21-765. Introduction to Parallel Computing and Scientific Computation

DOCUMENTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Software documentation that can be volatile and changes often is mentioned early in the list. Textbooks are listed at the bottom.

V1. Linux Manual Pages accessed by "apropos <keyword>" to get a list of commands, and then "man <command>", or "xman" under X-Windows. The command "info" gives a emacs-like interface and more complete documentation for some packages. Software package management and description: the "rpm" or "dpkg" command depending on the Linux flavor. Additional package documentation inside the /usr/share/doc directory. A Google search almost always brings in useful info.

V2. HowTos and FAQs, can be found on the main software archive sites on the Internet. Some reference links:

• http://linuxdocs.org/
• http://www.mpich.org/
  
• http://linas.org/linux/threads-faq.html
• Definitions and explanations of many computer-related terms: http://whatis.com/

V3. Videos and tutorials:

• XSEDE portal and documentation: https://portal.xsede.org/
• XSEDE training videos: https://www.youtube.com/XSEDETraining
• LinkedIn Learning php training videos:
  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/
  The tutorials of interest describe the PHP programming language and interaction with MySQL database, and are authored by Kevin Skoglund:
  
  • PHP Essential Training (quizz: week 3)
    
  • PHP with MySQL Essential Training: 1 The Basics (quizz: week 4)
    
  • PHP with MySQL Essential Training: 2 Build a CMS (take-home test: week 5 to week 6 )
    
  • PHP: Object-Oriented Programming (recommended, but not mandatory: week 7)

• search "parallel processing" or any related keywords using your favorite search engine;
• let me know if you have found something interesting and relevant which is not listed here.

T1. Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, "The C Programming Language", PTR Prentice Hall, 1988.

T2. David A. Wheeler, "Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO", http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/, 2002.

• http://www.open-mpi.org/
• http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/indexold.html
• Marc Snir, Steve Otto, Steven Huss-Lederman, David Walker, Jack Dongarra, "MPI: The Complete Reference", The MIT Press, 1996. http://www.netlib.org/utk/papers/mpi-book/mpi-book.html

T4. OpenMP Tutorials:

• https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/openMP/
• http://openmp.org/mp-documents/omp-hands-on-SC08.pdf
• http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/getting-started-with-openmp/
  

T5. Ian Foster, "Designing and Building Parallel Programs", ACM Press, 1995.
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/dbpp/text/book.html

T6. George Em Karniadakis, Robert M. Kirby II, "Parallel Scientific Computing in C++ and MPI", Cambridge University Press, 2003.

T7. Bruce Eckel, Thinking in *, http://www.bruceeckel.com/

T8. Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill, "The Art of Electronics", Cambridge University Press, 1990.

T10. Brett Lantz, "Machine Learning with R", Second Edition, Packt Publishing, 2015, http://www.packtpub.com