Establishment of an Undergraduate Computer Science Course Entitled 'Parallel Computers and Algorithms'

新罕布什尔州大学认为， 计算为计算机科学引入了一个重要的新维度， 对并行计算机、算法、数据结构和 编程语言增强和扩展了其他学习的许多主题- 在课程中。 因此，他们正在引入一种新的 大学计算机科学选修课，题目是"并行计算机 和算法"课程的目的是介绍 计算机科学专业的基础理论成果，并给予 他们在实际并行环境中实现并行算法的经验 电脑 他们正在购买超立方体工作站， 用于程序开发和调试。 指定的时间段将是 在国防部的64处理器研究超立方体上， 使学生能够在更大的 机 他们的部门处于一个特别有利的位置， 将并行计算纳入本科课程。 修这门课的学生将有计算机方面的背景知识 架构、操作系统和算法分析; 课程设置完善，已发展出研究生课程 过去五年在这所大学任教; 教科书现已提供。

The University of New Hampshire believes that the advent of parallel computing introduces an important new dimension to computer science and that the study of parallel computers, algorithms, data structures, and programming languages enhances and extends many topics learned else- where in the curriculum. Consequently, they are introducing a new undergraduate computer science elective entitled "Parallel Computers and Algorithms." The aim of the course is to introduce upper-division computer science majors to fundamental theoretical results and give them experience implementing parallel algorithms on an actual parallel computer. They are purchasing for hypercube workstations, to be used for program development and debugging. Designated time periods will be made available on the department's 64-processor research hypercube, enabling students to benchmark their parallel programs on a larger machine. Their department is in a particularly good position to integrate parallel computing into the undergraduate curriculum. Students entering this course will have a background in computer architecture, operating systems, and analysis of algorithms; the curriculum is well developed, having grown out of graduate course taught at this university for the past five years; and suitable textbooks are now available.