Colgate University Computer Science Department

This course surveys the field of parallel and distributed computing, covering hardware design and architecture, interconnection networks, and parallel algorithms. In addition to the broad survey, students concentrate on the implementation of message-passing parallel computers and algorithms. This aspect of the course includes laboratory work using the parallel computer laboratory. The required credit-bearing laboratory COSC 445L must be taken concurrently with COSC 445.

Prerequisites: COSC 303 and 304, or permission of instructor.

COSC Course Offerings for Spring 2008