CS 343 Concurrent and Parallel Programming

Textbooks

Required

• CS343 Course Notes, paper copy available at Graphics Math Copy Centre (MC 2018).

Recommended

• Understanding Control Flow with Concurrent Programming using μC++, by Peter A. Buhr (see also CS343 home page). This book is still being written; its current contents covers about 60%-70% of the course material. Medium amounts of the material from this book are needed so you can read it on-line and/or print portions of it as needed.
• μC++ Annotated Reference Manual, by Peter A. Buhr et al (see also CS343 home page). Small amounts of this manual are needed so it is best to read it on-line rather than print it.

If Needed

• A C++ text book with a discussion of the C++ Standard Library. Select a C++ book appropriate to your personal skill level and taste.
• More advanced material about C++: Effective C++, Third Edition.
• C++ Tutorial (postscript, PDF, workcode ) (see also CS343 home page).

Interesting

• Foundations of Multithreaded, Parallel and Distributed Programming, by Gregory R. Andrews, Addison-Wesley, 1999. For those interested in a general discussion of the principles of concurrency, including distributed programming.
• Concurrent Programming: Principles and Practice, by Gregory R. Andrews, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. For those interested in an advanced discussion of the principles and theory of concurrency.
• Java Concurrency in Practice, by Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, David Hulmes, Doug Lea, Addison-Wesley, 2006. For those interested in advanced concurrency in Java.
• Programming with POSIX Threads, by David R. Butenhof, Addison-Wesley, 1997. For those interested in advanced concurrency in PThreads.
• Concurrency in Ada, by Alan Burns and Andy Wellings, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 2nd Ed. For those interested in advanced concurrency in Ada.

All other course material can be accessed through: http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs343