diff --git a/automate.c b/automate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef6d331d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+long long sequential_compute(const char *path,
+                             long long (*f)(long long, long long));
+
+long long parallel_compute(const char *path,
+                           int n_proc,
+                           long long (*f)(long long, long long));
+
+long long add(long long a, long long b){ return a + b; }
+long long mul(long long a, long long b){ return a * b; }
+long long mx (long long a, long long b){ return a > b ? a : b; }
+
+void generate_numbers(const char *path, int N)
+{
+    FILE *fp = fopen(path,"w");
+    if(!fp)
+    {
+        perror("fopen");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    for(int i=0;i<N;i++)
+    {
+        fprintf(fp,"%d",rand()%100 + 1);
+        if(i < N-1) fprintf(fp,",");
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    const char *path = "numbers.txt";
+
+    srand(time(NULL));
+
+    FILE *out = fopen("results.csv","w");
+    if(!out)
+    {
+        perror("fopen");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    fprintf(out,"N,seq_time,par_time\n");
+
+    for(int N = 1000; N <= 5000000; N += 100000)
+    {
+        generate_numbers(path,N);
+
+        clock_t start,end;
+
+        // sequential 
+        start = clock();
+        sequential_compute(path,add);
+        sequential_compute(path,mul);
+        sequential_compute(path,mx);
+        end = clock();
+
+        double seq_time =
+        (double)(end-start)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+
+        // parallel
+        start = clock();
+        parallel_compute(path,7,add);
+        parallel_compute(path,7,mul);
+        parallel_compute(path,7,mx);
+        end = clock();
+
+        double par_time =
+        (double)(end-start)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+
+        fprintf(out,"%d,%f,%f\n",N,seq_time,par_time);
+
+        printf("Test N=%d complete\n",N);
+    }
+
+    fclose(out);
+
+    printf("Results saved to results.csv\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/automate2.c b/automate2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4718981431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automate2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+long long sequential_compute(const char *path,
+                             long long (*f)(long long, long long));
+
+long long parallel_compute(const char *path,
+                           int n_proc,
+                           long long (*f)(long long, long long));
+
+long long add(long long a, long long b){ return a + b; }
+long long mul(long long a, long long b){ return a * b; }
+long long mx (long long a, long long b){ return a > b ? a : b; }
+
+int main()
+{
+    const char *path = "numbers.txt";
+
+    FILE *out = fopen("process_scaling.csv","w");
+    if(!out)
+    {
+        perror("fopen");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    fprintf(out,"processes,time\n");
+
+    // different numbers of processes
+    for(int p = 1; p <= 16; p++)
+    {
+        clock_t start,end;
+
+        start = clock();
+
+        parallel_compute(path,p,add);
+        parallel_compute(path,p,mul);
+        parallel_compute(path,p,mx);
+
+        end = clock();
+
+        double time_taken =
+        (double)(end-start)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+
+        fprintf(out,"%d,%f\n",p,time_taken);
+
+        printf("Processes %d done\n",p);
+    }
+
+    fclose(out);
+
+    printf("Results saved to process_scaling.csv\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/compute.c b/compute.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81fec632f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute.c
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+static long long *read_numbers(const char *path, int *out_n){
+    FILE *fp = fopen(path, "r");
+    if (!fp) { perror("fopen"); return NULL;}
+    int cap = 64, n = 0;
+    long long *arr = malloc(cap * sizeof *arr);
+    if (!arr) {fclose(fp); return NULL;}
+    long long v;
+    while (fscanf(fp, " %lld", &v) == 1){
+        if (n == cap){
+            cap *= 2;
+            long long *tmp = realloc(arr, cap * sizeof *arr);
+            if (!tmp) {free(arr); fclose(fp); return NULL;}
+            arr = tmp;}
+        arr[n++] = v;
+        int c = fgetc(fp);
+        if (c != ',' && c != EOF) ungetc(c, fp);
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+    *out_n = n;
+    return arr;
+}
+
+static long long reduce(const long long *arr, int n,long long (*f)(long long, long long)){
+    long long acc = arr[0];
+    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) acc = f(acc, arr[i]);
+    return acc;}
+
+long long sequential_compute(const char *path,long long (*f)(long long, long long)){
+    int n;
+    long long *arr = read_numbers(path, &n);
+    if (!arr || n == 0){
+        free(arr);
+        fprintf(stderr, "sequential_compute: no numbers read\n");
+        return LLONG_MIN;
+    }
+    long long acc = arr[n - 1];
+    for (int i = n - 1; i-- > 0; ) acc = f(arr[i], acc);
+    free(arr);
+    return acc;
+}
+
+long long parallel_compute(const char *path,int n_proc,long long (*f)(long long, long long)){
+    if (n_proc <= 0){
+        fprintf(stderr, "parallel_compute: n_proc must be > 0\n");
+        return LLONG_MIN;}
+
+    int n;
+    long long *arr = read_numbers(path, &n);
+    if (!arr || n == 0){
+        free(arr);
+        fprintf(stderr, "parallel_compute: no numbers read\n");
+        return LLONG_MIN;}
+
+    if (n_proc > n) n_proc = n;
+    int chunk = n / n_proc;
+    int leftover = n % n_proc;
