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    • Parallel Scientific Computing . CMPSC 140

    Fundamentals of high performance computing and parallel algorithm design for numerical computation. Topics include parallel architectures and clusters, parallel programming with message-passing libraries and threads, program parallelization methodologies, parallel performance evaluation and optimization, parallel numerical algorithms and applications with different performance tradeoffs.

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    Prerequisites: Mathematics 4B with a grade of C or better; Mathematics 6A with a grade of C or better; Computer Science 130A.

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    Engineering

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    YANG T
    Tao Yang
    2.9
    18 reviews
    Predicted Grading Distribution
    AI predicted, based on past grading trends of the course and instructor, class info, and 127 other factors
    Lecture
    PHELP1160
    M W
    09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    68 / 70
    Sections
    PHELP1445
    R
    16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
    33 / 35
    PHELP1448
    R
    17:00 PM - 17:50 PM
    35 / 35 Full
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    Winter 2024 . Yang T
    PSYCH1902
    M W
    09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Winter 2026 . Yang T
    LSB 1001
    M W
    09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
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    CMPSC 140 Yang T Winter 2025 Total: 60
    CMPSC 140 Yang T Winter 2024 Total: 34
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    2.9
    CMPSC140 . Yang T 7 Days Ago

    Lectures and slides were hard to follow so nobody attended. Midterm / final were open computer but were still pretty hard as they had lots of tricky MCQs. He curved the overall grade pretty generously. Overall, not a fan of his lectures but would take the class for the content.

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    CS140 . Yang T 5 Years Ago

    Awesome class

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    CS140 . Yang T 5 Years Ago

    Nice guy, his accent is a little hard to understand sometimes though. His assignments are generally not that bad and the material he covers is pretty interesting. Not the best lecturer but he's very reasonable and responsive.

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    CS140 . Yang T 6 Years Ago

    legend

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    CS140 . Yang T 6 Years Ago

    Aside from heavy accents and projects that are a little hard, everything seems fine for me. The material covered was interesting and the professor is a nice person

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    CMPSC140 . Yang T 6 Years Ago

    Useless, incoherent lectures. Obviously does not have any passion for teaching students. You will have to self-study all the material. Tests and homework are relatively easy, but programming assignments are long and frustrating. Felt like a waste of a quarter; disappointing, because the material should be interesting.

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