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

小行星9523481 该项目将在康奈尔理论中心和东北平行建筑中心（NPAC）以及锡拉丘兹大学物理系之间建立一个Metacenter区域联盟，以开发包含先进科学模拟的交互式多媒体教育模块。 这些将被纳入本科课程，然后纳入K-12课程，以加强普通科学课程的教学。 该项目将结合联合收割机在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试验平台的高速网络以及诸如万维网、虚拟现实建模语言和Java等先进的客户机/服务器技术，以制作和提供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，流体动力学，裂纹扩展和结构故障，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：按需注释数字视频;使用多个视频流的部分交互式探索;以及按需完全交互式模拟。 基于万维网概念的超媒体导航将被用来对这些不同的模拟施加一个连贯的接口，并提供有关模拟所示概念的教育信息。

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.