What is 15618-domp?

phlip79/15618-domp — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2019-05-07

C++Audience · researcherComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Distributed parallel execution
      Splits work across machines
      Inspired by OpenMP
    Tech stack
      C++
      Distributed systems
    Use cases
      Large dataset processing
      Simulations
      ML training speedup
    Audience
      Researchers
      Data scientists
      Students
    Context
      CMU course project
      15-618 class
      Educational demo

mindmap root((repo)) What it does Distributed parallel execution Splits work across machines Inspired by OpenMP Tech stack C++ Distributed systems Use cases Large dataset processing Simulations ML training speedup Audience Researchers Data scientists Students Context CMU course project 15-618 class Educational demo

What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Distribute a computationally expensive data analysis job across multiple networked computers instead of one machine.

USE CASE 2

Speed up simulations or ML training runs by splitting work across a small cluster.

USE CASE 3

Study a working example of a distributed OpenMP-style parallel programming model.

USE CASE 4

Use as a reference implementation for a parallel computer architecture course project.

What is it built with?

C++

How does it compare?

	phlip79/15618-domp	achanana/mavsdk	alange/llama.cpp
Stars	—	—	0
Language	C++	C++	C++
Last pushed	2019-05-07	2024-05-20	—
Maintenance	Dormant	Dormant	—
Setup difficulty	hard	moderate	moderate
Complexity	4/5	4/5	4/5
Audience	researcher	developer	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Built as an educational course project, not a production tool, the README lacks detailed setup or design documentation.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Explain how DOMP splits parallel work across multiple machines compared to how OpenMP splits it across cores on one machine.

Prompt 2

Show me how to write a simple parallel loop using DOMP's API and run it across two networked machines.

Prompt 3

What design tradeoffs would a distributed OpenMP-style system like DOMP need to make for coordinating results across nodes?

Prompt 4

Walk me through the architecture of this CMU 15-618 distributed computing class project.

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