Collaborative Research: CS in Parallel: Scaling an Incremental Modular Approach to Injecting Parallel Computing Throughout CS Curricula

向并行计算的转变，包括多核处理器、云计算和异类系统，已经引发了计算机科学(CS)教育的劳动力发展危机。该项目致力于如何改变传统上围绕顺序(非并行)计算构建的拥挤的CS课程，以有效地整合快速发展的并行性知识体系。圣奥拉夫学院、卡尔文学院和麦卡莱斯特学院正在展示学院和大学如何通过介绍概念原则并通过实践经验和后续练习加强这些原则的独立单元，在其课程中插入关于并行计算的短期(一至三天)教学模块。正在开发纳入新的课程建议、对其他领域的相关应用以及并行设计模式的新模块。在整个CS课程中，并行是逐渐被注入的。在前身CCLI Type I赠款中开发了这一模块化策略，该项目通过针对两个地理区域举办研讨会和后续采用者支持，展示了这种方法对其他大学和学院的可扩展性。其他项目活动奖励创建新模块的参与者，通过会议讲习班和演讲促进这一模块方法在全国的传播，并扩大CSinParall.org与工业界、学术界和专业组织的相关努力之间现有的协同伙伴关系。

The shift to parallel computing, including multi-core processors, cloud computing, and heterogeneous systems, has induced a workforce development crisis for computer science (CS) education. This project addresses how crowded CS curricula, traditionally structured around sequential (non-parallel) computing, can be changed to effectively incorporate the rapidly-evolving body of parallelism knowledge. Saint Olaf College, Calvin College and Macalester College are demonstrating how colleges and universities can insert short (one- to three-day) teaching modules on parallel computing into their courses through self-contained units that present conceptual principles and reinforce them by hands-on experience and follow-up exercises. New modules that incorporate emerging curricular recommendations, relevant applications to other fields, and parallel design patterns are under development. Parallelism is infused incrementally throughout the CS curriculum. Having developed this modular strategy in a predecessor CCLI Type I grant, this project demonstrates the scalability of this approach to other universities and colleges by targeting two geographical regions with workshops and follow-up adopter support. Other project activities reward participants for creating new modules, promote the national dissemination of this modular approach through conference workshops and presentations, and expand existing synergistic partnerships between CSinParallel.org and related efforts in industry, academia, and professional organizations.