This class introduces students to techniques used to program parallel and distributed systems. We consider
algorithms for both the message-passing and shared message paradigms. We categorize the types of problems
that lend themselves to practical parallel solutions and reinforce the concepts with real-world examples. These
examples demonstrate the use of each technique that we introduce. The speedup, efficiency, and overhead of each
algorithm are considered. Topics include load balancing, partitioning, synchronization, and pipelining.
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