Advanced Topics in Parallel Computing

Vorlesung mit Übung im Sommersemester 2024
Dr. K. Fürlinger

This course will be held in English!

Welcome to the course page for Advanced Topics in Parallel Computing for summer term 2024 at LMU Munich. Here you will find details for the lecture and the accompanying practical lab exercises.

News

Content

The lecture will cover a selection of advanced topics from the area of concurrent and parallel computing, such as:

• Memory consistency models
• C++ atomic types and operations
• Synchronization algorithms (barriers, locks)
• Concurrent objects
• Lock-freedom and wait-freedom

Audience

The course is intended for master students of computer science. Successful prior participation in the introductory course Parallel and High Performance Computing or a similar lecture is required.

Important Dates

• Lecture: Wednesday 8:15 - 9:45,
  Oettingenstr. 67, Room 161. First lecture: April 17, 2024
• Lab Exercise: Wednesday 10:15 - 11:45,
  Oettingenstr. 67, Room U127. First lab: May 8, 2024
• Please keep an eye on News for any short-term changes and announcements.

Downloads

Lecture slides and worksheets will be made available on Moodle.

Further Reading

	Michael L. Scott "Shared-memory synchronization" Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture (2013). (Publisher's website). There is also an updated Second Edition available (2024).
	Vijay Nagarajan, Daniel J. Sorin, Mark D. Hill, David A. Wood "A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence, Second Edition" Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture (2020). (Publisher's website)
	Anthony Williams "C++ Concurrency in Action", 2nd Edition (2017). (Publisher's website)
	Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit "The Art of Multiprocessor Programming", Revised Reprint (2012). (Publisher's website). There is also an updated Second Edition available (2020).
	Mara Bos "Rust Atomics and Locks" (January 2023) (Publisher's website), (author's website)

Registration

Please register for the course on Moodle using ConsensusHierarchy as the key.

Contact

Via email and/or after the lecture and lab exercises.

Exam