Collaborative Research: Responding to Manycore: Teaching parallel computing with higher-level languages and activity-based laboratories

这个合作项目的目标是：(1)评估和确定适合向所有学生教授并行程序设计的程序设计语言；(2)开发和收集学习资源，以帮助其他人在本科水平学习和教授这些语言；(3)确定引人注目的应用程序实例，以激发和提高学生对并行程序设计的兴趣；以及(4)通过出版物、会议演示和教程，展示研究结果，并准备可适应和可重复使用的材料。该项目针对计算机硬件的重大转变，将重点放在多核处理器和并行编程上，以满足计算机科学本科教育的需要。该项目评估高级语言的适用性，并创建课堂和实验室材料，在本科生环境中教授这些语言。该项目有可能改变下一代并行程序员和多核开发人员的本科计算机科学教育。该项目向NSDL图书馆提供资源，以鼓励其他教育工作者将并行编程和高级语言纳入其机构的本科课程。

The objective of this collaborative project is to: (1) assess and identify programming languages suitable for teaching parallel programming to all students; (2) develop and collect learning resources that will help others learn and teach these languages at the undergraduate level; (3) identify compelling examples of applications to excite and grow student interest in parallel programming; and (4) present findings and prepare adaptable and reproducible materials through publications, conference presentations, and tutorials.This project addresses the need to transform undergraduate education in computer science in response to a major shift in computer hardware to focus on the multicore processor and parallel programming. The project assesses the applicability of high-level languages and creates both classroom and laboratory materials to teach these languages in an undergraduate setting. The project has a potential to transform undergraduate computer science education of the next generation of parallel programmers and multicore developers. The project contributes resources to the NSDL library to encourage other educators to integrate parallel programming and higher-level languages into the undergraduate curriculum at their institutions.