A Course in Parallel Computing for Scientists and Engineers

小行星9450874 在大多数大学，并行计算被视为一个高度专业化的知识领域，只教授给计算机科学研究生。 这就阻止了其他学科的本科生在一个领域接受正式的指导，而这个领域可能被证明对解决他们自己领域的复杂问题非常有用。 强调跨学科教育和优秀的本科生在科罗拉多矿业学院提供了一个理想的环境，试图纠正上述缺点的课程的发展。 这个项目是一个新的课程，旨在教并行计算本科科学家和工程师。 在课程中的学生与研究导师合作，设计和实施他们选择的问题的并行解决方案。 该课程教授学生并行计算设计和并行算法分析的关键问题，硬件考虑，软件考虑，并行编程和结果可视化。 这个项目需要并行硬件，图形工作站和软件，以提高学生参加这门课程的实践学习经验。 预计并行计算的知识将使学生对工业和更好的研究人员做出更有价值的贡献。 此外，预计这门课程将被证明是一个模型，可用于其他学校，致力于加强科学和工程本科教育。

9450874 Misra In most universities, parallel computing is treated as a highly specialized area of knowledge that is taught only to computer science graduate students. This prevents undergraduate students in other disciplines from receiving formal instruction in an area that could prove to be very useful for solving complex problems in their own fields. An emphasis on interdisciplinary education and the excellent undergraduate students at the Colorado School of Mines provide an ideal environment for the development of a course that attempts to rectify the above shortcoming. This project is a new course that is designed to teach parallel computing to undergraduate scientists and engineers. The students in the course work in collaboration with research mentors to design and implement parallel solutions to problems of their choice. The course teaches students key issues in parallel computing design and analysis of parallel algorithms, hardware considerations, software considerations, parallel programming, and visualization of results. This project requires parallel hardware, a graphics workstation, and software to enhance the hands-on learning experience of the students taking this course. It is expected that the knowledge of parallel computing will make the students more valuable contributors to industry and better researchers. In addition, it is expected that this course will prove to be a model that can be used by other schools that are dedicated to enhancing undergraduate education in science and engineering.