Part I.  Parallel and Distributed Programming Models

• Programming Paradigms
• Shared memory
• Message passing
• Workflows
• Development of parallel and distributed applications
• Design phases
• Common parallel patterns
• Performance metrics and profiling
• Optimizations techniques
• Mapping and scheduling
• State-o-the-art on parallel and distributed systems and applications

Part II. Cluster Computing

• Overview of Cluster Computing
• The Role of Clusters
• Definition and Taxonomy  
• Distributed Computing  
• Limitations
• Cluster Planning
• Architecture and Cluster Software
• Design Decisions
• Network Hardware
• Network Software
• Protocols
• Distributed File Systems
• Virtualization technologies
• Benchmarks

Part III.  Grid Computing

• Introduction
• What is a grid?
• Infrastructure of hardware and software
• Main Projects and Applications
• The Open Grid Forum
• International Grid  Trust Federation
• Grid Architecture
• Overview of Resource Managers
• Overview of Grid Systems
• Application Management
• Grid Application Description Languages
• Application Partitioning
• Meta-scheduling
• Mapping
• Monitoring
• Web Services
• Grid Portals
• Clouds