An Interactive, Animation-Based Laboratory for Computer Science

该项目为计算机科学系提供资金，为实验室配备进行计算机科学实验和练习所必需的现代计算机设备。本系实施了一套创新的跨越本科课程的实验课程。这套实验课程的基础是一套独特的、广度优先的四门课程，所有计算机科学专业、辅修专业和职前教师都需要，名为CS I-IV。这个序列结合了所有传统的低级主题，包括高级编程、数据结构、算法和离散数学，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，形成了一个无缝的演示。CS I-IV的实验部分允许学生在每周2小时的会议上探索和实验这些主题。一个创新的程序动画系统（DYNALAB）在国家科学基金会的资金支持下在当地开发；算法和概念动画从其他来源也被纳入。高年级本科生实验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.