Contents of the CD-ROM

Lectures on Parallel Languages

Programming in Parallaxis III
by Thomas Braunl,
Facultat Informatik, Universitat Stuttgart
Introduction to NESL
by Jonathan Hardwick and Guy Blelloch,
School of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University
Data Parallel Programming Using MPL
by Amit Jain,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Boise State University
Data-parallel Programming in C*
by Michael Quinn,
Computer Science Department, Oregon State University

Lectures on Parallel Algorithms

Computing Connected Components in Parallel
by P. Takis Metaxas,
Computer Science Department, Wellesley College
Data-Parallel Algorithms in Parallaxis
by Thomas Braunl,
Facultat Informatik, Universitat Stuttgart

Lectures on Research Topics

The Role of Randomness in the Design of Parallel Architectures
by F. Thompson Leighton,
Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Parallel File Systems
by David Kotz,
Computer Science Department, Dartmouth College

Additional Items

In addition to the lectures, the CD-ROM contains the following additional items:

• MPL Examples: files containing the MPL code of all the examples mentioned in the talk "Data Parallel Programming Using MPL"
• On Parallaxis: paper describing the talk "Programming in Parallaxis III"
• Parallaxis III compiler: source code for installing the Parallaxis III compiler.

Updated versions of these items can be downloaded from this site.