WEEK 13: PARALLEL COMPUTING

Multithreading, parallelization, and performance optimization

December 08, 2025

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Python Threading Docs Official Python threading documentation

Additional Notes

Week 13: Parallel Computing

Lecture: High-Performance Python

  • Multithreading basics
  • Parallelization with multiprocessing
  • Numba for JIT compilation
  • Performance optimization

TA Session: Practical Multithreading

  • Creating and managing threads
  • Thread synchronization (locks)
  • ThreadPoolExecutor
  • When to use threads vs processes

Project Status

  • Deadline: January 11, 2026
  • Live presentations: December 15 (sign up by Dec 8)
  • Focus on finishing implementation and writing your report

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