+    int (*pipes)[2] = malloc(n_proc * sizeof *pipes);
+    pid_t *pids = malloc(n_proc * sizeof *pids);
+    if (!pipes || !pids) {
+        free(arr); free(pipes); free(pids);
+        return LLONG_MIN;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++){
+        if (pipe(pipes[i]) == -1){
+            perror("pipe");
+            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++){
+                close(pipes[j][0]);
+                close(pipes[j][1]);}
+            free(arr); free(pipes); free(pids);
+            return LLONG_MIN;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int spawned = 0;   
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++){
+        int start = i*chunk;
+        int end = start + chunk + (i == n_proc - 1 ? leftover : 0);
+
+        pids[i] = fork();
+        if (pids[i] < 0){
+            perror("fork");
+            for (int j = 0; j < spawned;j++){
+                kill(pids[j], SIGTERM);
+                waitpid(pids[j], NULL, 0);}
+            for (int j = 0; j < n_proc;j++){
+                close(pipes[j][0]);
+                close(pipes[j][1]);}
+            free(arr); free(pipes); free(pids);
+            return LLONG_MIN;}
+
+        if (pids[i] == 0) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < n_proc; j++) {
+                close(pipes[j][0]);              
+                if (j != i) close(pipes[j][1]);}
+            long long partial = reduce(arr + start, end - start, f);
+            int written = write(pipes[i][1], &partial, sizeof partial);
+            (void)written;
+            close(pipes[i][1]);
+            free(arr); free(pipes); free(pids);
+            _exit(0);
+        }
+        spawned++;}
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++)
+        close(pipes[i][1]);
+
+    long long *partials = malloc(n_proc * sizeof *partials);
+    if (!partials) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++) close(pipes[i][0]);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++) waitpid(pids[i], NULL, 0);
+        free(arr); free(pipes); free(pids);
+        return LLONG_MIN;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++){
+        int r = read(pipes[i][0], &partials[i], sizeof partials[i]);
+        if (r != (int)sizeof partials[i]){
+            fprintf(stderr, "parallel_compute: short read from child %d\n", i);
+            partials[i] = 0;
+        }
+        close(pipes[i][0]);}
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_proc; i++) waitpid(pids[i], NULL, 0);
+
+    long long result = reduce(partials,n_proc,f);
+
+    free(arr); free(pipes); free(pids); free(partials);
+    return result;
+}
+
+#ifdef COMPUTE_TEST
+long long add(long long a, long long b) { return a + b;}
+long long mul(long long a, long long b) { return a * b;}
+long long mx (long long a, long long b) { return a > b? a : b;}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    const char *path = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "numbers.txt";
+
+    printf("Part1-sequential_compute\n");
+    printf("sum = %lld\n", sequential_compute(path, add));
+    printf("product = %lld\n", sequential_compute(path, mul));
+    printf("max = %lld\n", sequential_compute(path, mx));
+
+    printf("\nPart2-parallel_compute (4 procs)\n");
+    printf("sum  = %lld\n", parallel_compute(path, 4, add));
+    printf("prod = %lld\n", parallel_compute(path, 4, mul));
+    printf("max  = %lld\n", parallel_compute(path, 4, mx));
+
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+
diff --git a/numbers.txt b/numbers.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fc6ceb25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numbers.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
diff --git a/process_scaling.csv b/process_scaling.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0843d22545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/process_scaling.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+processes,time
+1,2.502263
+2,2.398349
+3,2.442807
+4,2.675024
+5,2.558864
+6,2.229776
+7,2.031597
+8,2.047933
+9,2.423471
+10,2.503948
+11,2.393296
+12,2.291219
+13,2.233890
+14,2.167401
+15,2.411243
+16,2.153978
diff --git a/results.csv b/results.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31a70d7b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/results.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+N,seq_time,par_time
+1000,0.000278,0.001678
+101000,0.025293,0.028198
+201000,0.055328,0.058385
+301000,0.092299,0.098093
+401000,0.133344,0.132219
+501000,0.171204,0.163994
+601000,0.209125,0.197229
+701000,0.242274,0.251044
+801000,0.285125,0.271136
+901000,0.332160,0.305844
+1001000,0.347259,0.394467
+1101000,0.480947,0.440557
+1201000,0.527320,0.437721
+1301000,0.446075,0.469071
+1401000,0.515478,0.436285
+1501000,0.524197,0.468181
+1601000,0.521664,0.490741
+1701000,0.549413,0.550071
+1801000,0.731894,0.778137
+1901000,0.821788,0.815614
+2001000,0.710408,0.728659
+2101000,0.862667,0.963047
+2201000,1.045063,1.033249
+2301000,0.935393,1.195454
+2401000,1.548874,1.030068
+2501000,1.111333,0.906074
+2601000,1.219223,1.447804
+2701000,1.374043,1.302392
+2801000,1.734898,1.318979
+2901000,1.080929,1.128941
+3001000,1.304952,1.258263
+3101000,1.017442,1.010833
+3201000,1.290110,1.170737
+3301000,1.316924,1.042860
+3401000,1.418169,1.212233
+3501000,1.538255,1.287164
+3601000,1.268677,1.459031
+3701000,1.401894,1.390480
+3801000,1.425571,1.417154
+3901000,1.659142,1.307537
+4001000,1.685081,1.344943
+4101000,1.305627,1.188571
+4201000,1.384767,1.294613
+4301000,1.448628,1.337252
+4401000,1.468510,1.604637
+4501000,1.641293,1.589458
+4601000,1.671218,1.602195
+4701000,1.619908,1.699248
+4801000,1.650899,1.657043
+4901000,1.700224,1.624811