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TDDE65 lectures and lessons, Reading directions


Preliminary lecture/lesson program for 2026, including reading directions.
The times and locations (including for the lab sessions) can be found on the schedule page.

All links to slides below redirect to the handouts page.

Lectures and lessons are given in English.

  1. Overview and organization 2026 (Slides: see handouts page)
    Parallel computer architecture concepts I: Clusters and Interconnection Networks (CK)
    Reading directions: Compendium Appendix chapter B, Wilkinson/Allen Chapter 1.
  2. Parallel computer architecture concepts II: Memory Hierarchy, Shared Memory* (CK)
    Reading directions: Compendium Appendix chapter B, also Wilkinson/Allen Chapter 9.1-9.4.
  3. Parallel computer architecture concepts III: TOP500 and trends in supercomputer architecture.
    Reading directions: Slides, Compendium Appendix chapter B, and online articles.
  4. NSC introduction and guided tour: Introduction to NSC systems (by Frank Bramkamp, NSC) - Mandatory presence
  5. Design of parallel programs I (CK)
    Reading directions: Slides, Compendium Chapter 1. Background: Wilkinson/Allen Chapters 3-6, 11.4.
  6. Design of parallel programs II / MPI (I) (CK)
    Reading directions (MPI): Slides and references given there.
  7. MPI (II) (CK)
    Example: hello_mpi.c
    Lesson 1: (45min) Introduction to the lab series (SL) - Mandatory presence
    Lab 0: Refresher of C programming challenges (pointers, memory, types) and pthreads programming
    This lab is optional for all who have taken a C-based lab course on concurrent programming nad operating systems course such as TDDE68, or TDDD56.
  8. OpenMP (I) (CK)
    Example: hello_openmp.c
    Reading directions (OpenMP): Slides and references given therein. Wilkinson/Allen Section 8.5.
  9. OpenMP (II) (CK)
  10. Tools for performance analysis (CK)
    Reading directions (Tools): Slides and online articles.
  11. Design and analysis of parallel algorithms I* (CK)
    Reading directions (Lect. 11+12): Slides and Compendium Chapter 2.
  12. Design and analysis of parallel algorithms II; Fundamental dataparallel algorithms* (CK)
  13. Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Algorithms (CK)
  14. Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Algorithms (cont.);
    Parallel Solving of Linear Equation Systems (CK)
    Reading directions (Lect. 13+14): Slides and Compendium Chapter 4. Wilkinson/Allen Chapter 11. Background: Elden et al.
  15. Loop Parallelization and Optimization* (CK)
    Reading directions): Slides. Background: see references therein.
  16. Lesson 2: Solving theory exercises for exam preparation (CK)

Remark: The lectures marked by * are largely shared with TDDD56 Multicore and GPU Programming. This minor replication is necessary to make sure that the two courses can be taken stand-alone or in arbitrary order. If you already have taken TDDD56 you may skip these lectures or consider them as an extra repetition opportunity.

Lecture notes:

  • Lecture notes for the lectures by Christoph Kessler (CK) are made available electronically for registered students on the handouts page.

  • For further literature, see the literature list.

  • Lecture notes for the lessons can be downloaded from the lab page. Older lesson lecture notes can be found on the handouts page for reference purposes.

  • Optional theory exercises for practising can be found at the end of each chapter in the compendium book.
    A few old exams are available on the examination page.

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Last updated: 2026-03-27