COMP 322: Principles of Parallel Programming, Fall 2009


Instructor: Vivek Sarkar            Assistant: Bob Garcia, DH 3137, x4476, rxg@rice.edu


Course Information:


  1. Course Title: Principles of Parallel Programming (COMP 322)

  2. Meeting Time: TTh 10:50am - 12:05pm (first class will be held on Aug 25th)

  3. Meeting Place: Hertzstein Hall 119

  4. Instructor’s and TA’s office hours: By appointment

  5. TA: Sanjay Chatterjee (cs20@rice.edu)

  6. Prerequisites:

  7. Required: Introductory Programming (COMP 211 or CAAM 210)

  8. Recommended: Algorithms and Data Structures (COMP 314 or equivalent)

  9. Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about prerequisites

  10. Course Website: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~vsarkar/comp322

  11. Evaluation: Coursework will be weighted as follows

  12. Midterm Exam    20%

  13. Final Exam         20%

  14. Homeworks        10% (short individual programming/written assignments --- total of 2)

  15. Projects               50% (larger programming assignments --- total of 2)