An Interactive, Animation-Based Laboratory for Computer Science

该项目为计算机科学系提供资金，为实验室配备开展计算机科学实验和练习所必需的现代计算机设备。该系实施了一套创新的实验室课程，涵盖了整个本科课程。这套实验室课程的基石是一个独特的、广度优先的四门课程序列，所有主修、辅修和计算机科学的预科教师都必须学习，名为CS I-IV。这个系列将高级编程、数据结构、算法和离散数学中所有传统的低级主题--以及强大的伦理成分和对计算机科学主要学科领域(人工智能、编译器、网络、操作系统等)的介绍--整合到一个无缝的演示中。CS I-IV附带的实验部分允许学生在每周2小时的会议中探索和实验这些主题。一个创新的程序动画系统(DYNALAB)已经在当地开发，由NSF基金支持这些实验室；来自其他来源的算法和概念动画师也被纳入其中。高年级本科实验室课程的学生使用专业的软件和硬件工具进行实验。

This project provides the Computer Science Department with the funds to equip laboratory rooms with modern computing equipment essential for carrying out experiments and exercises in computer science. The Department has implemented an innovative set of laboratory courses that span the undergraduate curriculum. The cornerstone of this set of laboratory courses is a unique, breadth-first sequence of four courses required of all majors, minors, and preservice teachers of computer science, entitled CS I-IV. This sequence incorporateq all of the traditional lower- division topics in advanced programming, data structures, algorithms, and discrete math--along with a strong ethics component and introductions to the major subject areas of computer science (artificial intelligence, compilers, networks, operating systems, and so forth)--into a seamless presentation. The laboratory sections accompanying CS I-IV allow students to explore and experiment with these topics in weekly 2-hour meetings. An innovative program animation system (DYNALAB) has been developed locally with NSF funds in support of these labs; algorithm and concept animators from other sources are also being incorporated. Students in upper-division undergraduate laboratory courses use professional software and hardware tools for their experiments.