ICE717 Parallel Prog. Summer'99 @ICU

We'll have 3 homework assignments which mostly involves programming.
Assignments are due on the night of the due date specified in the schedule section unless stated otherwise.
Homework #1

Using MPI, parallelize the most time consuming part, GAUSEI, by decomposing the data in three dimensions. (If you have already done this in Homework #2, skip this.)
Using HPF, parallelize the sequential code and compare the results with the above.
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Term project is a 2 or 3-member project and you need to form your team during the first class.

All members cannot be from the same laboratory and must mix MS and PhD students.
Each member will receive the same score.

You will code parallel programs and run it on parallel machines such as Cray T3E or a cluster system. You can

compare the performance of your program with different number of processors
compare the performance of your program on different machines (4 processors on T3E vs 4-node cluster)
compare the performance of your program with different program models (MPI vs Pthreads)
devise an interesting program (each chapter has many ideas, for example, it can be a simple chess program which can compete with IBM's Deep Blue, if you choose [Sabot] Ch.5)
compute and show the result with your own visualization program or some similar tool

The first presentation scheduled on 7/7 and 7/12, you are supposed to focus on explaining the chosen chapter and provide your team's suggested target (but this can be changed over time during the semester).
Second presentation will be an informal progress report.
Third and the final presentation will due on 8/20 using on-line material.
Hand in the presenation material written in HTML or PowerPoint.
1st, 2nd and 3rd presentations contribute 35%, 5%, 60% of the total score, respectively.