CS 596: Introduction to Parallel Computing

CS596 -- Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall, 2012)

Course Policies & Information

Course Information:

Prerequisites
Assignments
Grading
Crash Policy
Cheating

Prerequisites:

This course is designed for upper division/graduate students enrolled in a scientific discipline such as Computer Science, Computational Science, Engineering, Bioinformatics, with suitable preparation. Students must have senior or graduate standing.

Students must know:

Fortran or C/C++
basics of Unix OS
Ability to write 3-5 page lab report papers

Students ideally are familiar with:

PDE's
principles of computational science
concepts of parallel programming (thread management, queuing systems, multiple cpu programs)

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Assignments:

All assignments must be on time, or points will be lost. Specific requirements for each assignment will be explained.
Grades will be based on several things, including:

timeliness
attendance & participation in class
status of working code
quality of project writeup, presentations, reports, etc.

Notes:

Most of the assignments will be in Laboratory report formats where students perform experiments and write up the results in the format of a 3-5 page mini paper.
For the final project, the results will be reported in a paper similar to a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
Significant writing and organizational skills will be expected of the students
Please see the assignments page of this course for details.

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Grading Policy:

Grades will be based on completion of all assignments and exams (TBD). Approximate weighting of class work is shown below:

Homeworks: 60%
Midterm project or exam: 20%
Final project or exam: 20%

This is a course that counts towards graduate degrees, and cannot be taken on a "Credit/NoCredit" basis.

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Crash Policy

Enrolled students must attend the first 2 clases or they will be dropped.
Crashers will be accepted if there is room.
Registered students must attend classes during the crash period or you may be dropped.
The crash list will ordered ordered by seniority and class attendance, and other influencing factors:
Role of the crashers will be taken each class period. Crashers attending all classes will be given priority over all crashers that do not attend all classes
Crashers must submit an unofficial SDSU transcript to be prioritized on the crash list
If you have not submitted a transcript at the time students are let into the course, you will not be prioritized

Add Procedure:

Students given an add code will have a limited time to use the add code. (TBA)
Students that do not use their add code in the allotted time will not be allowed to use that add code and will lose their priority in the crash list for this course.
From SDSU academic calendar: September 12: Last day to add classes, drop classes, or change grading basis.

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Cheating:

Anyone caught cheating will automatically receive and F, no exceptions.

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