Introducing parallel processing at the undergraduate level

1 February 1988

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin

Vol. 20 (1) , 63-67
https://doi.org/10.1145/52965.52981

Abstract

With multiprocessor computers becoming more readily available on college campuses and with the recent development of software tools to aid in the implementation of parallel algorithms, it is time for parallel processing to enter the undergraduate curriculum. In this paper we show how widely available tools combined with concepts learned in an operating systems course could be used to develop an upper level undergraduate course in parallel processing. A typical artificial intelligence search problem (N-queens) is implemented in C and exhibits almost linear speedups.

Keywords

AVAILABLE TOOL
PARALLEL ALGORITHM
LINEAR SPEEDUP
COLLEGE CAMPUS
UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSE
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
PARALLEL PROCESSING
MULTIPROCESSOR COMPUTER
RECENT DEVELOPMENT
UPPER LEVEL UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
OPERATING SYSTEM
CONCEPT LEARNING
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT

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