The course will introduce several programming environments used to implement parallel applications on modern parallel architectures. A detailed introduction of the available structured parallel programming environments will be given. Optimization problems relative to different non functional concerns (performance, power management, fault tolerance) will also be described and typical experiences in different applicative domains will be discussed. Overall, the course will give the student a good perspective on the kind of problems to be solved when tackling the efficient programming of (massively) parallel systems as well as a basic knowledge relative to state-of-the-art parallel programming frameworks.

Two different kind of exams will be possible: a) the student may agree with a teacher an argument and prepare a seminar illustrating the main results relative to argument, or b) the student may agree with the teacher an application and then proceed to parallelize the application using one of the programming frameworks presented in the course.

All lessons in Sala Seminari Ovest, unless differently stated