
- Venue: WEB 1450
- Time: Tuesday, Thursday 10:45am - 12:05pm
- Instructor: Rajeev Balasubramonian, email: rajeev, MEB 3124, office hours: by appointment
- Pre-Requisite: CS/EE 6810 or equivalent
- Textbook: "Parallel Computer Architecture", Culler, Singh, Gupta. Reference textbook for parallel algorithms: "Introduction to Parallel Algorithms and Architectures: Arrays, Trees, Hypercubes", Leighton. Reference textbook for interconnection networks: "Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks", Dally and Towles. Reference textbook for transactional memory: "Transactional Memory", Larus and Rajwar.
- Class mailing list: cs7820@cs.utah.edu. Visit the mailman system to sign up or modify.
College of Engineering Add/Drop Policy:
Guidelines from the college.
Special Needs:
The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs,
services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will
need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be
given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Building,
581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make
arrangements for accommodations.
All written information in this course can be made available in
alternative format with prior notification to the Center for
Disability Services.
Grading:
The course project accounts for 50% of the class grade. 20% will be based
on a couple of simple multi-thread programming assignments. 10% will be
based on critiques submitted for the papers discussed in class.
The remaining 20% will be based on a take-home final.
Class Schedule