Bakken Dissertation Intro Outline 
1. Introduction

	Computers increasingly relied on ... parallel computers
	Parallel computers harder to program 
	abstractions ...  Linda ... FT-Linda ... ``This dissertation addresses this problem by ...''

1.1 Parallel Programming: Motivation

	Computers evolved ... still uniprocessors
	Uniprocessors have gotten much faster
	This won't continue for long
	Why use parallel processors:
		1. performance:	fastest uni insufficient ... [??hetero. superlinearity??]
				[?? These tech. improvements feed on each other... ??]
		2. economics: cheaper to build a multi with same total power
		3. safety: dependable computing

1.2 Architectures for Parallel Programming

	Intro
	Defns: granularity, latency
	Architectures:
		1. Multiprocessors:	characteristics ... UMA vs. NUMA
					strengths and weaknesses
		2. Multicomputers:	characteristics
					strengths and weaknesses
		3. Distributed Systems:	characteristics
					strengths and weaknesses		

1.3 Simplifying Parallel Programming

	Parallel programming hard ... portability hard
	Abstractions to help:	RPC ... languages
				libraries of procedures
				DSMs

1.4 Linda

	Coordination langauge ... TS
	Primitives ... associativity ... decoupling ... Linda widely used
	Problems with failures

1.5 FT-Linda

	Stable TSs and atomic execution
	Being impl w/Consul ... SMA ... fail-silent
	Contributions

1.6 Dissertation Outline