Undergraduate Education in High Performance Computing

本项目通过介绍高性能计算扩展了本科计算机系统课程。到目前为止，计算机设备还不能支持这样的课程。资金用于购置必要的硬件和软件，以教授两门新课程，一门关于并行处理，另一门关于实验计算机科学。第一门课程是基于一种新颖的方法，强调并行语言是并行架构和并行算法之间的桥梁。第二种选择很可能绝对是第一种选择。它专门围绕实验组织，教学生如何评估高性能技术。在其他本科课程的背景下，这些课程可以加强学生处理尖端技术的能力。通过万维网的传播，这个项目可以支持其他大学类似课程的发展。

This project expands the undergraduate computer systems curriculum through an introduction to high-performance computing. Until now, the computing facilities could not support such courses. Funds are being used to acquire the necessary hardware and software to teach two new courses, one on parallel processing and one on experimental computer science. The first course is based on a novel approach that emphasizes parallel languages as a bridge between parallel architectures and parallel algorithms. The second course is quite likely an absolute first. Organized exclusively around experiments, it teaches students how to evaluate high-performance technology. Together, and in the context offered by the rest of the undergraduate curriculum, these courses can strengthen students' ability to deal with cutting-edge technology. By dissemination through the World Wide Web, this project can support the development of similar courses in other universities.