IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to Parallel Programming Concepts

This “Introduction to Parallel Programming Concepts” tutorial is recommended for anyone interested in learning more about the topic or who plans on taking our language-specific tutorials on parallel programming. This tutorial is not oriented towards any program language in particular and is intended for anyone with programming experience. This tutorial covers basic topics such as the use of processes and threads, types of computer hardware for parallel computing, and the limits of parallelization as a strategy. Additionally, several common data and algorithm patterns in software will be discussed along with effective strategies on how to parallelize them.