====== SPM 2015 final project ======

===== Final project text =====
The final project text includes three different possibilities for two different kind of projects, namely the implementation of a parallel pattern and the parallelization of a well known application/kernel. The full text (PDF document) of the project may be found following [[http://backus.di.unipi.it/~marcod/SPM1415/SPMproject15.pdf|this link]]. 

^ Name ^ Notes ^
^ Skeleton project ^^
| MapReduce | none |
| MultiPool | none |
| Free | none |
| FastFlow "low level" skeletons may be used to implement the skeletons. The "pool" skeleton should not be used to implement the MultiPool. ||
^ Application project ^^ 
| Parallel prefix | none | 
| Fishes and sharks | none |
| Free | |

====== Target architectures ======

=== Andromeda ===
This is a dual socket, 4 cores (2 way hyperthreading) Nehalem Intel architecture. It should be used just in case you decide to use Java or Skandium. Instructions to access andromeda may be found [[http://backus.di.unipi.it/~marcod/wiki/doku.php?id=regoleottavina&s[]=ottavinareale|here]].
=== Xeon PHI ===
This is an 8 core SandyBridge host with a Xeon PHI PCIe card. The Xeon PHI hosts 60 4-way hyperthreading cores (Linux). Instructions to access the Xeon PHI may be found [[http://didawiki.cli.di.unipi.it/doku.php/magistraleinformaticanetworking/spm/istruzionixeonphi14|here]]. 

===== Project assignments =====
The following table reports the assignments agreed so far. 

^ Student ^ Project ^ Framework ^ Date assigned ^ 
| Dario Balinzo | Mapreduce | C++ Pthreads | Passed |
| Davide Busato | Fishes and sharks | FastFlow | Passed |
| Luca Lovagnini | MapReduce | FastFlow | Dec. 10, 2014 |
| Behrouz Raesi | MapReduce | C++ | Passed | 
| Louis Duvivier | Fishes and sharks | FastFlow | Passed |
| Maurizio Idini | Free app: multilayer perceptron | FastFlow | Dec. 11, 2014 |
| Jacopo Lipilini | Free app: firewall DPI | FastFlow | Passed |
| Anna Tarsia | Parallel Prefix | Skandium | Passed | 
| Giuseppe Miraglia | MapReduce | FF o Pthread | Dec. 15, 2014 | 
| Andrea Caraci | Multipool | OpenMP | Dec. 23, 2014 |
| Francesco Brundu | Fishes and Sharks | FastFlow | passed | 
| Filippo Delfino, Antonio Caporale | Fishes and Sharks | Skandium + COW | Passed |
| Gian Maria Delogu | Fishes and Sharks | FastFlow | Passed | 
| Roberto Tacconelli | Fishes and Sharks | OpenMP | Passed |
| Biniam Nigusse | Parallel Prefix | Skandium | Feb. 9, 2015 |
| Patrik Rosini | Jacobi | FastFlow | Feb 12, 2015 |
| Luca Novellis | Fish and Sharks | Meusli | passed |
| Fabio Lucattini | Fish and Sharks | OpenMP | Feb 2015 |
| Aman Mohammed | Fishes and Sharks | Skandium | Feb 2015 |
| Alessio Massidda | Histogram thresholding | FastFlow | Passed | 
| Alemu Tadesse Metaferia | Hello world genetic | Skandium | Passed |
| Bici Stela | MapReduce | FastFlow | Mar 2015 |
| Chiara Gervasi | Parallel Prefix | FastFlow | passed |
| Massimo Cairo | Map Reduce | Java | Passed | 
| Giovanni Catania | Parallel Prefix | FastFlow | Aug. 2015 |
| Mattia Biggi | Parallel Prefix | Skandium | Passed |
| Spediacci Fabio | Parallel Prefix | FastFlow | Passed |
| Roberto Zanotto | Parallel Prefix | FastFlow | Aug. 2015 |
| Valdo Joao | Fish and Sharks | Skandium | Sep. 2015 |
| Luchetti Fabio | FFT | FastFlow | Sep. 2015 |
===== Deadlines for the submission of the project ===== 
This are the official deadlines for the project submission

^ Session ^ Deadline ^ 
| First winter session | January 14, 2015 |
| Second winter session | February 12, 2015 |
| Second Extraordinary session | April 13, 2015 |
| First summer session | June, 8, 2015 |
| Second summer session | June 29, 2015 | 
| Third summer session | July 20, 2015 |
| Autumn session | September 9, 2015 |

Students that at the deadline of the Sept. session have the project "almost finished" may send me the code and report developed so far by the deadline (Sept. 9) and get some more day (7-10) to complete the project, as usual.