CSCI 431: Parallel Programming

Motivation

Variations on subprogram control associated with concurrency

Basic Parallel Programming Concepts

Synchronization

Mutual Exclusion

Methods for implementing mutual exclusion

Software locks

The Semaphore

Semaphore example

The Monitor

Message passing

Storage Management in Tasks

Languages for Concurrent Programming

Ada

Ada message passing

Multiple Entry points

Guarded Clauses

Task Termination

Ada Examples

A little bit about Java

The Thread class