CS 484

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Parallel Programming

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Techniques for the programming of all classes of parallel computers and devices including shared memory and distributed memory multiprocessors, SIMD processors and co-processors, and special purpose devices. Key concepts in parallel programming such as reactive and transformational programming, speculation, speedup, isoefficiency, and load balancing. Synchronization primitives, libraries and languages for parallel programming such as OpenMP and MPI, performance monitoring, program tuning, analysis and programming of numerical and symbolic parallel algorithms.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: CS 241 or CS 341.

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CS 484 class schedule data for fall 2026
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
81000	Online	DS3	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Rauchwerger, L	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This section is only for students that are in the Computer Science Online MCS/MCS-DS Program. This course will be taught on the Coursera platform. This section may have one or more proctored online exams. Students in on-campus programs will have no additional proctoring fees. Students in online programs may incur additional proctoring fees. Students taking a credit-bearing Illinois course on the Coursera platform for the first-time must complete a short onboarding course to gain course access. Additional information is available at https://ws.engr.illinois.edu/sitemanager/getfile.asp?id=3552. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/csregister. Restriction(s): Restricted to MCS:Computer Sci Online -UIUC.
71093	Online	DS4	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Rauchwerger, L	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This section is only for students that are in the Computer Science Online MCS/MCS-DS Program. This course will be taught on the Coursera platform. This section may have one or more proctored online exams. Students in on-campus programs will have no additional proctoring fees. Students in online programs may incur additional proctoring fees. Students taking a credit-bearing Illinois course on the Coursera platform for the first-time must complete a short onboarding course to gain course access. Additional information is available at https://ws.engr.illinois.edu/sitemanager/getfile.asp?id=3552. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/csregister. Restriction(s): Restricted to MCS:Computer Sci Online -UIUC.
80027	Online	PP3	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Rauchwerger, L	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This section is for "on campus" students. This course will be taught on the Coursera platform. This section may have one or more proctored online exams. Students in on-campus programs will have no additional proctoring fees. Students in online programs may incur additional proctoring fees. Students taking a credit-bearing Illinois course on the Coursera platform for the first-time must complete a short onboarding course to gain course access. Additional information is available at https://ws.engr.illinois.edu/sitemanager/getfile.asp?id=3552. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/csregister. Restriction(s): Restricted to Computer Science or Bioinformatics major(s). Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Not intended for MCS:Computer Sci Online -UIUC, MCS:Computer Sci Online -UIUC, or NDEG:Computer Science Onl-UIUC. Not intended for First Time Freshman students.
67876	Online	PP4	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Rauchwerger, L	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This section is for "on campus" students. This course will be taught on the Coursera platform. This section may have one or more proctored online exams. Students in on-campus programs will have no additional proctoring fees. Students in online programs may incur additional proctoring fees. Students taking a credit-bearing Illinois course on the Coursera platform for the first-time must complete a short onboarding course to gain course access. Additional information is available at https://ws.engr.illinois.edu/sitemanager/getfile.asp?id=3552. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/csregister. Restriction(s): Restricted to Computer Science or Bioinformatics major(s). Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Not intended for MCS:Computer Sci Online -UIUC, MCS:Computer Sci Online -UIUC, or NDEG:Computer Science Onl-UIUC. Not intended for First Time Freshman students.
67875	Online	PPU	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Rauchwerger, L	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This section is for "on campus" students. This course will be taught on the Coursera platform. Students taking CS courses on the Coursera platform for the first time must take additional steps to correctly setup their Coursera account and complete a brief onboarding course to gain access to the course. Students who enroll in this course must read “Instructions to access CS courses delivered on Coursera platform” available at http://go.cs.illinois.edu/CSregister. Failure to follow these instructions will result in late course access. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/CSregister Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.