CS 4984 & 5984 Accelerator-Based Parallel Computing, Spring 2009
Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-4:45pm at McBryde 110

Introduction:

Final project is required for all graduate students in CS5984. Each project team can include two members. We encourage discussion within each project team. Each project team is required to submit a project proposal and a final project report. We also ask each team to give a final project presentation as the end of the semester.

The research topic of the project should be related to GPGPU research, which can be performance analysis, optimization techniques, computation-to-core mapping for a specific algorithm and applications with GPU implementation. If you would like to propose a new research topic for your project, please contact the instructors for approval.

Project Proposal:

Project proposal should follow ACM SIG Processings Templates, which is two-column and single-space. You can use either Word or Latex template. Your project proposal should be at least 4 pages long (including references) and include the following sections:

  1. Introduction / Motivation
  2. Problem Statement (If multiple problems are addressed, bullet points format is recommened.)
  3. Related Works
  4. Approaches
  5. Anticipated Results and Preliminar Results (if any)
  6. Project Plan and Potential Risks
  7. References

Final Project Report:

Final project report should also follow ACM SIG Processings Templates, and be at least 6 pages long. The sections for final project are:

  1. Introduction (Motivation and novel contributions. If multiple contributions are presented, bullet points format is recommended)
  2. Problem Statement
  3. Related Works
  4. Approaches
  5. Results
  6. References

The structure of the final report is not restricted to previous sections. Please feel free to use any paper structure in your research area as long as the research contributions are clearly presented.

Note: Please clearly state the persentage of contribution and responsibility from each team member, if you project team includes more than one member.

Schedule:

  • March 23rd, 11:59pm, Project Proposal Due.
  • April 28th and 30th, Final Project Presentation (in class).
  • May 13th, 11:59pm, Final Project Report Due.
Project teams:
Team members Project topic