Toward using higher-level abstractions to teach parallel computing

Proceedings - IEEE 27th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops and PhD Forum, IPDPSW 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1291-1296

  Ferner, Clayton ^a   Wilkinson, Barry ^b   Heath, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c East Main Educational Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

compiler directives; distributed computing; parallel computing; pattern programming

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDENTS;

COMPILER DIRECTIVES; HIGHER-LEVEL ABSTRACTION; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; NEW APPROACHES; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EID: 84899721325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPSW.2013.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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