Code: CS5107 | Category: PML | Credits: 1-0-3-3
Learning Objective
- Equip students with system tools that improve productivity.
- Exposure to advanced programming constructs.
- Equip students to work on cluster/remote-machines using command line (bash/csh).
- Exposure on proper usage of hardware resources like CPU cores, memory in programs.
Learning Outcome
- Familiarity to work on open source systems from source code compilation.
- Familiarity to work on group projects with proper version control.
- Parallel programming skills for multi-core CPU clusters.
- Familiarity on how processes are mapped to machines.
Course contents
Linux basics, version control, coding styles, (4 hours)
Coding conventions, debugger, and build system such as Makefiles (8 hours)
Scripting: Python, Shell (Bash,Csh), Tcl (12 hours)
Processes,Linker, Loader, Memory Layout, Static and Dynamic Linking (12 hours)
Multi-Processing: Shared and distributed systems overview. Parallel Programming with Pthreads, OpenMP and MPI (16 hours)
Text Books
- Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible. Author: Richard Blum. Publisher: Wiley Publishing. ISBN-10: 111898384X, ISBN-13: 978-1118983843
- Parallel Programming in C with MPI and Openmp, Author: Michael Quinn. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-10: 0071232656, ISBN-13: 978-0071232654.
Reference Books
- The Unix Programming Environment, Authors: Brian W Kernighan and Rob Pike. Publisher: Pearson. ISBN-10: 9332550255, ISBN-13: 978-9332550254.
- An Introduction to Parallel Programming. Author: Peter Pacheco. Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374260-5
Past Offerings
- Offered in Aug-Nov, 2023 by Satyajit Das
- Offered in Aug-Dec, 2022 by Deepak Rajendraprasad, Krishnamoorthy Dinesh
- Offered in Jul-Dec, 2021 by Albert, Sandeep, Vivek
- Offered in Jul-Dec, 2020 by Albert, Sandeep, Vivek
Course Metadata
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Programming Lab |
| Course Code | CS5107 |
| Course Credits | 1-0-3-3 |
| Course Category | PML |
| Approved on | Senate 18 of IIT Palakkad |
| Course revision information | Same course as in M.Tech in SoCD |