NSM Mini-Course on Concurrent Programming

Concurrent Programming is an upcoming area in Computer Science. In the recent past, chip manufacturers are moving towards simultaneous multi-threaded architectures because of their advantages in simultaneously utilizing and sharing multiple resources, such as ALUs, and memory hierarchy, etc. Currently, researchers and software engineers are focusing on scalable and energy-efficient algorithms for multi-threaded architectures. As a result, the role of Concurrent Programming in designing scalable and energy-efficient multi-threaded implementations is increasing.

Objective

Introduce fundamentals of concurrent programming and develop skills to implement efficient parallel programs.

Topics

Introduction to Concurrent Objects and Linearizability Concepts
Memory Consistency Models and Coherency Protocols
Synchronization Primitives: Locks and Barriers
Implementation of Locks: Mutex and Spin Locks
Synchronization Techniques: Coarse-grain, Fine-grain, Optimistic, Lazy, and Non-blocking
Implementation of Concurrent Data Structures: Stacks, Queues, Trees, Skiplists, and Hashing
Restructuring applications for Memory Hierarchies and Work Distribution

Who should attend?

Students interested in parallel programming
Practitioners working with parallel programming models
Instructors teaching parallel programming and data structures

What do I get from the workshop?

Understanding of the fundamental principles of concurrency
Pointers to tools and techniques for practical use
Possible research topics for further exploration

After successful completion of the workshop, a certificate will be awarded to each participant attending all the sessions.

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Speakers

Praveen Alapati
Mahindra Ecole Centrale

Saurabh Kalikar
Intel Labs

Kalyan T V
IIT Ropar

Debiprasanna Sahoo
IIT Roorkee