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) |