A Parallel Processing Laboratory for Use in Teaching Computer Science at the Undergraduate Level

正在建立一个实验室，内有灵活配置的并行处理机，供并行处理高级研讨会使用。该实验室探索并行算法及其与各种连接拓扑的关系。使用Transputer系统是因为它们有助于在不同条件下对并行算法的加速比进行经验研究，并且很容易配置成各种不同的拓扑结构。该设备最初用于高层研讨会。研讨会将探讨的算法是经过精心挑选的，以便研讨会上获得的经验可以转化为今后几年大多数计算机科学课程中有关并行算法的有用学习单元。

A laboratory containing a flexible configuration of parallel processors for use in an upper level seminar in parallel processing is being established. The laboratory explores parallel algorithms and their relation to various connection topologies. Transputer systems are used because they lend themselves to empirical studies of the speedup of parallel algorithms under varying conditions and are easily configured into a variety of different topologies. The equipment initially is used in an upper level seminar. The algorithms to be explored in the seminar are chosen with care, so that experience gained in the seminar can translate into useful units of study in parallel algorithms in most of the computer science courses in subsequent years.