Graduate School ETD Form 9 (Revised 12/07) PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance This is to certify that the thesis/dissertation prepared By Entitled For the degree of Is approved by the final examining committee: Chair To the best of my knowledge and as understood by the student in the Research Integrity and Copyright Disclaimer (Graduate School Form 20), this thesis/dissertation adheres to the provisions of Purdue University’s “Policy on Integrity in Research” and the use of copyrighted material. Approved by Major Professor(s): ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Approved by: Head of the Graduate Program Date Dheya Mustafa A Journey Through Performance Evaluation, Tunning, and Analysis of Parallelized Applications and Parallel Architectures: Quantitative Approach Doctor of Philosophy RUDOLF EIGENMANN MILIND KULKARNI MITHUNA S. THOTTETHODI WALID K. SHARABATI RUDOLF EIGENMANN Cheng Kok Koh 07-12-2013