CPATH-1: Asserting Parallel Computational Thinking into Undergraduate 4-year Computer Science Curriculum

CPATH-1：将并行计算思维纳入本科 4 年计算机科学课程

• 批准号: 0938995
• 负责人: Edusmildo Orozco
• 金额: $ 29.86万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0938995&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CPATH; Asserting; Parallel; Computational; Thinking

Technological advances enable creation of systems on such large scales that design, analysis, and implementation require expert skills. These skills must include analytical and algorithmic thinking, the ability to abstract complexity, and the capacity to understand concurrency. To strengthen these skills in graduates of the computer science undergraduate program offered at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, and to create professionals that are better equipped to face the new professional and academic realities, our program will be redesigned to incorporate Parallel Computational Thinking (PCT) concepts throughout most of its curriculum.The seven members of our faculty will undergo development in Computational Thinking (CT) and parallel concepts. This will empower us to redesign CS core courses by infusing PCT concepts. We will develop assessment tools that will measure student aptitudes and attitudes toward PCT. A parallel computation platform will be implemented locally and access to remote supercomputing centers will be established. Seminars on topics using CT and PCT will be sponsored and open to the general K-20 community. This project represents the first building block for the successful integration of CT into our undergraduate curriculum. Hence it provides a foundation for further growth toward a CT-centric and interdisciplinary Computer Science program.Our efforts will result in an undergraduate program that reflects current computational practice in academia and in the private sector, and that ultimately produces professionals better equipped to tackle technological and scientific challenges. All project activities will be documented and made publicly available through external publications and through the department web page. Therefore our experience will serve as an information source for institutions that consider similar changes to their computer science curricula.

技术的进步使得系统的设计、分析和实现都需要专业技能。 这些技能必须包括分析和算法思维，抽象复杂性的能力，以及理解并发性的能力。 为了加强波多黎各大学-里奥皮德拉斯提供的计算机科学本科课程毕业生的这些技能，并创造更好地面对新的专业和学术现实的专业人员，我们的课程将重新设计，在大部分课程中纳入并行计算思维（PCT）概念。2我们的七名教师将接受计算思维（CT）的发展。平行的概念。这将使我们能够重新设计CS核心课程注入PCT概念。我们将开发评估工具，以衡量学生对PCT的能力和态度。 并行计算平台将在本地实施，并将建立与远程超级计算中心的连接。将赞助关于使用CT和PCT的主题的研讨会，并向一般K-20社区开放。这个项目代表了CT成功整合到我们的本科课程的第一个基石。因此，它为进一步发展以CT为中心的跨学科计算机科学课程提供了基础。我们的努力将产生一个反映学术界和私营部门当前计算实践的本科课程，并最终培养出更有能力应对技术和科学挑战的专业人员。 所有项目活动都将记录在案，并通过外部出版物和经社部网页公开提供。 因此，我们的经验将作为考虑对其计算机科学课程进行类似更改的机构的信息来源。