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 - Reha Oguz Selvitopi(reha@cs.bilkent.edu.tr) 
 
 # Contents
+- spmv: Multiplication of a sparse matrix with a dense vector.
+  - mkl_shmem: Using MKL's routine mkl_dcsrmv() on a multicore processor
 - spgemm: Multiplication of two sparse matrices.
   - mkl_shmem: Using MKL's routine mkl_dcsrmultcsr() on a multicore processor
   - mkl_xphi: Using MKL's routine mkl_dcsrmultcsr() via offloading to a Xeon Phi coprocessor
+  These two codes also contain schoolbook implementation of an SpGEMM algorithm that uses row-by-row formulation [1].
 - Krylov Subspace Methods 
   - Linear system  solution  in parallel 
     - 2D Laplacian (2D mesh) 
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   - Solving  multiple  linear systems 
     - Same cofficient matrix 
     - Different right-hand-side vectors 
+
+
+REFERENCES:
+[1] Fred G. Gustavson. 1978. Two Fast Algorithms for Sparse Matrices: Multiplication and Permuted Transposition. ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 4, 3 (September 1978), 250-269. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/355791.355796 
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+CodeVault: Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication
+================
+# Overview
+Sparse matrix-vector multiplication (SpMV) is one of the fundamental kernels in scientific computing. This folder contains samples for performing SpMV.
+
+# Contributors & Maintainers
+- Cevdet Aykanat (aykanat@cs.bilkent.edu.tr) 
+- Kadir Akbudak (kadir.cs@gmail.com) 
+- Reha Oguz Selvitopi(reha@cs.bilkent.edu.tr) 
+
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+=======
+README
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+- 1. Code sample name
+mkl_spmv
+
+- 2. Description of the code sample package
+mkl_spmv code performs multiplication of a sparse matrix with a dense vector using MKL's routine mkl_dcsrmv() on a multicore processor.
+
+
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