CS6596 High-Performance Parallel Computing
GIAN course 
Instructors: P. Sadayappan and Rupesh Nasre. 
TA: Jyothi Krishna V S 
Dates: June 20 -- July 1, 2016 
Venue: MSB 360, IIT Madras 
 
 
Evaluation Schedule: 
 
- Total number of lectures: 30
 - Number of credits: 2
 - Evaluation: 60% for assignments, 40% for written exam.
  
	| Evaluation | 
	Weightage | 
	Due date | 
	Topic | 
 
	| Programming assignment 1 | 
	15% | 
	June 24 | 
	Locality modeling | 
 
	| Programming assignment 2 | 
	15% | 
	June 27 | 
	OpenMP | 
 
	| Programming assignment 3 | 
	15% | 
	June 30 | 
	CUDA | 
 
	| Programming assignment 4 | 
	15% | 
	July 2 | 
	Vectorization, code | 
 
	| Written Examination | 
	40% | 
	July 4 | 
	All topics | 
 
 
Note that although the classes are till July 1, the evaluation would be till July 4.
Important notes.
- A google group is created for all the participants where all the announcements are made. If you are not part of it, meet the course coordinator in person during the lectures.
 - All the registered participants would receive a participation certificate. If you are crediting the course, it is compulsory to submit assignments and to write the exam. On successful completion of the course, you would receive a grade-card from the institute (within a few weeks of completing the course).
 - You need to bring a laptop for assignments. We will provide you wifi access and access to a remote server on which you can compile and run your programs.
 - All the participants crediting the course are expected to be around till July 4. The remaining participants are free after July 1.
  
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