Spiraling Parallel Processing Concepts Through the Undergraduate Curriculum

这个部门正在扩大其努力，介绍本科生并行处理的概念，在一个渐进的和无威胁的方式。并行处理是第一次讨论在第一年的数据结构类，其中讲座和几个小组活动致力于并行排序和实验作业涉及排序并行。适当的并行计算主题也在语言设计的计算机组织原则II、操作系统和算法分析课程中讨论。这个计划的高潮是并行计算类，致力于并行计算的主题。并行处理的扩展介绍增强了早期课程，并为并行计算课程提供了坚实的基础。 正在安装四个Sun工作站和16台个人计算机，沿着Unix工作站和个人计算机环境的软件多处理机模拟器。当与计算机科学系现有的多处理器文件服务器和16个晶片机相结合时，大多数重要的多处理器并行架构的实际或模拟版本都可供学生使用。

This department is expanding its efforts to introduce undergraduates to parallel processing concepts in a gradual and nonthreatening manner. Parallel processing is discussed for the first time in the first-year Data Structures class, in which lectures and several group activities are devoted to parallel sorting and a lab assignment involving sorting in parallel is given. Appropriate parallel computing topics are also discussed within the Computer Organization Principles of Language Design II, Operating Systems, and Analysis of Algorithms classes. This plan culminates with the Parallel Computing class that is devoted to parallel computing topics. The extended introduction to parallel processing enhances the earlier courses and provides a strong foundation for the Parallel Computing course. Four Sun workstations and 16 PCs are being installed along with software multiprocessor simulators for Unix-based workstation and PC environments. When combined with the Computer Science Department's existing multiprocessor file server and 16 transputers, actual or simulated versions of most of the important multiprocessor parallel architectures are available to students.