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| BIL5080 | Computer Networks and Parallel Computing | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of COMPUTER ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to introduce theory of parallel computing techniques, parallel programming on cluster of workstations, and the internet as the parallel programming environment. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | implement internet, computer networks and network applications. | 3,4,5,7,8,9,11 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | develop programs for networked multi-computers. | 2,3,4,10,11 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | compare and evaluate parallel applications on different multi computers systems. | 2,4,5,7,8,13 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | develop pipeline, synchronous and asynchronous computations on shared and virtually shared | 2,3,4,5,9 | 1 | | PO - 5 : | develop parallel software for various numerical algorithms.
değişik sayısal algoritmalar için paralel yazılımlar geliştirebilecekler. | 4,5,7,8 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The Internet; network applications. Client server interactions. The socket interface and socket programming. Remote procedure call. Parallel computers and networked computers as a multi-computer platform. Message passing computing; Using workstation clusters (PVM and MPI) . Debugging and evaluating parallel programs. Ideal (embarrassingly) parallel computations. Partitioning and divide-and-conquer strategies. Pipilene techniques. Synchronous computations. Load balancing and termination detection. Programming with shared and virtually shared memory. Multi processing and Pthreads. Algorithms and parallel applications; sorting algorithms, numerical algorithms, image processing, searching and optimization. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The Internet, network applications, client server interactions
| | | Week 2 | The socket interface and socket programmingi and Remote procedure call
| | | Week 3 | Parallel computers and networked computers as a multi-computer platform
| | | Week 4 | Message passing computing | | | Week 5 | Using workstation clusters (PVM and MPI)
| | | Week 6 | Debugging and evaluating parallel programs
| | | Week 7 | Ideal (embarrassingly) parallel computations | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Partitioning and divide-and-conquer strategies
| | | Week 10 | Pipilene techniques | | | Week 11 | Synchronous computations
| | | Week 12 | Load balancing and termination detection, and short exam | | | Week 13 | Programming with shared and virtually shared memory | | | Week 14 | Multi processing and Pthreads | | | Week 15 | Algorithms and parallel applications; sorting algorithms, numerical algorithms, image processing, searching and optimization | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Barry Wilkinson (1999), Parallel Programming; Techniques and applications using networked workstations and parallel computers, Prentice Hall.
| | | 2 | Douglas E. Comer, (2001), Computer Networks and Internets with Internet application, Prentice Hall.
| | | 3 | Alan Chalmers (1996), Practical parallel processing, Thomson Computer Press.
| | | 4 | Kai Hwang (1993), Advanced computer architecture; parallelism, scalability and programmability, McGraw Hill.
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 2 | 30 | | Quiz | 12 | | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 30 | 1 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Diğer 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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