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README.md

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   * `oneAPI Threading Building Blocks (oneTBB)`
   * `Multithreading in C++ (std::thread)`
 
+## Quickstart
+
+Build
+-----
+- Configure: `cmake -S . -B build [-DENABLE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER=ON]`
+- Build: `cmake --build build -j`
+- Optional install: `cmake --install build --prefix install`
+
+Run tests locally (preferred)
+-----------------------------
+Set environment and use the helper runner:
+
+```
+export PPC_NUM_THREADS=4
+export PPC_NUM_PROC=2
+
+# Shared-memory tests
+python3 scripts/run_tests.py --running-type threads --counts 1 2 4
+
+# MPI tests
+python3 scripts/run_tests.py --running-type processes --counts 2 4
+
+# Performance
+python3 scripts/run_tests.py --running-type performance
+```
+
+Scoreboard generation
+---------------------
+- `pip install -r scoreboard/requirements.txt`
+- `python3 scoreboard/main.py -o scoreboard/out`
+
+Docs
+----
+- `cmake -S . -B build -DUSE_DOCS=ON`
+- `cmake --build build -t docs_html`
+
+Pre-commit
+----------
+- `pre-commit install && pre-commit run -a`
+
 ### Rules for submissions:
 1. You are not supposed to trigger CI jobs by frequent updates of your pull request. First you should test you work locally with all the scripts (code style).
     * Respect others time and don't slow down the job queue

docs/common_information/introduction.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Introduction
 ============
 
+Contacts
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- Alexander Nesterov — nesterov.alexander@outlook.com
+- Arseniy Obolenskiy — me@gooddoog.ru
+
 Practice
 ~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -12,7 +18,9 @@ Practice
   - Test verification
 
 - Task distribution is random for each student.
-- An example for each technology can be found in the corresponding directory: ``tasks/<all/omp/tbb/seq/stl/mpi>/example``.
+- Full automation of quality and performance checks; plagiarism checks are applied.
+- Deadlines are set per task. See the penalties and grading rules in ``Points``.
+- Examples are provided in ``tasks/example_threads`` and ``tasks/example_processes`` (and extended variations ``tasks/example_processes_2`` / ``tasks/example_processes_3``).
 - In each repository, the README.md contains a link to the course documentation (**read it fully!!!**).
 - Additionally, each repository includes an example of a properly formatted PULL REQUEST.
 - Submission of all tasks is mandatory to pass the course.
@@ -21,6 +29,22 @@ Practice
   All disabled tasks will result in a zero points result for those tasks at the end of the semester.
   It can be seen that your task is disabled due to the following reason: the directory of your task has been renamed
   from ``seq/nesterov_a_vector_sum`` to ``seq/nesterov_a_vector_sum_disabled``
+
+Communication
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Telegram channel — announcements and quick updates
+- GitHub Issues — repository problems and bug reports
+- Lessons — Q&A
+- Feedback form — critical issues
+- Email — non‑urgent matters
+
+Next steps
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Practice 1 (intro): task distribution, brief talk on parallelism, MPI examples
+- Practice 2 (repo usage): repository checks and project structure walkthrough
+
 - All resources for using the repository will be provided here:
 
   - `Git for half an hour: A Beginner’s Guide <https://proglib.io/p/git-for-half-an-hour>`__