Integrated Senior Projects Laboratory for Parallel Computing, Computer Graphics, and Software Engineering

计算机科学等技术领域的复杂性增长如此之快，以至于传统的本科生实验室不再能够充分代表当代的工作。这一差距通常由勤工俭学项目填补，这些项目提供了现实主义，但通常不确定和强化基本原则。本科实验室的薄弱部分是由于设备不足，但更普遍的是，复杂性往往超过了任何一个学生在结构化项目环境中所能期望掌握的水平。这一困境的解决方案是由NCSU CSC部门制定的。是一个协作的高级项目实验室，它模拟了研发组织的规模和复杂性，但由教师仔细监督。将获得一台小型但功能强大的并行计算机和高性能彩色图形系统，并将其与现有的常规计算支持相结合。该系统的高级应用将需要计算机图形学、软件工程和并行计算专业的学生联合起来，解决任何人都不可能单独在设备上尝试的问题，而这些问题对于任何一个专门的实验室来说都是很难证明合理的。来自三个典型不同学科的理论和实践的相互作用将丰富每个学生的实验经验，并在不忽视基本原则的情况下提供现实的复杂性。

The complexity of technical fields like Computer Science has grown so rapidly that traditional undergraduate labs no longer present adequate representations of contemporary work. This gap is often filled by work-study programs which supply realism but generally do not identify and reinforce fundamental principles. Weakness in undergraduate labs is due in part to inadequate equipment, but more generally, complexity often exceeds that which any one student can be expected to master in a structured project environment. A solution to this dilemma being developed by the NCSU CSC Dept. is a collaborative senior projects lab which emulates the scope and complexity of an R&D organization yet is carefully supervised by teaching faculty. A small but powerful parallel computer and high performance color graphics system will be acquired and integrated with existing, conventional computing support. Advanced applications of this system will require students specializing in computer graphics, software engineering and parallel computing to join forces to solve problems none could have attempted in isolation on equipment that would be difficult to justify for any single, specialized lab. the interplay of theory and practice from three typically distinct subjects will enrich the lab experience for each student and provide realistic complexity without losing sight of basic principles.