Parallel Computing 2007: Lessons for a Multicore Future from the Past

Lectures given by Geoffrey Fox at Microsoft Research February 26-March 1 2007

Core Lectures

• Parallel Computing 2007:Overview is a general discussion of most of parallel computing except hardware Slideshare
• References are recorded in Connotea
• Parallel Computing 2007:Bring your own parallel application discussed at the audience's request, how to parallelize Intel's proposed multicore job mix Slideshare
• Parallel Computing 2007:Performance Analysis for Laplace’s Equation discusses performance analysis using Laplace's equation as an example (prepared but not covered in lectures)
• Parallel Computing 2007:Science Applications discusses the parallelization of several different science applications -- sometimes in cryptic note fashion; ask Geoffrey Fox to expand! (prepared but not covered in lectures)

Background Presentations from previous courses

• Message Passing Interface MPI tutorial from 2005
• Partial Differential Equations and Iterative Solvers parallelization from 2005
• Parallel FFT and Use in PDE Solvers from 2000
• Parallel Matrix Multiplication and other Full Matrix Algorithms from 2005
• Parallel Programming for Particle Dynamics and Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations from 2005 including the O(N²) N body algorithm. The fast multipole algorithm is discussed in Parallel Computing 2007:Science Applications listed above