Python creator Guido van Rossum reveals the strengths and weaknesses of one of the world's most popular programming languages.

Python's "multiprocessing" module feels like threads, but actually launches processes. Many people, when they start to work with Python, are excited to hear that the language supports threading. And, ...

For speed, you have to do concurrent programming for multicores. This course will teach you how to do it effectively. We will start with synchronization primitives, mutual exclusion, and consensus, ...

REQUIRED TEXT: Herlihy and Shavit, The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Revised First Edition, Elsevier, 2012. COURSE COORDINATOR: Prof. Hai Zhou PREREQUISITE: COMP_SCI 110 or COMP_SCI 111. SCHEDULE ...

NSA releases Python course after receiving a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for its training materials.

Douglas Eadline posted a bit of an introspective piece via his HPC column at Linux Magazine. Put simply, he lays out what may become a growing chasm between effective multiprocessor programming ...