Re: [boost] GSoC Ideas: Optimizing Boost libraries for multi-core machines

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 10:59:48

On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Cristianno Martins wrote:
> As I said in last e-mails, I'm interested in Boost projects to GSoC.  
> Now, I
> have write a proposal and submit it to GSoC, but I'll really  
> appreciate if
> anyone comment my idea. (I can change something wrong or strange yet)
> Well, I'm proposing to parallelize one or more libraries in Boost,  
> using
> OpenMP to do this. Basically, I'll choose a library, review its  
> source code,
> identify and parallelize the bottlenecks, and document the strategy  
> and
> results. These steps will be done iteratively during the project.

That is certainly an interesting project. When you submit your GSoC  
application, please identify exactly which library you plan to  
parallelize with OpenMP, and which parts of that library you will  
parallelize.

        - Doug