SMA5505 - Applied Parallel Computing

SINGAPORE-MIT ALLIANCE (COMPUTER SCIENCE)

SMA5505 / 6.338J / 18.337J – Applied Parallel Computing

Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Spring 2005 (updated: April 5, 2005)

This module is an advanced interdisciplinary introduction to applied parallel computing on modern supercomputers. Numerical topics include dense and sparse linear algebra, N-body problems, multigrid, fast-multipole, wavelets and Fourier transforms. Geometrical topics include partitioning and mesh generation. Other topics include applications oriented architecture, software systems, MPI, Cilk, data parallel systems, parallel MATLAB, caches and vector processors with hands-on emphasis on understanding the realities and myths of what is possible on the world's fastest machines.

Instructors

Associate Professor Teo Yong Meng	Professor Alan Edelman
S14, Room #06-12	Laboratory for Computer Science
Department of Computer Science (NUS)	MIT
Email: teoym AT comp.nus.edu.sg	Email: edelman AT math.mit.edu

Teaching Assistants

Dr Wang Xianbing / Xie Yong	Vikash Mansinghka
S16, #04-19 / S14, #06-17
Department of Computer Science (NUS)	Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
Email: xieyong AT comp.nus.edu.sg	Email: vkm AT mit.edu

Course Schedule:

§ Lectures: ~~Wed, 1000-1200~~ Tue, 2-4pm (wef: 15 Feb), (Teo)

§ Recitation: Tue, 0900-1000 (Singapore Time) – Edelman

§ Video: Tue and Thu, 1030-1200

§ Consultation hours: 1400-1500 - Wed (Teo), Thu (Xie), Fri (Wang)

Assessment (no examination): to be finalized

§ Homework/Quizzes: 50%, Project: 40%, class participation: 10%

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