Collaborative Research: An Integrative Course and Laboratory Research Experience: Embedded Multimedia Applications on FPGAs

计算机科学（31）这个合作项目开发了一个课程和一个实验室，专注于使用现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）的多媒体应用程序的设计，实现，测试和性能评估。一个主要的项目目标是证明拟议的项目可以在不同的环境中成功实施。智力价值：该项目为工程和科学教育开辟了一条新的道路。传统的课程结构是支离破碎的，在这个意义上说，课程之间的相互关系或理论，方法和实践之间的联系，并没有立即认识到的学生。课程难题的完成和课程知识的整合通常只有在毕业后才变得明显。本课程/实验室为学生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们体验课程元素的全方位，即理论基础，算法设计，硬件设计和仿真，实施和测试以及性能评估。常见的学生问题，如本课程如何帮助我，以及本课程如何与我的学习有关，在一个单一的课程/实验室框架内回答。此外，新的课程材料，包括讲座，项目，代码，软件和文档，和基于网络的材料，开发。更广泛的影响：该项目通过引入研究概念到本科课程整合研究和教育。学生在一个蓬勃发展的研究领域，FPGA多媒体处理教育。鼓励学生根据与他们的学习风格和兴趣密切匹配的研究应用选择最终项目，在会议论文集上发表他们的研究结果，并通过顶点项目扩展他们的工作。许多日常多媒体应用程序对不同背景和学科的学生的吸引力是无可争议的，并鼓励更广泛地参与科学，并具有更高的热情和学术表现。项目成果通过网站（包含课堂讲稿、实验项目、代码、软件和文件以及评估/评价摘要）、向高中生、大学生和教职员工的演示/研讨会、咨询委员会以及教育和研究会议广泛传播。

Computer Science (31)This collaborative project develops of a course and a laboratory that focus on the design, implementation, testing, and performance evaluation of Multimedia Applications using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). A principal project goal is to demonstrate that the proposed project can be implemented successfully in diverse environments. Intellectual merit: The project builds a new path for engineering and science education. Traditional curricular structures are fragmented in the sense that course inter-relationships or links between theories, methodologies, and practices, are not immediately recognized by the students. The completion of the course puzzle and the integration of course knowledge usually become evident only after graduation. This course course/lab presents a unique opportunity for students to experience the full spectrum of course elements, namely, fundamentals of theory, algorithmic design, hardware design and simulation, implementation and testing, and performance evaluation. Common student questions, such as how can this course help me and how does this course relate to my studies, are answered within a single course/lab framework. Furthermore, new course materials, including lectures, projects, code, software and documentation, and web-based materials, are developed.Broader impact: The project integrates research and education by introducing research concepts into the undergraduate curriculum. Students are educated in a flourishing research area, Multimedia processing on FPGAs. Students are encouraged to choose final projects based on research applications closely matching their learning styles and interests, publish their findings at conference proceedings, and extend their work through capstone projects. The appeal that many every day multimedia applications have to students of varied backgrounds and disciplines is undisputed and encourages wider participation in the sciences paired with higher levels of enthusiasm and academic performance. Project results are disseminated broadly through a website (containing lecture notes, lab projects, codes, software and documentation, and assessment/evaluation summaries), presentations/seminars to high school students, and college students and faculty, advisory boards, and educational and research conferences.