Fall 2005
Tuesdays from 5:25 to 8:15 PM
6516 Sennott Square

Instructor

Rami Melhem (melhem@cs.pitt.edu)
6137 Sennott Square
phone: 624-8426
Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:00

Course Description

This advanced seminar will review the latest developments in two specific areas of computer architectures. The first relates to the processor, interconnection and system designs for high performance and high productivity computer systems, used to be called supercomputers. The second relates to architectures specifically suited for cognitive information processing. In addition we will review the latest developments in multiprocessor and multithreaded architectures as well as novel techniques for improving efficiency and decreasing power consumption.

Requirements and grading:

• The grade will be based on paper presentations, class participation, and a class project and report.

Course Outlines and Schedule:

• Presentations by the instructor
  Parallel and High Performance Computing
  Optical Interconnection Networks
  Power management techniques
  Fault Tolerance and Reliability
• Presentations by students.
  Each student will have to read, understand and discuss one paper per week.
• Presentations and Demonstrations of Class Projects
  Each student will present a proposal and a final demonstration of a project