ENEE159V/H: Introduction to Parallel Algorithmic Thinking

Download required software (Mac and Windows users must pursue option #3)

Announcements

• 4/27/09 Results have been sent out for homework #3 if you did not receive an e-mail, please contact me.
• 4/20/2009 Homework #5 Posted
  To download the project files use the command:
  

  $ wget http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jspeiser/mergesort.tgz

• 4/7/2009 Office hours cancelled tonight. There will be a 2 hour session next Tuesday.
• 4/1/2009 For Homework #4, if you have downloaded the ssort data files before 4/1, please re-download the project tgz to ensure that you have the correct xbo data files
• 3/31/2009 Homework #2 Grades have been sent out. If you did not receive an e-mail from me containing your score, please contact me.
• 3/31/2009 For the upcoming project you will need to know how Binary Search works. You may find this article on Binary Search and this article on sorting helpful as well
• 3/26/2009 Homework #4 due date changed to April 15th
• 3/26/2009 Homework #4 pdf and data-files have been posted
• 3/23/2009 Grades for Homework #1 will be distributed by Wednesday, if you do not receive an e-mail by then please contact me. Please also see Homework #1 Common Mistakes
• 3/23/2009 Header files updated, re-download (wget) the homework tgz to get the latest versions (includes extern linkage for header file variables)
• 3/12/2009 Homework #3, Randomized Selection, has been posted
• 3/12/2009 Tips for Integer Sort and Radix
• 3/11/2009 I will be holding extra office hours tonight, 7:30-8:30pm in EAB 0305
• 3/6/2009 Homework #2 has been updated please review the new assignment .pdf file Please note: you must re-download the isort.tgz archive file.
• 2/26/2009 Homework #2 has been posted
• 2/24/2009 By now everyone should have received an email with their grade for Homework 0. If you did not receive such an email please contact me as soon as possible.
• 2/23/2009 Grades for Homework 0 will be distributed via e-mail by Tuesday night 2/24.
• 2/13/2009 Please place all source code files in the src directory and your table.txt file in the doc directory.
• 2/12/2009 Homework 1 has been posted. Before starting the assignment please carefully review the relevant sections in the class notes on the summation and prefix-sums problems.
• 2/10/2009 Homework 0 is due before the start of class on Thursday 2/12. Also, remember that part of the assignment includes answering a discussion question.
• 2/5/2009 Important update: Office Hours will be held Tuesdays 5-6pm by appointment only in EAB 0305 (building #093 on the map, in the ECE undergrad lounge)
• 1/31/2009 Tip: spawn(a,b) spawns threads a to b inclusive.
• 1/30/2009 Part II of the first assignment has been posted, and is due February 12th
• 1/29/2009 If you are using VirtualBox, please make sure you have internet access enabled. View instructions 19-20 of the Virtual Box setup guide for more information

Assignments

How to Submit Assignments

1. Unless otherwise noted, all project files and subdirectories should be contained within a directory of the form HomeworkX where X is the assignment number, starting from zero. For example all work for the first assignment should be contained in a directory named Homework0


2. Create a compressed archive of your project directory:
   $ tar czf Homework0.tgz Homework0
   Note the syntax: tar czf NameOfArchiveToBeCreated.tgz DirectoryPathToCompress


3. If you are using VirtualBox, install a mail client or web browser on your virtual machine
   For simplicity, I recommend installing firefox (Update: Please note the added step in blue):
   $ sudo apt-get update
   $ sudo apt-get install firefox
   When the installation completes, you may run firefox by entering:
   $ firefox &
   (Entering the ampersand allows firefox to run without blocking the command line)


4. Using mail.umd.edu or another web mail host attach your HomeworkX.tgz in an e-mail to
   
Please make sure your full name appears in the body of the email

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