ECE408 / CS483 / CSE408:
Applied Parallel Programming
Spring 2020

Announcements

• Welcome to ECE408! I am looking forward to working with you!
• We will use Compass for distributing grade information.
• Join Piazza to follow further announcements and discussions.
• Both exams will be held in 1013 and 1015 ECEB. For dates and times, please see the course timeline.
• Details on changes in delivery and policy due to UIUC's shift to online classes can be found here.
• A copy of your midterm's solution can now be found here.
• Please see the project plan below for details of the timing of the course project.
• Exam 2
  • The exam is here. Please note that all answers in Problem 2.6 are off by 1 (add 1 to each).
  • The template solution file is here.
  • Exam solution is here.

Course Information

• The textbook is shown on this web page (Amazon).
• Timeline
• Project Plan
• Final Report Rubric

Staff and Office Hours

Prof. Lumetta's office hours will start on 30 January. TA office hours will start in the THIRD week of classes.

Steve Lumetta		lumetta@illinois.edu	Daily Byte Cafe	Th 12-2 p.m. (Zoom info)
Jonathan Nativ		jnativ2@illinois.edu	ECE 2036	Sa 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Brian Park		jpark346@illinois.edu	ECE 2036	W 1-3 p.m.
Yujia Qiu		yujiaq3@illinois.edu	ECE 2036 Daily Byte Cafe	M 1-3 p.m. Tu 3-5 p.m.
Wei Ren		weiren2@illinois.edu	ECEB 2036 ECEB 3081	Tu 1-3 p.m. W 3-5 p.m.

Assignments

Assignments will be distributed, completed, and graded through WebGPU.

Exam Study Materials

• Exam 1
• Prof. Lumetta's exam from last year; solve first, discuss with friends, then look here. 3.6 was meant to ask about tile_P rather than mask_P.
• 2012 practice exam
• Fall 2016 exam
• Fall 2017 exam
• Study Guide from S19
• Exam 2
• Prof. Lumetta's exam from last year; sorry, no solution is available; please note that your exam will be quite different in format.
• 2012 practice exam
• Fall 2016 exam (with solutions)
• Fall 2017 exam (with solutions)
• Study Guide from S19

Lecture Videos and Slides

Copies of Prof. Wen-mei Hwu's microlecture videos and slides are available through this site.

The slides below are in order of presentation, but the numbering does not generally correspond to lectures.

• Exam 1 Material
• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
• Lecture 7
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Lecture 12
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14
• Exam 2 Material
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16
• Lecture 17
• Lecture 18
• Lecture 19
• Lecture 20
• Lecture 21
• Lecture 22
• Lecture 23
• Lecture 24
• Lecture 25
• Slides from Carl Pearson

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