Spiraling Parallel Processing Concepts Through the Undergraduate Curriculum

该系正在加大努力，以循序渐进和无威胁的方式向本科生介绍并行处理的概念。在一年级的《数据结构》课上，我们第一次讨论了并行处理，课堂上有关于并行排序的讲座和几个小组活动，还有一份涉及并行排序的实验作业。适当的并行计算主题也在语言设计II的计算机组织原则、操作系统和算法分析课程中讨论。该计划以并行计算课程为高潮，该课程致力于并行计算主题。对并行处理的扩展介绍加强了前面的课程，并为并行计算课程提供了坚实的基础。将安装4台Sun工作站和16台PC，以及用于基于Unix的工作站和PC环境的软件多处理器模拟器。当与计算机科学系现有的多处理器文件服务器和16个Transputer相结合时，学生可以获得大多数重要的多处理器并行体系结构的实际或模拟版本。

This department is expanding its efforts to introduce undergraduates to parallel processing concepts in a gradual and nonthreatening manner. Parallel processing is discussed for the first time in the first-year Data Structures class, in which lectures and several group activities are devoted to parallel sorting and a lab assignment involving sorting in parallel is given. Appropriate parallel computing topics are also discussed within the Computer Organization Principles of Language Design II, Operating Systems, and Analysis of Algorithms classes. This plan culminates with the Parallel Computing class that is devoted to parallel computing topics. The extended introduction to parallel processing enhances the earlier courses and provides a strong foundation for the Parallel Computing course. Four Sun workstations and 16 PCs are being installed along with software multiprocessor simulators for Unix-based workstation and PC environments. When combined with the Computer Science Department's existing multiprocessor file server and 16 transputers, actual or simulated versions of most of the important multiprocessor parallel architectures are available to students.