Longevity-Oriented Curriculum Enhancement for Cyber-Physical Systems

该项目的目标是将与新的计算范例有关的教育模块，称为计算机物理系统(CPS)，纳入一些计算机科学课程。CPS将计算和传感集成到物理过程中，在生活的许多领域产生了丰富的令人兴奋的应用。拟议的以长寿为导向的方法使用几门课程，让学生从一年级到四年级长期接触这些概念。此外，这些模块还解决了诸如容错、可伸缩性、软件设计和测试、资源约束和并发性等横切问题。这种方法有可能使学生为未来CPS应用程序的开发做好准备，同时试图解决计算机科学项目面临的高一年级学生自然减员问题。拟议的模块使学生能够在教育早期开发与社会相关的应用程序，并在整个课程中继续这些做法，逐渐增加复杂性。这个项目的目标是(1)开发一个适合教授CPSS的基础设施，可以作为其他机构未来实验室建设的最佳实践范例；(2)通过开发将公开提供的教学模块来促进计算机科学教育，允许其他机构采用；(3)在学生开发与社会相关的应用程序时，为他们提供参与研究和开发的机会；以及(4)使用开发的与社会相关的应用程序来招收K-12学生参加STEM课程。

The objective of this project is to incorporate educational modules related to the new computing paradigm, called Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) into a number of computer science courses. CPS integrates computation and sensing into physical processes, producing a wealth of exciting applications in many domains of life. The proposed longevity-oriented approach of using several courses exposes students to these concepts over the long term from their freshman to senior years. Additionally, the modules address cross-cutting concerns such as fault-tolerance, scalability, software design and testing, resource constraints, and concurrency. This approach has the potential to prepare students for future careers in development of CPS applications, while attempting to address high freshmen attrition problems faced by computer science programs. The proposed modules allow students to develop socially-relevant applications early-on in their education and continue those practices throughout the curriculum with gradually increasing complexity. These approaches and modules specifically target the improvement of the quality of computer science education offered to academically underprepared students.This project aims to (1) develop an infrastructure suited for teaching CPSs that can be used as a best practice example in the construction of future laboratories at other institutions; (2) promote computer science education through the development of teaching modules that will be made publicly available, allowing adoption by other institutions; (3) provide students with opportunities to participate in research and development as they develop socially-relevant applications; and (4) use developed socially-relevant applications to recruit K-12 students into STEM programs.