Pic110 spring 1997 information

This file is http://www.math.ucla.edu/~eijkhout/pic110/index.html.

Your instructor is

Victor Eijkhout
office: MS 7620
hours: MWF 3-4pm
campus phone: 825 2173
email: eijkhout@math.ucla.edu
home page: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~eijkhout

The TA is

Ami Fischman
email: fischman@math.ucla.edu
ta-related page: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~fischman/ta

The class will mostly follow the book

Introduction to Parallel Computing
Kumar et al
Benjamin Cummings, Redwood City, 1994

Notes and supplementary reading material can be found on http://www.math.ucla.edu/~eijkhout/pic110/notes.html.

The midterm exam will be during regular class hours on the Wednesday of the sixth week.

The listing from the online course catalogue:

   110 CONCURRNT COMPUTATN    -----------  LEC 1   MWF      2:00- 2:50P 
       MS 5128                EIJKHOUT, V.         5.0 units 
       6 enrolled (max 30)    0 on wait list (max 50)
       Exam code: 7 (TUESDAY, 06-10-1997, 03:00P - 06:00P)

       CONCURRNT COMPUTATN    157-350-201  DIS 1A  T        2:00- 2:50P 
       MS 5128                FISCHMAN, A.          
       6 enrolled (max 30)    0 on wait list (max 50)

Homework is due on wednesday:

Paper submissions can be given to the instructor in class,
Electronic submission will be explained by the TA.

In the calculation of the final grade, the two lowest homework grades will be ignored. Thus, you can miss homework twice with no penalty.

Homework assigned:

Week of 31 Mar: 1.1, 1.4, 2.3, 2.4.
Week of 7 April: MPI Programming exercise 1.
Week of 14 april: 2.19, 3.32 and 3.33 (only for broadcast; not personalised communication),
Week of 21 April: MPI Programming exercise 0.
Week of 28 April: 4.18, 5.12, and MPI Programming exercise 2.
Week of 5 May: 5.19, 6.9, 6.17.
Week of 12 May: takehome midterm.
Week of 19 May: MPI Programming exercise 3.
Week of 26 May: 7.3, 8.4b.