Parallel Computing: Lecture 1

Learning objectives

After this class, you should be able to:

1. Describe the course policies, grading criteria, and your responsibilities.

Reading assignment

1. Read the syllabus and class notes. Also read Chapter 1.
2. Chapter 2, pages 33-34.

Exercises and review questions

• Questions on current lecture's material
  1. How many written assignments will you have in this course?
  2. How many programming assignments will you have in this course?
  3. Will you be graded on class participation in this course?
  4. What will your grade be if you obtain a total score of 85% and an exam average of 75%?
  5. Exercise 1.2.
  6. Exercise 1.5.

• Questions on next lecture's material
  1. Draw a hypercube with 8 nodes.
  2. (Post your solution on the discussion board) Consider a hypercube of 32 nodes. Give the label for any node, and list the labels for all the nodes to which it is directly connected.