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 # Parallel Python
 
-A lecture from ASPP 2024. The slides and exercises are in the respectively named folders.
+A lecture from ASPP 2024. The slides and exercises are in `slides/` and `exercises/`, respectively.
 
 A really cool example of using `asyncio` with the dakos program is in `extras/`.
 
-## Repo structure
+## Lecture outline
+
+ * Part 1: Processes, threads and THE GIL
+ * Part 2: Hands-on investigations of embarrassingly parallel problems
+    A. Multithreading with NumPy
+    B. The multiprocessing package
+    C. Blending processes and threads
+ * Part 3: Going further and wrap-up
+
 
 ## Online resources