Introductory Lectures on Data-Parallel Computing

An Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM (and sample Online access)

Edited and Produced by P. Takis Metaxas (Wellesley College)

Contributing Editor: Fillia Makedon (Dartmouth College)

Published by AK Peters, Ltd., March 1996.

Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Donald B. Johnson
In this site you will find:

-Description of the project
-Contents of the CD-ROM
-Resources on the Internet
-Description of the User Interface
-Frequently Asked Questions

Description of the Project

This CD-ROM contains eight invited lectures that focus on Data-Parallel Computing, one of the major programming paradigms of Parallelism today. The lectures, given by experts in their fields, are interactive and span three areas of Parallel Computing: Programming Languages, Algorithms, and Research Topics. They can be used as tutorials, and as reference in an introductory course on Parallel Computation.

Each lecture contains a quicktime movie of the speaker delivering the talk, composed of the transparencies used during the lecture synchronized with the voice of the speaker. It also contains information about the speaker and additional materials, like animations, videos, programs and software that help the understanding of the lecture. The code for building the Parallaxis-III compiler and information on how to get the NESL compiler is also included. A simple and intuitive interface helps navigating through the contents of the CD-ROM.

The lectures were collected, edited and integrated with the interface at Wellesley College with the help of Yihao Zhang, Michelle Chen, Kanyi Zhao, Li Ye, Mei Hu, Stella Kakavouli

Major funding was provided through a grant by the New England Consortium for Undergraduate Science Education (NECUSE).

1995 Forum on Parallel Computing Curricula; Wellesley, MA.

1997 Forum on Parallel Computing Curricula; Newport, RI.