Introduction to Parallel Programming by John Owens, David Luebke, Cheng-Han Lee and Mike Roberts. (UDACITY)
Class Summary:
Learn the fundamentals of parallel computing with the GPU and the CUDA programming environment! In this class, you’ll learn about parallel programming by coding a series of image processing algorithms, such as you might find in Photoshop or Instagram. You’ll be able to program and run your assignments on high-end GPUs, even if you don’t own one yourself.
What Should I Know?
We expect students to have a solid experience with the C programming language and basic knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
What Will I Learn?
You’ll master the fundamentals of massively parallel computing by using CUDA C/C++ to program modern GPUs. You’ll learn the GPU programming model and architecture, key algorithms and parallel programming patterns, and optimization techniques. Your assignments will illustrate these concepts through image processing applications, but this is a parallel computing course and what you learn will translate to any application domain. Most of all we hope you’ll learn how to think in parallel.
In Fast Database Emerges from MIT Class… [Think TweetMap] you read about a new SQL database based on GPUs.
What new approach is going to emerge from your knowing more about GPUs and parallel programming?