This course studies the fundamental aspects of parallel and distributed systems, providing an integrated view of the various facets of software development on such systems: hardware architectures, programming languages, computational models, software development tools and design patterns, performance modelling and analysis, experimenting and measuring, application to scientific computing.

Prerequisite(s): (Computer Science 3340A/B or Software Engineering 3310A/B) and (Computer Science 3350A/B or ECE 3375A/B).

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Note: Computer Science 3331A/B and Computer Science 3305A/B or equivalent are recommended.