Peter Pacheco

Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Chair of Mathematics

Office: Harney 540
Phone: 415-422-6630
Fax: 415-422-5800
Email: domain: usfca.edu, user: peter
Mail: Department of Mathematics
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94117
Office Hours: MW 2:30-3:30 pm, F 10-11 am, and by appointment
Fall Class: Introduction to Parallel Computing


Previous Classes

Spring 2008: Parallel and Distributed Computing
Fall 2007: Discrete Mathematics
Introduction to Parallel Computing
Spring 2007: Intro to Formal Methods
Fall 2006: Discrete Mathematics
Introduction to Parallel Computing
Spring 2006: Discrete Mathematics
Fall 2005: Linear Algebra and Probability
Introduction to Parallel Computing
Spring 2005: Data Structures and Algorithms
Fall 2004: Introduction to Parallel Computing
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Spring 2004: Topology
Elementary Statistics
Fall 2003: Automata Theory



Research Interests

My main research interest is in parallel computing. I've been involved in the development of the MPI Standard for message-passing, and I've written a short User's Guide to MPI. My book Parallel Programming with MPI is an elementary introduction to programming parallel systems that use the MPI 1.1 library of extensions to C and Fortran. It is intended for use by students and professionals with some knowledge of programming conventional, single-processor systems, but who have little or no experience programming multiprocessor systems.

I've also worked in computational neuroscience, and my students and I have developed a collection of programs, Parallel Neurosys, for the simulation of large networks of biologically accurate neurons on parallel computers.



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Last updated August 27, 2008