ICS 432 Fall 2024

Readings "Passive" learning opportunities

This page collects together all of the “readings” associated with individual modules.

In this site, readings represent “passive” learning opportunities, as opposed to experiences, which represent “active” learning opportunities. In many courses, readings and experiences together constitute the “assignments”.

Module: Getting Started

Guided tour of Morea course websites

About Morea

Screencast 4 min

Getting Started

Course introduction, logistics, administrivia

Lecture notes

Syllabus

Syllabus

The Linux command-line

A set of pointers to material about the Linux command-line

Lecture notes Tutorials Games

Module: Concurrency, Processes, Threads

Concurrency

Introduction to the concept of concurency

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Processes and Threads

The process and thread abstractions, and how they can or cannot be used to achieve useful concurrency

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Module: Java Threads

Java Threads

Basics of using Java Threads

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[SCREENCAST] Java Threads

Screencast of the Java Threads lecture notes

Screencast

JavaFX

Basics of using JavaFX

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Java Threads Cancellations

How to terminate threads in Java

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Java's volatile Keyword

Usefulness and use of Java’s volatile keyword

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Sample Java source

Java source

Module: Thread Safety

Thread Safety

Introduction to the race condition and thread safety concepts

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Sample Java source

Java source

Module: Locks

Locks: Principle

How to use locks to achieve thread safety

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Locks: Implementation

How locks are implemented in practice

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Locks in Java

How Java provides the lock abstraction

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Module: Condition Variables

Condition Variables

Introduction to condition variables and how they are used for threads to synchronize

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Condition Variables in Java

How Java provides the condition variables abstraction

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Sample Java source

Java source

Module: Semaphores

Semaphores

Introduction to the semaphore concept and how it can be used as an alternative to locks and condition variables

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Sample Java source

Java source

Module: Classic Concurrency Problems

Classic Problems

A description of several classic concurrency problems and their solutions

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Module: The Java Concurrency Package

java.util.concurrent

Overview of the java.util.concurrent package

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Module: Midterm

Midterm Review

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Module: No Locks?

Lockfree Programming

Introduction to thread-safe programming without using locks!

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Transactional Memory

Introduction to the concept of transaction memory

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The Silently Shifting Semicolon

Interesting research article on performance and correctness

Research Article

Module: Data Parallelism

Data Parallelism

An introduction to the concept of data parallelism on multi-core platforms

Lecture notes

Sample C source

C code

Module: Multi-Threading in C/C++

Threads in C with OpenMP

An introduction to OpenMP

Lecture notes

Sample C source

C source

Module: Threads In Other Languages

Threads in Other Languages

A brief overview of threads in other languages

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Sample source

Example source code

Module: Programming for Performance

Measuring Performance

How to measure/characterize the performance of a program on a platform

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Code Optimization

Main concepts and techniques for optimizing code, many of which are done for you by compilers

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Programming for Locality

How to write code that promotes data reuse in the cache

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Sample C source

Dockerfile, C code