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Parallel Programming 4 (Spring 2010 ) (Forår 2010)

Kursuskode : IPARP4-U1
ECTS Point : 5 Status : Obligatorisk
Placering : 4. semester Timer pr. uge : 4
Længde : 1 semester Undervisningssprog : Dansk og engelsk

Hovedindhold : Upon completion of the course the students is expected to be able to:

1. Explain the concepts of threads and processes including scheduling principles and corresponding states and context switching.
2. Explain the concepts of critical section and mutual exclusion and identify and explain methods and principles for synchronisation.
3. Explain the concepts of deadlock and starvation and how to deal with those phenomena.
4. Explain the concept of priority inversion and possible solutions to this.
5. Explain methods for inter-process communication (IPC)
6. Apply processes and threads in programming languages as C/C++ and Java
7. Identify when critical sections and/or mutual exclusion are required.
Undervisningsform : The lessons consist of theory combined with practical exercises and course assignments.
Krævede forudsætninger : Documented knowledge corresponding to PROG1 and PROG2.
Ansvarlig underviser : Henrik Kold Mikkelsen , hokm@dtu.dk