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COMP SCI 3305 - Parallel and Distributed Computing

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4110
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 2.5 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: One of COMP SCI 1103, COMP SCI 1203, COMP SCI 2103, COMP SCI 2202, COMP SCI 2009 or COMP SCI 2202B
Assumed Knowledge: COMP SCI 2000
Assessment: Written exam and/or assignments and/or quizzes
Syllabus:

A selection of topics from the following: the challenges faced in constructing parallel and distributed applications, including testing, debugging and performance evaluation. Various implementation techniques, paradigms, architectures and programming languages including: Flynn's taxonomy, MPI, MapReduce, OpenMP, GPGPU, concurrency and multi-threading.

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3
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Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4110 Mon 15/03/2021 Thu 25/03/2021 Fri 07/05/2021 Fri 11/06/2021


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
15018 LE01 80 12 3 Mar - 7 Apr Wednesday 3pm - 5pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
28 Apr - 2 Jun Wednesday 3pm - 5pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: These lectures are live-streamed and recorded. You have the option of participating during the live-streaming session or any time after they are published in MyUni. Please check MyUni once enrolled for details regarding when lectures will be published.
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
15009 WR04 25 12 18 Mar - 18 Mar Thursday 3pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
1 Apr - 1 Apr Thursday 3pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
29 Apr - 29 Apr Thursday 3pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
13 May - 13 May Thursday 3pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
27 May - 27 May Thursday 3pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
10 Jun - 10 Jun Thursday 3pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: This class is for offshore / remote students only. Please refer to MyUni for details once enrolled.
15010 WR03 25 FULL 18 Mar - 18 Mar Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering & Mathematics, EMG07, Teaching Room
1 Apr - 1 Apr Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering & Mathematics, EMG07, Teaching Room
29 Apr - 29 Apr Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering & Mathematics, EMG07, Teaching Room
13 May - 13 May Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering & Mathematics, EMG07, Teaching Room
27 May - 27 May Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering & Mathematics, EMG07, Teaching Room
10 Jun - 10 Jun Thursday 12pm - 1pm Engineering & Mathematics, EMG07, Teaching Room
Note: This class will be delivered face to face.
15012 WR01 35 5 18 Mar - 18 Mar Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 2060, Teaching Room
1 Apr - 1 Apr Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 2060, Teaching Room
29 Apr - 29 Apr Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 2060, Teaching Room
13 May - 13 May Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 2060, Teaching Room
27 May - 27 May Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 2060, Teaching Room
10 Jun - 10 Jun Thursday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 2060, Teaching Room
Note: This class will be delivered face to face.