ISBN : 1423901983
Publisher : Course Technology
This text is intended for parallel programming courses within computer
science departments at both four-year and two-year colleges. More
specifically, this text is ideal for those courses in parallel
programming and parallel computing where Java is the preferred language.
Parallel programming is an elective course offered within most computer
science programs. Parallel programming teaches students how to run
programs across several computers, as opposed to running a single
program on one computer. One advantage of being able to perform parallel
programming is the ability of a computer scientist to test many
versions of one problem simultaneously. The course, while an elective,
is offered within most computer science departments at most
universities. Parallel computing is a stable subdiscipline within
computer science – some say that with the more powerful microcomputers
being developed, it has the potential to gain more interest in coming
years. With the prevalence of Java as a programming language, this book
offers a more modern take on parallel programming, which will appeal to
customers. This book is much more up to date than any other choices on
the market today, particularly the market leader from Morgan-Kaufmann,
which has not been updated since 1996. The market is looking for a new,
up-to-date option and this book delivers with its Java focus and the
credentials of the author. Reviewers commented positively on the
author’s clear writing style, which will be beneficial to students who
often are forced to grapple with muddled texts at these higher levels.
The author will make unique Java code samples and toolkits available
(student downloads on course.com and also on the instructor’s website).
This book will help further our advancement into higher level portions
of the computer science market as we seek to publish a full breadth of
choices for the computer science curriculum.
