Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The course- Concurrent Programming in Java is the part of the Concurrent, Parallel, and Distributed Programming in Java Specialization. The course is offered by Rice University which is ranked among top 100 universities across the world and top 20 universities in the United States of America. The course is for students and professionals who intend an in-depth study of programming in Java.

The programme teaches all the fundamental concepts of concurrent programming in Java 8. The knowledge of concurrent programming assists developers to mediate the parallel programs using shared resources more efficiently. Towards the end of the course, the participants will use basic concurrency constructs like locks, threads, atomic variables, actors, isolation critical sections, concurrent collections, critical sections. Also, the theoretical foundation concepts like deadlock, progress guarantees, linearizability, and starvation will be taught in the course. The knowledge of theoretical foundations of concurrency will empower the participant to be meticulous and avoid subtle and common errors in programming.

The Highlights

Offered by the Rice University.
Flexible deadlines for course completion.
Intermediate level course
e-certificate after successful completion of the course
Certificate by Coursera
Time duration of 18 hours

Programme Offerings

Readings
video lectures
Demonstration
quizzes
Exercises

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Rice University, HoustonCoursera

Fee details Concurrent Programming in Java :

Fees components	Fees
Concurrent Programming in Java (audit only)	Free
Concurrent Programming in Java - 1 month	Rs. 1,676/-
Concurrent Programming in Java - 3 months	Rs. 3,369/-
Concurrent Programming in Java - 6 months	Rs. 5,029/-

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

Coursera will award certificates to the candidates only after they make the fee payment and complete the entire course.

What you will learn

Java

The participants will gain expertise in the following skills:

Usage of unstructured/structured locks and threads in Java.
Understanding the isolation and atomic variables.
Knowledge of concurrent collections and optimistic concurrency in Java-like- concurrent hashups and concurrent queues.
Application of the concurrent Java programs.
Practical implications of concurrent programming systems like .NET thread and POSIX threads.

Who it is for

Software DeveloperWeb developerIT EngineerJava Programmer

Admission Details

Step 1: Visit the webpage of Coursera and choose the programme Concurrent Programming in Java.

Step 2: Choose the tab ‘Enroll for free’, to avail free 7 days access to the course material.

Step 3: A new tab containing the information about the policy will appear. Click on ‘Start free trial’.

Step 4: Details like the name on the card, card number, CVV, name of the country, and expiration date will be asked.

Step 5: Mention the correct details to get started.

The Syllabus

Video

Course Welcome

Readings

General Course Info
Course Icon Legend
Discussion Forum Guidelines
Pre-Course Survey
Mini Project 0: Setup

Programming Assignment

Mini Project 0 Submission

Discussion Prompt

Get to Know Your Classmates!

Videos

Threads
Structured Locks
Unstructured Locks
Liveness
Dining Philosophers
Demonstration: Locking and Synchronization

Readings

Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Mini Project 1: Locking and Synchronization

Assignment

Module 1 Quiz

Programming Assignment

Mini Project 1 Submission

Videos

Critical Sections
Object Based Isolation (Monitors)
Concurrent Spanning Tree Algorithm
Atomic Variables
Read, Write Isolation
Demonstration: Global and Object-Based Isolation

Readings

Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Mini Project 2: Global and Object-Based Isolation

Assignment

Module 2 Quiz

Programming Assignment

Mini Project 2 Submission

Videos

Industry Professional on Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java - Jim Ward, Managing Director
Industry Professional on Concurrency - Dr. Shams Imam, Software Engineer

Reading

About these Talks

Videos

Actors
Actor Examples
Sieve of Eratosthenes Algorithm
Producer-Consumer Problem
Bounded Buffer Problem
Demonstration: Sieve of Eratosthenes Using Actor Parallelism

Readings

Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Mini Project 3: Sieve of Eratosthenes Using Actor Parallelism

Assignment

Module 3 Quiz

Programming Assignment

Mini Project 3 Submission

Videos

Optimistic Concurrency
Concurrent Queue
Linearizability
Concurrent Hash Map
Concurrent Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithm
Demonstration: Parallelization of Boruvka's Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithm

Readings

Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Lecture Summary
Mini Project 4: Parallelization of Boruvka's Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithm
Exit Survey

Assignment

Module 4 Quiz

Programming Assignment

Mini Project 4 Submission

Videos

Industry Professionals on Parallelism - Jake Kornblau and Margaret Kelley, Software Engineers, Two Sigma
Industry Professional on Distribution - Dr. Eric Allen, Senior Vice President, Two Sigma

Reading

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Instructors

Rice University, Houston Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Who is the target audience for the course?

The course is for the audience having the familiarity of fundamentals of programming in Java and Java 8 lambdas.

2: Is it compulsory to enrol for the courses of specialisation in particular sequence?

No, the participant is provided flexibility to take-up the course in any order they wish to follow.

3: Is it ok to complete just one course among various courses in the specialisation?

Yes, the participant may choose to complete just one course by ending the subscription or pause the learning at any point in time.

4: What if the participant chooses to quit after completing one course of the specialisation, will s/he get the refund?

The participant may choose to stop learning during or after the completion of the course by ending the subscription. This will pause the next monthly fees deductions. However, no refund of the paid fees will be provided.

5: Is it an offline or online course?

The course is totally online. The participant will get access to readings, assignments, and video lectures all the time using any web or mobile devices.

6: Is there any way wherein the participant gets free access to the course?

By subscribing to the course, the participant receives access to all the content of the course and a certificate of completion as well. However, the participant may choose to audit the course which provided free access to the course material without any provision of the certificate.

7: Does the participant earn any university credit on completion of the course?

No, the participant won’t earn any university credit on completion of the course.

8: How will the course benefit the entrant?

The course teaches the basic concepts of programming in Java 8. On successful completion, it will enable the usage of multicore computers to the developers in order to make the applications run faster and at the same time by using multiple processors.

9: Is there any provision of video subtitles to avoid dialect related errors?

Yes, there is the provision of video subtitles in, Portuguese (Brazilian), English, Russian, French, and Spanish language.