MRA: Integration of Information Age Networking and Parallel Supercomputer Simulations into University General Science K-12 Curricula

MRA：将信息时代网络和并行超级计算机模拟整合到大学普通科学 K-12 课程中

• 批准号: 9523481
• 负责人: Edward Lipson
• 金额: $ 130.29万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-11-01 至 2003-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9523481&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRA; Integration; Information; Age; Networking

9523481 Lipson This project will create a Metacenter Regional Alliance between the Cornell Theory Center and the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (NPAC) and the Department of Physics at Syracuse University, to develop interactive multimedia educational modules incorporating advanced scientific simulations. These will be integrated into undergraduate courses, and then into K-12 curricula, to enhance the teaching of general science courses. The project will combine leading-edge technologies in high-performance computing and communications, a high-speed network serving as a testbed for the National Information Infrastructure, and advanced client/server technologies such as the World Wide Web, VRML and Java, to produce and deliver these simulations and educational modules. An important aspect of this project is the conversion of computational science simulations into interactive educational modules. Four simulations are proposed: fluctuating membranes, fluid dynamics, crack propagation and structural failure, and avalanches. The researchers will utilize three different methods to provide these simulations in the classroom: annotated digital video on demand; partially interactive exploration using multiple video streams; and fully interactive simulations on demand. Hypermedia navigation based on the concepts of the World Wide Web will be used to impose a coherent interface to these different simulations, and to provide educational information about the concepts illustrated by the simulations.

该项目将在康奈尔理论中心、东北并行架构中心（NPAC）和锡拉丘兹大学物理系之间建立一个元中心区域联盟，以开发结合先进科学模拟的交互式多媒体教育模块。这些课程将被纳入本科课程，然后纳入K-12课程，以加强普通科学课程的教学。该项目将结合高性能计算和通信方面的前沿技术，作为国家信息基础设施测试平台的高速网络，以及先进的客户/服务器技术，如万维网、VRML和Java，来生产和交付这些模拟和教育模块。该项目的一个重要方面是将计算科学模拟转换为交互式教育模块。提出了四种模拟：波动膜、流体力学、裂纹扩展和结构破坏以及雪崩。研究人员将利用三种不同的方法在课堂上提供这些模拟：点播注释数字视频；使用多个视频流的部分交互式探索；和完全互动的模拟需求。基于万维网概念的超媒体导航将用于为这些不同的模拟提供连贯的界面，并提供有关模拟所说明的概念的教育信息。