Engr 664: Concurrent Programming
Fall Semester 1997
Syllabus

Locations

The fall semester 1997 class meets in 352 Weir Hall at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The class is taught by Prof. Conrad Cunningham, whose office is 312 Weir Hall. Prof. Cunningham's official office hours for this semester are 11:00 a.m. to Noon on Mondays and Wednesdays or by appointment at other times.

Prof. Cunningham's voice telephone number is (601) 232-5358 and fax number is (601) 232-5623. His WWW home page is http://www.cs.olemiss.edu/~hcc/ and his email address is cunningham@cs.olemiss.edu (send).

The WWW home page for this class is http://www.cs.olemiss.edu/~hcc/engr664/.

The final examination for this class is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, 11 December 1997.

Prerequisites

The prerequisite given in the catalog is CSCI 550, Program Semantics and Derivation.

Other students with sufficient backgrounds may be allowed in the class with the permission of the instructor.

Source Materials

Textbook:

Gregory R. Andrews. Concurrent Programming: Principles and Practice, Benjamin/Cummings, 1991. ISBN: 0-8053-0086-4.

Stephen Hartley. Concurrent Programming Using Java, manuscript to be published by Oxford University Press, 1998.

Software:

Java using the Sun JDK 1.1

Readings:

Various journal and conference articles, research reports, and book excerpts as appropriate.

Course Topics

1. Formal concepts
2. Concurrent programming (in Java)
3. Fine-grained synchronization
4. Semaphores
5. Monitors
6. Message passing
7. Remote procedure call
8. Parallel computing

School of Engineering Honor Code Statement

All students in ENGR 664 are expected to conduct themselves according to the Honor Code of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi.

The Honor Code shall apply to all students, both undergraduate and graduate, registered in and/or seeking degrees through the School of Engineering. The Honor Code shall be understood to apply to all academic areas of the School such as examinations, quizzes, laboratory reports, themes, computer programs, homework, and other possible assignments. Only that work explicitly identified by the class instructor not to be under the Honor Code is excluded. The intent of the Honor Code is to recognize professional conduct and, thus, it shall be deemed a violation of the Honor Code to knowingly deceive, copy, paraphrase, or otherwise misrepresent your work in a manner inconsistent with professional conduct.

Grading

Two-thirds of the semester grade will come from the exam average and one-third from the homework assignment average.

My grading scale is A [90..100], B [80..90), C [70..80), D [60..70), and F [0..60).

Assignments

• All students are expected to study the relevant portions of the textbook and handouts in conjunction with our class discussions. Explicit reading assignments will not always be given.
• Several of the homework assignments will be pencil-and-paper problem-solving assignments.
• Other homework assignments will be programming projects.
• All students are expected to do their own work on homework assignments.
• All students are expected to complete their homework assignments by their due dates. (Late homework papers may be accepted for up to one week after the due date, but grade penalties will increase daily. No homework will be accepted after the final examination period.)

Examinations

• There will be three examinations; the third examination is optional.
• The examination portion of the semester grade will be calculated by averaging the two best examination grades.
• The first examination will be given in late September or early October.
• The second examination will be given in mid-November.
• The third examination will be given during the final examination period. (Students who opt not to take the final examination may be given an assignment that is due during finals week.)
• Each exam will cover all topics studied to that point.
• Each exam may consist of a combination of in-class and take-home components.
• If you cannot take an examination at the scheduled time because of an illness or other special circumstances, please notify Prof. Cunningham in advance. Without advance notification, it may not be possible to give a make-up examination.
• Please do not ask to take the final examination earlier than the time set for the entire class.

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