Python Parallel and Concurrent Programming Part 2

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Free Online Course: Python Parallel and Concurrent Programming Part 2 provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Python Parallel and Concurrent Programming Part 2 is taught by Olivia Chiu Stone and Barron Stone.

Overview
  • Write more effective programs that execute multiple instructions simultaneously. Learn advanced techniques for parallel and concurrent programming in Python.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Learn parallel programming basics
    • What you should know
    • Exercise files
    1. Synchronization
    • Condition variable
    • Condition variable: Python demo
    • Producer-consumer
    • Producer-consumer threads: Python demo
    • Producer-consumer processes: Python demo
    • Semaphore
    • Semaphore: Python demo
    2. Barriers
    • Race condition
    • Race condition: Python demo
    • Barrier
    • Barrier: Python demo
    3. Asynchronous Tasks
    • Computational graph
    • Thread pool
    • Thread pool: Python demo
    • Process pool: Python demo
    • Future
    • Future: Python demo
    • Divide and conquer
    • Divide and conquer: Python demo
    4. Evaluating Parallel Performance
    • Speedup, latency, and throughput
    • Amdahl's law
    • Measure speedup
    • Measure speedup: Python demo
    5. Designing Parallel Programs
    • Partitioning
    • Communication
    • Agglomeration
    • Mapping
    6. Challenge Problems
    • Welcome to the challenges
    • Challenge: Matrix multiply in Python
    • Solution: Matrix multiply in Python
    • Challenge: Merge sort in Python
    • Solution: Merge sort in Python
    • Challenge: Download images in Python
    • Solution: Download images in Python
    Conclusion
    • Additional resources
    • Next steps