A Senior Design Project Laboratory: Experiments in Parallel Processing

作为一门学科，并行处理已经通过并行处理中的荣誉程序引入了CSE课程。通过这个ILI计划，我们引入了一个教学计划，让所有CSE专业的学生都可以使用这门学科，以便为他们在高级设计项目课程中进行大规模的、有意义的并行处理项目做好准备。这一计划包括：开设应用并行处理专题课程，将并行处理作为高级设计项目课程的一个科目，并将拟议的设备提供给本科生进行编程练习。此外，高级设计专题课程序列中将引入几个新的由行业赞助的并行处理学生项目。高级设计项目课程序列的目标之一是通过行业赞助的项目为我们的本科生提供真实的行业式体验。由于地方行业对拟议的ILI计划感兴趣，机构匹配资金的主要部分由E-Systems和水星计算机系统公司提供的捐款(视这笔NSF赠款而定)提供。因此，这个项目将为我们提供一个独特的机会，通过NSF、UTA和行业的合作和贡献来实现我们的目标。

Parallel processing as a subject has already been introduced in the CSE curriculum by an Honors program in Parallel Processing. Through this ILI program, we introduce an instructional plan to make the subject available to all CSE majors in order to prepare them for large-scale, meaningful parallel processing projects in the Senior Design Project courses. This plan includes: introducing an applied parallel processing topics course, covering parallel processing as a subject in the Senior Design Project courses, and making the proposed equipment available to undergraduate courses for programming exercises. In addition, several new industry-sponsored, parallel processing student projects will be introduced in the Senior Design Project course sequence.One of the goals of the Senior Design Project course sequence is to provide real-life industry-like experiences for our undergraduate students through industry-sponsored projects. Because of the interest of local industries in the proposed ILI program, a major portion of the institutional matching funds has been provided by contributions (contingent on this NSF grant) from E-Systems and Mercury Computer Systems. Thus, this project will provide a unique opportunity for us to achieve our goals through the cooperation and contributions of the NSF, UTA, and industry.