Beowulf Based Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Laboratory (B-CEIL)

基于贝奥武夫的课程丰富综合实验室（B-CEIL）

• 批准号: 0101648
• 负责人: Fitratullah Khan
• 金额: $ 8.87万
• 依托单位: The University of Texas at Brownsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2003-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0101648&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Beowulf; Based; Curriculum; Enrichment; Integrated

A Beowulf cluster is a low-cost supercomputer based on inexpensive computer nodes networked together. It provides a low-cost parallel processing environment that can be used to enrich curricula in computer science and related fields at the associate's and bachelor's levels. This project is developing a Beowulf-Based Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Laboratory (B-CEIL) for enhancing important concepts and principles in key courses of several degree programs: B.S. in computer science, Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in computer information systems, and Bachelor of Applied Technology (B.A.T.).The central component of the lab is a 24-node Beowulf cluster, built from an existing inventory of 24 Pentium computers and three Alpha workstations, with the addition of complementary equipment to simulate a Public Switched Network (PSN).Two levels of student lab projects are being developed in the B-CEIL environment. The first level covers topics such as computer interfacing, networking, clustering, task scheduling and optimization, and benchmarking. The second level focuses on enhancing students' understanding of real-world PSN-based networking and computationally intensive fields such as artificial neural networks, image compression, image analysis, numerical analysis, and distributed databases. The student lab projects are applicable to a number of courses in the university's B.S., A.A.S., and B.A.T. programs, including Networking, Systems Programming and Concurrent Processes, Computer Organization, Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, Principles of Programming Languages, Numerical Methods, Image Processing, and PC Hardware.

Beowulf 集群是一种基于廉价计算机节点联网的低成本超级计算机。它提供了一个低成本的并行处理环境，可用于丰富副学士和学士级别的计算机科学及相关领域的课程。该项目正在开发一个基于贝奥武夫的课程丰富综合实验室（B-CEIL），以增强多个学位课程关键课程中的重要概念和原则：计算机科学学士学位、计算机信息系统应用科学副学士 (A.A.S.) 和应用技术学士 (B.A.T.)。实验室的核心组件是一个 24 节点 Beowulf 集群，由现有的 24 台 Pentium 计算机和 3 个 Alpha 工作站组成，并添加了模拟公共交换网络 (PSN) 的辅助设备。正在 B-CEIL 环境中开发两个级别的学生实验室项目。第一级涵盖计算机接口、网络、集群、任务调度和优化以及基准测试等主题。第二级侧重于增强学生对现实世界中基于 PSN 的网络和计算密集型领域的理解，例如人工神经网络、图像压缩、图像分析、数值分析和分布式数据库。学生实验室项目适用于大学 B.S.、A.A.S. 和 B.A.T 的许多课程。课程，包括网络、系统编程和并发过程、计算机组织、操作系统、数据库管理系统、编程语言原理、数值方法、图像处理和电脑硬件。