CMPT 898(02): Parallel Programming for Scientific Computing

CMPT 898.02: Parallel Programming for Scientific Computing

The following are links to different aspects of the course.

Course Outline
Policies and Regulations
Lecture Notes
Class times
Office Hours
Assignments

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The mid-term examination will be held in class on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

Information on the projects

Marking scheme for the presentations. The introductory presentations will be Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The final presentations will be Thursday, April 08, 2010.

Progress report guidelines.

Guidelines for referees.

Guidelines for the final report.

Other fun and useful stuff

Some maxims on numerical computing by Nick Trefethen.
The NETLIB repository of free numerical computing software.
Guide to Available Mathematical Software GAMS from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Some real-life disasters attributable to poor numerical computing.
A more comprehensive list of other misfortunes caused by poor numerical computing.