F21DP2 Distributed and Parallel Systems
The course is in 2 parts and additional course materials are available
from Dr Loidl.
Course Outline
The following course
outline should be taken as a guide to the intended content.
Lecture Notes
The draft slides used in the High-level Parallelism and Distribution part
of the course are available below as PDF, or sometimes PostScript.
Be aware that they will evolve during the course.
Topic 0: Introduction to parallel, distributed and mobile computation
Topic 1: Haskell as a Computation Language
Topic 2: Glasgow parallel Haskell (GpH)
Topic 3: GpH Development Methodology
Topic 4: Shared Memory (Multicore) Parallelism: OpenMP
Topic 5: Introducing Distribution, Socket-Based Distribution
Topic 6: Remote Procedure Call: RPC/RMI
Topic 7: Concurrent & Distributed Haskells
Topic 8: Grid Computing
Topic 9: Mobile Computation
Learning Objectives
Coursework and Practical Exercises
Haskell Lab
Haskell Lab Soln
Glasgow Parallel Haskell Lab
2012/13 Assessed Coursework
OpenMP Lab
Example Programs
reduction.c OpenMP example program
munge.c example program