Undergraduate Course: Compiler Optimisation (Level 10) (INFR10023)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/copt |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces students to modern techniques in efficient implementation of programming languages. Modern processors and systems are designed based on the assumption that a compiler will be able to effectively exploit architectural resources. This course will examine in detail techniques to exploit instruction level parallelism, memory hierarchy and higher level parallelism. It will examine classic static analysis approaches to these problems. The course work will require students to implement selected optimisations in a research compiler. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Compiler Optimisation (Level 11) (INFR11032)
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Other requirements | Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. Students are expected to be competent programmers in C, C++ or Java.
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| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Understanding of inherent computational complexity of optimisation
2 - Development of optimizations via search based approaches
3 - Ability to parallelise programs via systematic algorithms
4 - Knowledge of dynamic and adaptive approaches to modern optimisation |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 75
Assessed Assignments 25
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
The coursework will consist of two practical compiler exercises where students will design and implement an optimisation and evaluate it on a set of benchmarks, writing a report on their work and findings.
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
*Compiler Construction, phase order, compilation as optimisation
*Architecture costs: Parallelism and Latency in uni and multi-processors
*Architecture "independent" optimisation, dataflow analysis, lattices and fixed points
*Code generation, register allocation and scheduling in superscalar and vliw processors
*High level analysis based on dependence analysis. Intra and inter procedural analysis, whole program analysis.
*High level transformations including linear algebraic formalisation, unimodular transformations and space/time representation
*Automated parallelisation. shared and distributed memory models. Linear algebraic approach to parallelisation.
*Adaptive optimisation: Feedback directed optimisation, iterative compilation, program specialisation and dynamic compilation eg JIT, DBT
*Compiler infrastructure case studies: SUIF, Machine SUIF, JIKES
*Current themes:low power compilation, automatic compiler generation and machine learning.
Relevant QAA Computing Curriculum Sections: Compilers and Syntax Directed Tools |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
* A. Aho,R. Sethi, J.D.Ullman Compilers: Priciples, Techniques and Tools.
* S. Muchnick, Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation Morgan Kaufmann 1997
* R. Allen K. Kennedy Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures: A
* K. D. Cooper, L. Torczon Engineering a Compiler Morgan Kaufmann 2003
* A selection of conference and journal paper as appropriate
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures 20
Tutorials 0
Timetabled Laboratories 0
Non-timetabled assessed assignments 25
Private Study/Other 55
Total 100 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mary Cryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 5153
Email: mcryan@inf.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Farrow
Tel: (0131 6)50 2706
Email: Kate.Farrow@ed.ac.uk |
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