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About the Course

This course teaches learners (industry professionals and students) the fundamental concepts of parallel programming in the context of Java 8. Parallel programming enables developers to use multicore computers to make their applications run faster by using multiple processors at the same time. By the end of this course, you will learn how to use popular parallel Java frameworks (such as ForkJoin, Stream, and Phaser) to write parallel programs for a wide range of multicore platforms including servers, desktops, or mobile devices, while also learning about their theoretical foundations including computation graphs, ideal parallelism, parallel speedup, Amdahl's Law, data races, and determinism. Why take this course? • All computers are multicore computers, so it is important for you to learn how to extend your knowledge of sequential Java programming to multicore parallelism. • Java 7 and Java 8 have introduced new frameworks for parallelism (ForkJoin, Stream) that have significantly changed the paradigms for parallel programming since the early days of Java. • Each of the four modules in the course includes an assigned mini-project that will provide you with the necessary hands-on experience to use the concepts learned in the course on your own, after the course ends. • During the course, you will have online access to the instructor and the mentors to get individualized answers to your questions posted on forums. The desired learning outcomes of this course are as follows: • Theory of parallelism: computation graphs, work, span, ideal parallelism, parallel speedup, Amdahl's Law, data races, and determinism • Task parallelism using Java’s ForkJoin framework • Functional parallelism using Java’s Future and Stream frameworks • Loop-level parallelism with extensions for barriers and iteration grouping (chunking) • Dataflow parallelism using the Phaser framework and data-driven tasks Mastery of these concepts will enable you to immediately apply them in the context of multicore Java programs, and will also provide the foundation for mastering other parallel programming systems that you may encounter in the future (e.g., C++11, OpenMP, .Net Task Parallel Library)....

Top reviews

LG

Dec 12, 2017

This is a great course in parallel programming. The videos were very clear, summaries reinforced the video material and the programming projects and quizzes were challenging but not overwhelming.

SV

Aug 27, 2017

Great course. Introduces Parallel Programming in Java in a gentle way.

Kudos to Professor Vivek Sarkar for simplifying complex concepts and presenting them in an elegant manner.

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By Qian L

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Jan 23, 2018

The combination of quiz and programming assignment helps understanding the course in a quite nice way. I will finish up the other two courses for sure.

By Sam C

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Apr 6, 2023

Excellent course, explained difficult topics very well! Would recommend to anyone that needs to understand how to improve complex workflows in Java

By tarun n

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Dec 21, 2018

The concepts like thinking about work,span,cp.amhdals law very very helpful. Although i believe there should be more examples wit code as in quiz.

By Grigorii P

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Jul 15, 2023

I'm happy to finish this course, I was trying to pass it earlier but was not quite ready. i'm apreciate the knoledge shared in that course.

By Hang Z

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Mar 4, 2020

This course is great. The only problem is that the course is a little bit too easy and the minProject should cover more materials in class.

By John O O

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Jul 25, 2019

Full tremendous course for understanding the essentials about parallel programing in Java! Excellent mini-projects to reinforce concepts!

By Serikzhan K

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Jul 19, 2018

Learned a lot about Phasers; parallel programming concepts such as computation graph, span, ideal parallelism, CPL -- good introduction.

By frishta

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Oct 10, 2019

it was a great experience that I learned new skills. thanks a lot to my teachers who helped me to complete this course successfully.

By Narayanan M

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Jul 28, 2020

Very nice presentation and step by step instruction touching core fundamentals of parallel programming. classroom quality videos.

By Matthew G

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Oct 23, 2019

Great course. Can't wait to start using phasers in production code, if the reviewers on PRs don't accuse me over-engineering :)

By Ahsanul A S

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Feb 28, 2021

The lectures and readings were very helpful. The auto-grading system should be updated. Excellent topics and techniques

By Deleted A

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Feb 8, 2021

Really great course specially programming assignments , makes you rethink your approach and identify fastest approach .

By BM

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Oct 18, 2017

Excellent course! Easily digestible and very fascinating topic. Dr. Sarkar knows his stuff and knows how to teach it!

By Yash G

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May 25, 2020

Excellent Course, applying principles in real life programming gives a boost to confidence.Changed way of thinking

By Suresh T

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Sep 12, 2018

This covers fundamentals of parallel programming and upto date with all jdk8 lambdas and functional programming

By Rafał S

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Jan 20, 2019

Great introduction to parallel programming in Java. Clear and well thought content. Quite challenging quizzes.

By Malyik J

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May 21, 2018

It was a great journey. The course material was clearly presented and it was easy to follow. I recommend it.

By Hamza M

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Jun 14, 2023

Very intriguing, detailed, and beneficial course for people wanting to learn parallel programming in Java.

By arvind k

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Dec 30, 2018

Thank you for making taking the time to prepare this and making it available online on Coursera. Cheers!

By Ankit M

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May 1, 2020

Great course. I think last 2 chapters could definitely use more explanation and/or more examples/demos

By CARLOS J G R

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Feb 18, 2021

Muy buen curso. Muy practico y aprendí código a estudiaré más a fondo para aplicar en mis proyectos.

By Ricardo D P

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Oct 7, 2017

A good and concise introduction to foundations and practical concepts of parallel programming.

By Keesun B

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Feb 15, 2018

Very useful course to understand basic terms and syntax of parallel programming in java.

By Howard

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Sep 3, 2021

Overall, the course is very well structured and it covered a lot of useful information.

By Marcos P

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Nov 11, 2019

I liked very much the material support. I found fascinating the framework PCD. Congrats