Longevity-Oriented Curriculum Enhancement for Cyber-Physical Systems

该项目的目标是将与新的计算模式有关的教育模块，称为网络物理系统（CPS）纳入一些计算机科学课程。CPS将计算和传感集成到物理过程中，在生活的许多领域产生了丰富的令人兴奋的应用。拟议的长寿为导向的方法，使用几门课程暴露学生在从大一到大四的长期这些概念。此外，这些模块还解决了诸如容错、可伸缩性、软件设计和测试、资源约束和并发性等横切问题。这种方法有可能为学生未来的职业生涯在CPS应用程序的开发做好准备，同时试图解决计算机科学课程所面临的高新生流失问题。拟议的模块允许学生在教育的早期开发与社会相关的应用程序，并在整个课程中继续这些实践，逐渐增加复杂性。这些方法和模块专门针对提高为学术准备不足的学生提供的计算机科学教育质量。该项目旨在（1）开发适合教授CPS的基础设施，可用作其他机构未来实验室建设的最佳实践示例;（2）通过开发教学模块促进计算机科学教育，这些模块将向公众提供，并允许其他机构采用;（3）为学生提供参与研究和开发的机会，因为他们开发了社会相关的应用程序;（4）使用开发的社会相关的应用程序来招募K-12学生进入STEM课程。

The objective of this project is to incorporate educational modules related to the new computing paradigm, called Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) into a number of computer science courses. CPS integrates computation and sensing into physical processes, producing a wealth of exciting applications in many domains of life. The proposed longevity-oriented approach of using several courses exposes students to these concepts over the long term from their freshman to senior years. Additionally, the modules address cross-cutting concerns such as fault-tolerance, scalability, software design and testing, resource constraints, and concurrency. This approach has the potential to prepare students for future careers in development of CPS applications, while attempting to address high freshmen attrition problems faced by computer science programs. The proposed modules allow students to develop socially-relevant applications early-on in their education and continue those practices throughout the curriculum with gradually increasing complexity. These approaches and modules specifically target the improvement of the quality of computer science education offered to academically underprepared students.This project aims to (1) develop an infrastructure suited for teaching CPSs that can be used as a best practice example in the construction of future laboratories at other institutions; (2) promote computer science education through the development of teaching modules that will be made publicly available, allowing adoption by other institutions; (3) provide students with opportunities to participate in research and development as they develop socially-relevant applications; and (4) use developed socially-relevant applications to recruit K-12 students into STEM programs.