Parallel and Distributed Systems

Catalog description

Widely deployed in scientific computing centers and commercial data centers, large-scale parallel and distributed systems (PDS) are crucial to scientific discovery, business success, national security, and technology innovation. This course examines the design and analysis of large scale computing systems for processor- and data-intensive applications with the focus on the technologies and factors that impact the performance, power, resilience, and scalability of modern parallel and distributed systems. Topics include the organization of multicore computers, parallel computer clusters, computing grids, supercomputers, client-server systems, and peer-to-peer systems; computer networks and network protocols; network security; multithreaded programming; and network programming.