MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Fall 2003 Catalogue Supplement

6.895 Theory of Parallel Systems (H)

L MW 10-11:30, Room 9-057
Prof. Charles Leiserson, Room NE43-202, 3-5833, cel@mit.edu
Prereq.: 6.046J, 6.170
3-0-9

This subject qualifies as a Theorectical Computer Science Concentration Subject

Theoretical foundations of parallel computing systems. Algorithms and analysis of fixed-connection networks, message routing, VLSI layout, shared-memory consistency, load balancing, dynamic multithreading, synchronization. Focus on problem solving and term project. 3 Engineering Design Points.