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Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 MPI, OpenMP, MATLAB®*P  
3 Parallel Prefix  
4 Dense Linear Algebra I  
5 Dense Linear Algebra II  
6 Sparse Linear Algebra I  
7 Parallel Computer Architecture Homework 0 due two days before Lec #7
8 STAR-P Demo Project proposal due
9 Sparse Linear Algebra II  
10 FFT  
11 Domain Decomposition I  
12-13 Project Proposal and Progress Presentation Homework 1 due on Lec #13
14 Sparse Linear Algebra III  
15 Fast Multipole I  
17 Fast Multipole II  
18 Fast Multipole III  
19 Domain Decomposition II  
20 Partitioning I Progress report due

Homework 2 due
21 Partitioning II  
22 Mesh Generation  
23 Package Design of the Connection Machine  
24 SVM and SVD  
25 FFTW  
26 Student Project Presentations I  
27 Student Project Presentations II  
28 Student Project Presentations III Final projects due