COMP4426 Parallel and Distributed Computing (University of Sydney): rated 3.8/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
COMP4426 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 并行与分布式计算
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 4
Handbook year: 2026
This unit is intended to introduce and motivate the study of high performance computer systems. The student will be presented with the foundational concepts pertaining to the different types and classes of high performance computers.
COMP4426 has 7 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
On Reddit: "I did the master's level course. It was fantastic, but it's all hand coding memory allocations and handling passing of memory addresses or data between processes in c. Probably the best course I've done at usyd but also the most work"
On Reddit: "Very different to what I expected"
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Q: Is COMP4426 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP4426, and when is it offered?
A: COMP4426 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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