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The paper describes the system of mass practical assignments formed in the framework of the course "Supercomputing Simulation and Technologies" at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The practical assignments were held for four years, from 2016 to 2019, and each year about 200 students of the second year of the magistracy passed through them. These practical assignments are aimed at developing skills in the efficient use of parallel computing systems and knowledge of properties of parallel algorithms. The basics of performing the described assignments is the deep analysis of parallel algorithms and use of the concept of the information structure of algorithms and programs. This concept is extremely important for writing efficient parallel programs, so it should be the cornerstone of modern IT education.