Here you can find the arguments discussed during lessons, the audio/video files relative to the already given lessons (when available) and, more in general, pointers to support material hosted on the support material web page. Audio/video files are .m4v files. In order to be able to see these files under Windows you need to install quicktime.
| Date | Hr. | Arguments | Audio/Video | Slides | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/09 | 10-11 | Course introduction: program, motivations, lessons, support material, web site, etc. | Audio/video | Slides | |
| 23/09 | 11-13 | Motivations of the course. Hw improvements (processors, multi/many core, heterogeneous hardware (GPUs, FPGAs), HPC and top500) and sw improvements (skeletons, design patterns, components, services). Dichotomy parallel/distributed re-visited. | 1st h 2nd h | Slides | |
| 24/09 | 16-18 | Problems and issues with parallel/distributed programming | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 29/09 | 9-11 | Introducing structured programming: patterns, sample implementation code (POSIX-TCP/IP and MPI), identification of patterns | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 30/09 | 11-13 | How to identify useful patterns (part 2). Skeleton frameworks: principles, history. | 1st h 2nd h | Slides | |
| 01/10 | 16-18 | Skeleton frameworks: libraries vs. laguages; template based implementation schema | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 06/10 | 9-10 | Macro data flow implementation technology | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 07/10 | 9-10 | Expandability of skeleton sets: issues and possible implementations. Advanced features: targeting heterogeneous architectures. Introduction to behavioural skeletons (adaptivity) | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 08/10 | 16-18 | Hierarchical management in behavioural skeletons. Management of multiple concerns in BS | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 13/10 | 09-11 | Performance modelling of structured computations | 1st h 2nd h | Slides Handwriting | |
| 14/10 | 11-13 | Performance modelling of structured computations. Introduction to design patterns. | 1st h 2nd h | SlidesSlides | |
| 15/10 | 11-13 | Parallel design patterns. Discussion of the results of the “questionnaire” concerning programming abilities of the students. | 1st h 2nd h (the initial part of second hour is missing, see Massingill paper, part relative to the Embarrassingly parallel pattern) | SlidesTest slides | |
| 20/10 | 9-11 | Introduction to skeleton frameworks: Muesli (skeleton set, library prototypes, sample code) | 1st hour N.A.Y. | Slides | |
| 21/10 | 11-13 | Muesli: configuration and compilation details. ProActive and Calcium: skeleton set, library prototype, sample code | 1st hour1st hour | Slides-1-hour Slides-2-hour | |
| 22/10 | 16-17 | ProActive Calcium: sample code commented in detail | 1st hour | Slides | |
| 22/10 | 17-18 | Introduction to software components | 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 27/10 | 9-11 | Software components. Java Beans, Microsoft .com (just introduced). SCA (more in detail, with sample code) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 28/10 | 11-13 | Sample component usage in ProActive/Fractal (1st hour). Introduction to workflows (2nd hour) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 29/10 | 14-16 | More on workflows, sample WF framework, WFs vs. skeletons and in the SPM perspective. (1st hour) POSIX/TCP target architecture (2nd hour) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides1 Slides2 | |
| 5/11 | 16-18 | TCP/POSIX architecture: UDP communications, Processes, Threads, Commands for remote machine access and usage. Typical usage of TCP/POSIX mechanisms to implement structured programming models. | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 10/11 | 9-11 | Sample TCP/POSIX (OpenMP) implementation / RTS | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 11/11 | 11-13 | Fractal/GCM component framework. Simple component usage. Compound component usage | 1st & 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 12/11 | 16-18 | Advanced component usage with ProActive/Fractal/GCM. | 1st & 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 17/11 | 9-11 | Remote procedure call (rpcgen) and remote method invocation (Java RMI) with sample code and examples | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 18/11 | 12-13 | Asynchronous RMI in ProActive (active objects and futures). Modelling POSIX/TCP: measuring sequential times | 1st hour | Slides | |
| 19/11 | 16-18 | Measuring computation and communication times on POSIX/TCP target architectures (with sample code) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 24/11 | 9-11 | OpenMP: principles, model, directives. Using OpenMP for supporting SPM material | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 25/11 | 11-13 | Lesson not given due to the suspension of teaching activity established by the dean | |||
| 26/11 | 16-18 | More on OpenMP usage to support SPM concepts. Presentation of the final project text. | 1st hour 2nd hour | Final project slides | |
| 1/12 | 9-11 | Wireless networks. Principles. Infrastructure and ad hoc scenario. CDMA. | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 2/12 | 11-13 | Wireless networks: 802.11 CSMA/CA, frame format, RTS/CTS, mobility between AP of the same network, power management issues. Wireless network usage in SPM perspective. | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 3/12 | 16-18 | Client/server revisited. Introduction to Peer to peer. Taxonomy of P2P applications. File sharing: different approaches used in notable P2P system. | 1st&2nd hour | Slides | |
| 9/12 | 11-13 | Introduction to MPI (By P. Dazzi) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 10/12 | 16-18 | Introduction to MPI (By P. Dazzi) (2nd part) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides | |
| 15/12 | 9-11 | P2P in the SPM perspective. Final project assignments (2nd round). Discussion on “A view of the Parallel Computing Landscape” (CACM Oct. 2009) | 1st hour 2nd hour | Slides p2p Slides project Slides Berkeley | |
| 64 | «— Total hours | ||||
The official lesson registry is available at the University web site.