Parallel Programming Courses and Certifications

Parallel Programming with Dask in Python

62 ratings at DataCamp

Use Parallel Processing to Speed Up Your Python Code With this 4-hour course, you’ll discover how parallel processing with Dask in Python can make your workflows faster.

• DataCamp
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Parallel Programming with Dask in Python

Learn how to use Python parallel programming with Dask to upscale your workflows and efficiently handle big data.

• DataCamp
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Career Certificate

Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java

1633 ratings at Coursera

Learn to write parallel, concurrent, and distributed Java programs through three courses covering parallelism, concurrency, and distribution for multithreaded platforms from mobile devices to cloud servers.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Coursera

Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost

Add parallelism to .NET data processing: create, cancel and handle tasks with the Task Parallel Library, run PLINQ queries, and measure the performance gains.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Advanced Patterns and Big Data with Java Concurrency

Connect advanced Java concurrency patterns with Hadoop, Spark, and machine-learning workflows, using thread pools, parallel streams, and Fork/Join for scalable, resilient processing.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Multicore Programming Primer

The course serves as an introductory course in parallel programming. It offers a series of lectures on parallel programming concepts as well as a group project providing hands-on experience with parallel programming.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Parallel Programming with CUDA

Write CUDA programs for Nvidia GPUs: organize threads, blocks and grids, move data between host and global memory, and exploit shared, constant and register memory.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Mastering Parallel programming with CUDA platform

1884 ratings at Udemy

Unofficial guide to parallel programming on GPU's with CUDA from basic concepts to advance algorithm implementations.

• Udemy
• 10 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Concurrent and Parallel Programming in Python

14 ratings at Coursera

Build concurrent Python applications: manage threads with queues, schedulers and locks, scale across CPU cores with multiprocessing pools, and write async tasks with gather and timeouts.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Java Multithreading and Parallel Programming Masterclass

Build high-performance Java applications: manage thread lifecycles, synchronize with locks, semaphores and latches, size thread pools, and solve classic problems like Dining Philosophers.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

javidx9

Intrinsic Functions and Vector Processing Extensions for SIMD Parallel Operations in C++

Use C++ compiler intrinsics and CPU extensions to perform SIMD parallel operations, demonstrated through Mandelbrot fractal generation.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

javidx9

Optimizing Mandelbrot Fractal Rendering - Brute Force Processing Strategies

Optimize Mandelbrot fractal rendering through algorithm improvements, vector processing, and CPU multithreading.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Computer Architecture

6 ratings

In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors. All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate upon completion.

• Coursera
• 21 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Julia Programming Language

Easy and Featureful Parallelism with Dagger.jl - JuliaCon 2021

Dagger.jl extends Julia parallelism with scheduling, distributed arrays, checkpointing, GPU execution, and a security-camera monitoring demo.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Java

Make Your CPU Cores Sweat with Parallel Streams in Java 8

Learn how Java parallel streams use Fork/Join and Spliterator, and how source decomposition and ordering choices affect performance.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video